Builders, Budgets, and Beers
The Builders, Budgets, and Beers Podcast is where the construction industry comes to talk about the financial side of building — the decisions, the mistakes, and the systems that separate profitable companies from the rest. From regional GCs and high-volume builders to construction accountants and industry tech leaders, our guests share what's actually working and what they wish they'd known sooner.
Produced by the team at Adaptive, it's real talk on the financial operations behind growing, scaling, and running a complex construction business. One budget, one story, and one beer at a time.
Builders, Budgets, and Beers
Latest Episodes
4 Perspectives On When Why And How Builders Scale Profitably
This compilation episode revisits past conversations with Tyler Grace, Shawn Van Dyke, Isabel Affinito, and Paul Atherton to explore when, why, and how builders should scale their businesses.Across four different perspectives, the conve...
Stop Confusing Markup With Margin with Kevin Aycock
Reece sits down with Kevin Aycock of Southern Luxury Homes to talk about what it actually takes to get control of the financial side of a construction business. Kevin shares how COVID forced him to rethink estimating, cost-plus construction, pr...
How Builders Get Control Of Their Numbers with Jared Westergard
Reece sits down with Jared Westergard of Blackline Financial to talk about why so many builders are still making financial decisions without fully trusting the numbers in front of them.They cover overhead, deposits, cash flow, bad data,...
What AI Means For The Future Of Construction Through 3 Perspectives
Reece revisits conversations with Julie Adams of Sage, Deepti Yenireddy of Boone AI, and Ryan Rademann of Wipfli about how AI is changing the work of construction.Pulled from three past episodes, these conversations explore estimating, ...
The Hidden Costs Of A Messy Back Office with Aimee Roden
Reece sits down with construction bookkeeper Aimee Roden to talk about the back-office mistakes that quietly cost contractors money, from poor cost coding to delayed billing and unreliable job-cost reports.Aimee breaks down why contract...
