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Ep. 180: Moving to Australia? Lose the Ego & Get Real
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Ep. 179: RANT... Money, Work & Feeling F*****g Lost
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Ep 178: Why's it SO HARD to recruit Good People in Construction?
September 30, 2026 · 27 minWhy Is It So Hard to Recruit Good People? It’s one of the most common frustrations across construction right now: “Why is it so f*ing hard to recruit good people?”** Whether you’re in Sydney, Dublin, London or Stockholm, the challenge…
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Ep 177: What the F*** Is Happening in Poland’s Construction Market?
September 22, 2026 · 22 minWhat the F* Is Happening in Poland’s Construction Market? Poland has changed — dramatically. Twenty years ago, hundreds of thousands of Polish workers were leaving the country in search of better opportunities across the UK, Ireland…
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Ep 176: Career Clinic: Is Now the Right Time to Move Overseas?
September 16, 2026 · 24 minCareer Clinic: Is Now the Right Time to Move Abroad? In the first Career Clinic since the relaunch, Mick tackles the question he gets asked more than any other: is now a good time to make an international move? The short answer — there's…
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Ep 175: The Take Off - Why We Had To Change
September 8, 2026 · 14 minWhy Take Off Had to Change After six months of silence, Take Off is back — and it's not the same show. Host Mick Donaghy explains why the podcast that started as an Australian Quantity Surveying show in 2020 has to evolve alongside GEDON…
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EP 174 | The realities of moving to australia as a QS
December 14, 2025 · 1 hr 0 minWhat’s it really like moving to Australia as a Quantity Surveyor? In this episode of The Take Off Podcast, Mick breaks down the reality of relocating overseas to build a career in construction — from starting out on site and improving…
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EP 173 | Alberto Fernandez – Senior Cost Engineer at Amazon on Stadiums, AI and a Global Career in Construction
December 7, 2025 · 57 minFrom small family contractors in Spain…to working on the Camp Nou redevelopment for FC Barcelona…to leading cost strategy for Amazon across Europe and beyond. In this episode, We're joined by Alberto Fernandez, MRICS chartered quantity…
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EP 172 | Joey Hidalgo – Founder & CEO of The Measuring Company on Engineering, Entrepreneurship & Estimating at Scale
November 30, 2025 · 48 minWhat happens when an electrical engineer, estimator, and salesperson becomes a construction tech founder? You get The Measuring Company — and one of the fastest-growing remote estimating models in Australia. In this episode, Joey Hidalgo…
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EP 171 | Joseph Stewart, Director of JS Held - A Deep Dive Into Quantum expert Work
November 24, 2025 · 53 minWhat does it really take to become a quantum expert in construction? In this episode of The Take Off Podcast, Joe Stewart, Director at JS Held, shares how he went from a 16-year-old university student in Scotland to a trusted figure in…
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EP 170 | Orla Kellehan - Chartered Quantity Surveyor at John Sisk on a Life as a Female QS, Mother & Leader in the Global Construction Sector
November 16, 2025 · 56 minCan you build a high-level career in construction without giving up your personal life? Orla Kellehan, Senior Quantity Surveyor at John Sisk & Son and chartered member of the SCSI and RICS, proves you can. In this episode of The Take Off…
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EP 169 | International Experience, Local Impact with Paschal Walsh Managing Director at TIMESING
November 9, 2025 · 55 minWhat if the best degree you ever took wasn’t in a classroom — but on site? Paschal Walsh, FRICS and founder of Times in Tribe, has spent three decades shaping projects and people across Ireland, the UK, Europe, and Australia. From local…
About the show
The Take Off — The Global Construction Careers Podcast.
What started in 2020 as a podcast for Quantity Surveyors in Australia has grown into something bigger.
Hosted by Mick Donaghy of GEDON, the show now covers the full range of leaders building careers across Ireland, Europe , Australia & Internationally — career clinics tackling the questions people are actually asking, honest takes on what the market's doing, and conversations with leaders worth learning from.
Because construction is a people business, and we're all navigating the highs, the lows, and the ongoing battle to be better.