web analytics

Welcome to the Construction Industry Podcast by Remontech!

The Construction Industry Podcast presents interviews, tips, trends, and other content relevant to businesses and professionals in the construction sector.

Select an episode below to listen, and use the form on the right to subscribe.

Episode List

Play
cesar construction cameras

Cesar Abeid from Remontech.

Today’s show is a bit different.  As you know we here at Remontech provide remote construction monitoring on the internet for commercial and industrial construction projects, but I don’t really talk about it that much.  While the podcast is part of our marketing efforts, I never wanted to turn it into an hour-long ad for our company.

So today I’m changing things up a bit.  I was recently interviewed by Aarni Heiskanen from aec-business.com and he asked me a few questions about me and about Remontech.  If you remember, Aarni was my guest here on the show back in episode 34 when we talked about partnerships in the construction sector.

So if you have been listening to me for a while now and is curious about the behind the scenes here at Remontech, take a listen by pressing the orange “play” button above this post.

PM for the Masses Podcast

PM for the Masses PODCAST Version 5On this episode I also announce the upcoming launch of my latest project: The PM for the Masses Podcast, a show dedicated to encouraging and inspiring Project Managers to take control of their careers and their lives.  This podcast has been in the works for a long time and I’m so excited to announce that it will be released before the end of June, 2013.

A couple of years ago I started a blog at pmforthemasses.com where I would blog about project management. As you may know I’m a certified project management professional and I wanted to create content for other project managers.  The problem is that the blog had been neglected for the last little while. I started creating content for it with much enthusiasm back in 2010 but slowly life got busy and I eventually stopped. I felt like I could write well, but the commitment to write on a consistent basis became a bit of a chore.

The funny thing is that even after I stopped creating content, pmforthemasses.com continues to receive many visitors a day and people continue to join my mailing list. So not only am I still passionate about PM, but people are visiting my site and hoping for more content from me.

So I have been thinking about ways to reinvigorate pmforthemasses.com and turn it into a platform in which I can continue to create content on a regular basis without burning myself out.

As you may have realized, I have a passion for creating audio content. Producing the Construction Industry Podcast is far from being a chore. I truly enjoy it.

So here’s my idea: I am turning pmforthemasses.com into a podcast.

I am so excited to start this new project.

On this upcoming show I will be speaking and encouraging Project Managers to take control of their careers and their lives.  I will bring thought leaders onto the show and ask them about their trade but also about the steps they took to become awesome project managers.  I’ll ask them how they wrote their book, or how they started their blogs, or why their consultancy business is so successful, etc.  We will take success and break it down into manageable chunks.

If you want to be the first to know when the show is released, please go to http://pmforthemasses.com/start and sign up for the mailing list.

Episode links:

 

{ 0 comments }

Play
You're fired.

You’re fired.

Hiring is a science. Though we are a small company here at Remontech, we have had to hire in the past and it was a difficult task.

Often we hire because we have a sudden need of help.  This becomes an issue because the sense of urgency will tend to cloud our judgement.

The fact is that organizations are merely the collection of souls who work there, bonded together by a common culture.  Hiring and letting go of people is perhaps the most important aspect of any business – construction or not.

On this episode of the Construction Industry Podcast I speak with Scott Sayers, president of Sayers and Associates.  Here are some of the topics we covered:

  • How important is labor/workforce management in construction ?
  • What do successful construction business owners do to attract great workforce and what are they looking for?
  • What is recommended for hiring young workers in construction?
  • How technology can help construction business owners to face challenges such as shortage of skills?
  • What is the importance to have workers who match corporate culture?

To listen to this episode, click the orange “play” button above this post.

Scott Sayers

Scott Sayers

Scott Sayers

Scott Sayers has been actively employed in the construction industry since 1972. His experience ranges from working on construction projects as a summer student through to and including his current position President/CEO of Sayers & Associates Corporation, one of the largest construction companies in Canada.

