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Construction Genius

by Eric Anderton

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Year-End Close for Contractors: Check Your Numbers Before You Pay Bonuses

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You pay the Christmas bonuses. Then January hits, more job costs come in, and the profit you paid them on starts to shrink. In part nine of the construction accounting series, Kathe Barrington, CPA, of KB CPA walks through a contractor's…
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Suffolk and MIT just released a white paper on AI in construction. It estimates 17 to 20% in potential cost savings and 22 to 25% on schedule. In this solo episode, Eric Anderton reads it for a contractor running a $25 to $500 million…
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A $20 million project lands in your lap with three or four red flags attached. You want the revenue. You want the backlog. In this solo episode, Eric Anderton walks through the three-for-three test he uses with his coaching clients: right…
Construction Projections: Seeing Cash and Margin Trouble Before It Costs You

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Your WIP shows today. Your backlog shows what's booked. Neither tells you where your cash and crews are headed. That's what projections do, and most contractors either do them badly or skip them. In Part 8 of the series, CPA Kathe…
Fixing Performance Reviews for the Field with Ryan Englin

September 8, 2026 · 40 min

Ryan Englin, founder of Core Matters and creator of the FieldCon software platform, returns to talk about the two things most construction leaders dodge: accountability and performance reviews. Ryan and Eric get practical about why these…

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You're the Bottleneck: Building the Banks of the River So Your Team Can Flow, with Scott Borroughs

September 1, 2026 · 38 min

A superintendent's wife wakes up at 2 a.m. to find him pacing the bedroom for the third night straight. She tells him, "This isn't going to work. For anybody." That superintendent was Scott Borroughs, and the project was Deep Space, Epic…
ChatGPT in Construction: A Working Contractor on What Works, What Fails, and What to Do First

August 25, 2026 · 22 min

You're a contractor, you're busy, and you're tired of LinkedIn consultants telling you that you'll be left behind if you don't embrace AI right now. Smart move to tune out the hype — but here's the catch: while you're waiting for the noise…
How to Grow Bonding Capacity: Banking and Tax Moves for Contractors

August 18, 2026 · 27 min

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How MEP Contractors Make Money With Prefab

August 11, 2026 · 46 min

Prefabrication won't save your MEP company on its own. Run it wrong and it quietly bleeds you. In this episode, Jake Olsen, CEO of Stratus, explains how to make fab actually pay off. He's a structural engineer with more than twenty years…
Selling to Your Employees: How ESOPs Work for Construction Company Succession

August 4, 2026 · 39 min

Most construction owners think they have four exit options. Pass it to a kid. Sell to an employee. Sell to a competitor. Sell to private equity. The reality is harder. Private equity passes on most contractors. Competitors often aren't…
Question Everything: How to Innovate Construction Materials and Methods

July 28, 2026 · 48 min

Sam Fertik went from running a 20-course tasting restaurant in Manhattan to building homes out of concrete and steel that he says last a thousand years. He's the CEO and Founder of Carbon Custom Builders. In this episode, Sam and Eric…
Get Off the Bid List: Build a Construction Business Development System That Wins Negotiated Work

July 21, 2026 · 37 min

Most contractors are stuck on the bid list and don't know it. They tell themselves they're a preferred contractor. The numbers say otherwise. In this episode, Matthew Neuberger of Neuberger and Company joins Eric to break down why…

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About the show

Thomas Edison said, "Genius is 1% inspiration, 99% perspiration." This show interviews hard-working construction company owners and executives who share their wisdom, perspectives, and lessons learned from decades of experience bidding, planning, and building profitable projects. Topics include leadership, strategic planning, conflict resolution, niche identification, succession planning, talent management, business development, and business growth. Industry expert, Eric Anderton also shares his insights about how construction company owners can increase project profit by improving communication, running productive meetings, and attracting, developing, and retaining talented leaders. Tune in each week and get practical inspiration for how to build people, projects, and profits. "I know of no genius but the genius of hard work." John Ruskin