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The Contractor's Playbook: Built2Win

by Chris Coghlan

Built 2 Win is a performance-driven media platform for contractors who are done surviving chaos and ready to lead at a higher level. We fuse elite performance principles with real conversations from top contractors, operators, and leaders to strengthen the five components that drive long-term success: Foundation, Frame, Engine, Operations, and Crew. This show exists to elevate the contractor’s voice, restore pride in the industry, and create a community where high performers can learn from the best, sharpen their leadership, and help leave the construction industry better than they found it.

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#113
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7
days in the top 200 since May 2026

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He Couldn't Afford a Hammer. Then He Built a $100M Construction Company.

There's a hammer hanging in the lobby with a piece of PVC and duct tape where the handle should be. "We could not afford a new hammer."   Chris Coghlan sits down with B

Sep 5
1 h 40 min

The First Question This CEO Asks On Every Jobsite

Michael Waldrop starts this episode with a question most contractors can't answer: who cleans the port-o-lets on your jobsite? It sounds like a small thing. He'll tell y

Aug 31
2 h 02 min

FINFROCK Owner: Precast Manufacturer to Architect to General Contractor. Becoming Full Design Build.

The best job FINFROCK ever lost ended up being the one that gave the company time to rethink how parking garages should be built. What followed was a decades-long transit

Aug 31
1 h 28 min

NFL Hall of Famer/5X All Pro, Now A Construction CEO: "I Never Got Comfortable. Not One Season"

Five straight All-Pro seasons ended on one Monday night hit in December 1987. The nerve never regenerated. Four years later Dwight Stephenson started a construction compa

Aug 31
1 h 26 min

A $1 Million Dollar Bust, No Change Order, And the Builder Who Paid It Anyways

An estimator took the roads off on the wrong scale — a $1 million bust in asphalt and rock. Wal-Rose Site Development ate it, finished the job, and told the builder at th

Aug 31
1 h 13 min

28 Years, One company, 5,000 Owners: Nothing At Hensel Phelps Is Handed To You

He watched the Pentagon burn from a rooftop three miles away and saw a fighter jet come out of nowhere to turn back a news helicopter. Hensel Phelps would go on to renova

Jun 18
1 h 42 min

Kiewit Exec: Professional Baseball Bred Him for Success At This $18B Construction Powerhouse

Sixth-round pick. Oakland A’s. 1996. Nick Sosa made it as far as Double-A before baseball ended and he had to start over. Today, he’s a vice president with Kiewit Infrast

Jun 5
1 h 37 min

Billionaire Founder: MASTERCLASS on Starting a Construction Company From Scratch!

His wife was six months pregnant with their first child when he quit a good job to start on his own. "I was scared of failing — but the fear of not trying was bigger." C

May 20
1 h 31 min

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