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The Construction Leading Edge Podcast

by Todd Dawalt

Construction business owners doing $1M–$20M: fix your preconstruction and handoffs so you can stop firefighting and build a profitable business that runs without you. For custom home builders, remodelers, commercial GCs, and trade contractors, this podcast shows you how to design a real preconstruction process and nail the handoff from office to field. If your projects are slipping, profit is bleeding out through rework and giveaways, and everything lives in your head, you'll get practical systems to tighten precon, cut chaos, and turn your construction business into a more profitable, controllable machine that runs without you. Over time, you'll use what you hear on this show to: ✅ Buy back your time– spend less of your week in day‑to‑day fires and more of it leading, selling, and actually living your life. ✅ Maximize your profit from the work you already do instead of just grinding for more volume. ✅ Scale with confidence – grow the business without doubling your hours or losing control. ✅ Turn your company into a real asset, not just a job – one that can run without you, give you real vacations, and eventually support whatever exit or lifestyle you want. Host Todd Dawalt has spent nearly 30 years in construction and the last decade coaching hundreds of builders, remodelers, GCs, and trade contractors on these issues, managing over $300M of projects and helping companies uncover millions in hidden profit. Hit *Follow* so you don't miss an episode and keep turning your construction business into a systematized, profitable machine that doesn't depend on you for every decision. To go deeper, tools and resources are at constructionleadingedge.com.

Latest episodes

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You're Solving the Wrong Problems in Your Construction Business | Ep. 464

In this episode of the Construction Leading Edge podcast, Todd Dawalt explains why construction business owners keep solving the wrong problems, and how looking upstream

Oct 5
25 min

Stop Putting Out Fires by Building a Real Pre-Construction Process | Ep. 463

On this rerun episode of the Construction Leading Edge podcast, custom home builder Eric Brownson sits down with our Director of Customer Success, Leyah Hostetter, to tal

Sep 28
22 min

Why Generic Business Coaching Never Works for Your Construction Company | Ep. 462

  Kris Miller runs a commercial, multifamily, and residential construction company in Denver, and he is on his way to cutting his workweek from 80 hours down to 10. In

Sep 21
17 min

How to Turn Customer & Employee Excuses Into Action | Ep. 461

Every construction business owner hears the same objections: now isn't a good time, this will take too long, and it's too big to tackle. In this episode, Todd Dawalt brea

Sep 14
40 min

Why Starting Projects Too Soon Is Killing Your Profit | Ep. 460

Todd Dawalt explains why starting construction projects before they're fully ready creates "dead days," the hidden overhead that bleeds profit out of your business. This

Sep 7
34 min

How to Design Your Construction Business for Growth, Profit, and Freedom with Tom Raisanen | Ep. 459

Designing a construction business with the right systems and processes from day one is how you build for lasting profit and freedom. New Hampshire home builder Tom Raisan

Aug 31
51 min

What To Do When Your Construction Business Finally Runs Without You | Ep. 458

You systematized your construction business and now it runs without you, so what do you actually do next? Todd Dawalt and CEO Alliance coach Monish Khadye break down the

Aug 24
43 min

The Skywalk Collapse & The 5 Decision Questions Every Construction Leader Must Train Their Team On | Ep. 457

The 1981 Kansas City Hyatt skywalk collapse came down to one unchecked decision, and it holds a hard lesson for every construction business owner. In this episode of the

Aug 17
38 min

How To Hold Employees Accountable: The Big 5 System | Ep. 456

Todd Dawalt breaks down how to hold employees accountable in your construction business using the Big 5 Accountability System. It's a simple, repeatable way to build owne

Aug 10
32 min

How Builder CEOs Get Sh*t Done (Without More Willpower or Fixing Your ADHD Brain) | Ep. 455

If you stay busy all day but the work that actually grows your construction business keeps getting pushed to tomorrow, the problem probably isn't your willpower or your A

Aug 3
47 min

How Cody Scaled His Custom Home Business to Increase Profit and Win Back His Life | Ep. 454

Custom home builder Cody Reimer went from a burned-out two-man crew to running a 12-person company that operates without him in the day-to-day. Todd Dawalt breaks down th

Jul 27
46 min

Why Waffle House Is More Systematized Than Your Construction Business | Ep. 453

If you're a contractor working 60 to 80-hour weeks and still putting out fires, here's an uncomfortable truth: Waffle House is probably more systematized than your constr

Jul 20
31 min

The 5-Step Hire Right System: How Construction Business Owners Can Hire Better with Justin Landry | Ep. 452

Hiring for your construction business shouldn't feel like an emergency every time you do it. In this episode, Todd Dawalt sits down with JL Talent Solutions founder Justi

Jul 13
54 min

Crossing the Rubicon & the Desperate Ground Principle for Builders | Ep. 451

The year is half over. Are you halfway to your goals, or halfway to another year of almosts? In this episode, Todd DeWalt breaks down why so many construction business ow

Jul 6
30 min

AI Is Lying, Customers Aren't: Radical Transparency and Culture-Building with Eric Fortenberry | Ep. 450

Why are you still stuck in the middle of everything, even with the best tools, a solid team, and steady projects coming in? In this episode, Todd DeWalt sits down with Er

Jun 29
1 h 08 min

The Hidden Design Shift That Unlocks Growth, Profit, and Free Time in Your Construction Business | Ep. 449

Can you grow your construction business, pay yourself real profit, and still work a normal 40 to 50 hour week? Most construction business owners are working harder than e

Jun 22
25 min

The One Question That Finally Gets Your Clients To Follow Your Process | Ep. 448

Got construction clients who miss selection deadlines, go around your communication process, then blame you when the schedule slips? In this episode of the Construction L

Jun 15
39 min

Short-Staffed or Just Disorganized? 5 Tests Before You Hire | Ep. 447

Before you hire your next superintendent, project manager, or estimator, you need to know whether you have a capacity problem or a process problem. Todd Dawalt walks cons

Jun 8
41 min

The 4 Questions to Ask Before You Try to Fix What's Not Working | Ep. 446

Something feels off in your construction business but you can't pinpoint it. Sales are slipping, the team's out of sync, or projects feel chaotic, and your instinct is to

Jun 1
33 min

How to Sell on Value Instead of Price | Ep. 445

If your prospects are ghosting you, dragging their feet, or making the final decision based on whoever has the lowest number, the problem probably isn't your price. It's

May 26
31 min

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