Scott has been involved with all aspects of construction, from delivering materials to construction sites to negotiating and seeing the successful execution of contracts in excess of one hundred million dollars. With over forty years of construction experience, he has a vast knowledge of all people, positions and culture required to make a construction company successful.

To listen to this episode, click the orange “play” button above this post.

clearfitClearFit

Scott Sayers is a user and a big fan of a service called ClearFit.  Be sure to check out their website and see the interesting process they have in place to help companies hire the right people.

My Interview with TechZulu

On this episode I also share this neat little video taken during the latest New Media Expo in Las Vegas last January. Check out the video below where I explain how the Construction Industry Podcast started and how it fits with our marketing strategy here at Remontech.

Live Construction Feed from Toronto

We are currently monitoring the construction of a silo that is employing a slip form.  It’s a very nice project to watch, so I thought I’d share the link here with you.

Please visit: http://essroc.remontech.com and check it out!

What’s your experience?

Share with us your stories and best practices when hiring people by using the box below.  I’d love to read your input.

Episode Links

 

 

 

{ 0 comments }

043 What is BIM? An Interview with James Salmon

May 2, 2013

After meaning to do it for a long time, I finally have an episode on BIM, or Building Information Modelling. As you may know, BIM is completely changing the construction landscape.  While BIM involves 3D modelling, it is much more than that. It is really revolutionizing the way we do construction, especially how we communicate [...]

Full episode/article →

042 Constructonomics with John Poole

April 18, 2013

Today I speak with John Poole, the man behind the popular blog constructonomics.com.  We talk about the US economy, education in construction, and his work, both online and offline. It was great to chat with John, who like me is in the construction sector and doing online work. On this episode we cover: The US [...]

Full episode/article →

041 Building 30 Stories in 15 Days: Modular Construction with the BROAD Group

April 4, 2013

I know it sounds crazy, but a company built a 30-story hotel building in China in just 15 days. As in two weeks. I’m sorry, that would be two weeks plus one day. I don’t want to exaggerate On today’s episode of the Construction Industry Podcast I speak with Juliet Jiang, senior vice president of the [...]

Full episode/article →

040 Construction Safety 101

March 21, 2013

Happy Thursday everyone! I hope you are enjoying our bi-weekly episode release schedule. On today’s episode of the Construction Industry Podcast I speak with my friend Luke Nixa, PMP, on the topic of construction safety. Because I visit construction sites constantly, and am usually in dangerous situations involving heights, this is a topic that is [...]

Full episode/article →

039 Integrated Project Delivery (IPDs) with Attorney John M. Sier

March 7, 2013

On today’s episode I bring you an introduction to the topic of Integrated Project Delivery, also known as simply IPD. As both a philosophy and a delivery method, IPD seems to address many of the shortcomings of the traditional Design-Bid-Build and the Construction-Manager-at-Risk models. Some of the issues that IPD addresses involve the sharing of [...]

Full episode/article →

038 All About Hydrophobic Materials: The Ultra Ever Dry Interview

February 21, 2013

We’re ALIVE! It’s a few weeks past due, but here’s the latest episode of the Construction Industry Podcast, and the first for 2013.  It has been a crazy few weeks for me as I returned from Las Vegas where I was a speaker at New Media Expo. But believe me when I say that the [...]

Full episode/article →

037 Designing and Building Churches and Places of Worship

December 21, 2012

Merry Christmas!  On this special edition of the Construction Industry Podcast we talk about designing and building churches and places of worship. My guest, Professor Duncan Stroik from the University of Notre Dame in Indiana, is a talented architect who is responsible for the design of some of the most stunning churches built in the [...]

Full episode/article →

036 Self-building your own energy-efficient home

December 13, 2012

This week’s episode of the Construction Industry Podcast takes me back to my high-school years in Brazil when my dad and I built our own home with our own hands. Though this is not exactly what Ben Adam-Smith talks about on his outstanding House Planning Help podcast, being in charge of building your house is [...]

Full episode/article →