Better Construction with Sean McStay

Send us Fan Mail In this week's episode of Better Construction, I talk with Taylor Nomura, the founder of Taylor Reiko Design. We talk about #green #design, picking the right trades, reusing antiques, and more Taylor on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/taylorreikodesign/ My Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0czmX0jwkbkCDmJOTR5VnA My Website: https://betterconstructionmedia.com

Send us Fan Mail In this week's episode of Better Construction, I talk with Andrew Legge, founder at Havelock Wool. We talk about #wool insulation, #health benefits, switching to #better construction methods and materials, and more Havelock on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/havelock_wool/ Havelock Wool: https://havelockwool.com/ My Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0czmX0jwkbkC...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode of Better Construction, I talk with Etienne Gubler, CEO SIGA North America about the state of trade shows in the construction industry. Are they coming back? What will they look like? Etienne on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/build_tight/ My Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0czmX0jwkbkCDmJOTR5VnA My Website: https://betterconstructionmedia.com

Send us Fan Mail In this week's episode of Better Construction, I talk with Marcel Studer, principal at Econ Group. We talk about his #passivehouse, switching to #better construction and more Econ on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/econgroupltd/?hl=en Econ Group: http://www.econgroup.ca/ My Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0czmX0jwkbkCDmJOTR5VnA My Website: https://betterconstr...

Send us Fan Mail In this week's episode of Better Construction, I talk with Mike Maierle, principal at ETRO Construction. We talk about his career, finding #mentors, and building challenging projects. ETRO on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/etro.construction/ ETRO Construction: http://www.etroconstruction.com/ My Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0czmX0jwkbkCDmJOTR5VnA My Websit...

Send us Fan Mail In this week's episode of Better Construction, I talk with Bryan Reid, president of Kindred Construction. We talk #betterconstruction costs, trade and staff education, and running a multifaceted construction firm. Kindred on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kindredconstruction/ Kindred Construction: http://www.kindredconstruction.com/ My Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/c...

Send us Fan Mail In this week's episode of Better Construction, I talk with Etienne Gubler, CEO SIGA North America about the top 5 products and trends to watch in the construction industry for 2021 Products we talked about: T-Stud: https://www.tstud.com/ Mass Timber: https://www.katerra.com/ , https://www.kalesnikoff.com/ ,  https://www.structurlam.com/ Havelock Wool: https://havelockwool.com...

Send us Fan Mail In this week's episode of Better Construction, I talk with Howard Olsen from High Output Training Systems. We talk #sales, #customer engagement, connecting with your clients, and more! High Output Training Systems: https://www.high-output.com/ Howard on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/howardolsen/ My Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0czmX0jwkbkCDmJOTR5VnA My W...

Send us Fan Mail In this week's episode of Better Construction, I talk with Gerry McCaughey  from Entekra. We talk #offsite construction costs, time savings, and why it's not taken off in North America yet. Entekra on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/entekra/ Gerry on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gerardmccaughey/ My Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0czmX0jwkbkCDmJO...

Send us Fan Mail In this week's episode of Better Construction, I talk with Cristiana Crin, designer at Perpetuum Designs. We talk #interiordesign,  #communication, getting better at connecting with customers needs, and more! Perpetuum Designs on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/perpetuumdesigns/ My Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0czmX0jwkbkCDmJOTR5VnA My Website: https://bett...

Send us Fan Mail In this week's episode of Better Construction, I talk with Jeff Ward, Director - New Business Development & Customer Experience at Durabuilt Windows. We talk #construction ,  #sales knowledge, getting better at connecting with customers, and more! Jeff on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeff-ward-09636439/ Durabuilt Windows: https://durabuiltwindows.com/ Durabuilt o...

Send us Fan Mail In this week's episode of Better Construction, I talk with Bridget O'Flaherty full-time sustainability consultant, LEED AP, and REA! We talk #construction and #buildingscience knowledge, performance labeling for homes, and more! Bridget on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/buildingsciencegirl/ Bridget's Website: https://bmoflaherty.wixsite.com/ecohomes My Youtube...

Send us Fan Mail In this week's episode of Better Construction, I talk with Dave Cooper modular construction expert, and an online host. We chat about his career, being an army medic, changing the face of modular construction, and more! Dave Cooper on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/davecooperlive/ Dave Cooper on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjN6RQpN6sEaWQVaB0n4mDw My Youtu...

Send us Fan Mail In this week's episode of Better Construction, I talk with Adam White, CEO, and owner of Intelligent Membranes and White Haus. We chat about his career, how he came up with the idea for intelligent membranes, and more! Intelligent Membranes on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/intelligent_membranes/ Adam on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/adam-white-b911a876/ My Yout...

Send us Fan Mail In this week's episode of Better Construction, I talk with Braden Douglas, author, and founder of CREW Marketing partners. We chat about leadership, marketing in the high-performance side of construction, and more! CREW Marketing: https://www.crewmarketingpartners.com/ CREW on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/crewmarketing/ Braden on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/b...

Send us Fan Mail In this week's episode of Better Construction, I talk with Brent Hull from Hull Millwork and the Build Show Network about restoration, being an author and a builder, and his 3000 book collection! Hull Homes: https://hullmillwork.com/ Brent on the Build Show: https://buildshownetwork.com/go/brenthull Brent on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hullmillwork_hullhomes/

Send us Fan Mail In this week's episode of Better Construction, I talk with Enrico Bonilauri from Emu Systems about Passive house, how he became an architect, and more! Emu Systems: https://emu.systems/ Emu on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/emubldgscience/ My Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0czmX0jwkbkCDmJOTR5VnA My Website: https://betterconstructionmedia.com

Send us Fan Mail In this week's episode of Better Construction, I talk with Eddie and Tyler Campbell, better known as the Construction Brothers! The brothers are sixth-generation builders who love construction, architecture, engineering, technology, and trades. Eddie and Tyler own a building information modeling business called ABSI, based in Downtown Milledgeville, GA with their dad. Constru...

Send us Fan Mail In this week's episode of Better Construction, I talk with Jan Pratschke, partner at Collective Carpentry, about his career, opportunities and challenges with prefabricated construction, and more! Collective Carpentry: http://www.collectivecarpentry.com/ Collective Carpentry on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/collective_carpentry/ My Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/chan...

Send us Fan Mail In this week's episode of Better Construction, I talk with Axel Schreyer, president of Schreyer Construction about his career, pushing for better buildings for over 40 years, and why picking the right clients is the key to a long-lasting construction company. Schreyer Construction: https://schreyerconstruction.com/ Schreyer Construction on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com...

Send us Fan Mail In this week's episode of Better Construction, I talk with Greg Hasler, owner of Hasler homes about his career, why he put his name on his business, and why incorporating better construction techniques are better for you as a builder and your clients. Hasler Homes: http://haslerhomes.ca/ Hasler Homes on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/haslerhomesltd/ My Youtube: https://...

Send us Fan Mail In this week's episode of Better Construction, I talk with Travis Brungardt, partner at Catalyst Construction and co-host at the BS and Beer show about his career, how he got started in construction, why he got involved with BS and Beer, and an exciting event they have coming up soon with Jake Bruton and Steve Baczek! Calalyst Construction: h ttp://www.catalystbuilt.com/ BS a...

Send us Fan Mail In this week's episode of Better Construction, I talk with Peter Yost, owner at Building Wright and Technical Director at Green Building advisor about his career, his 10 brothers and sisters, why more people don't build high-performance homes, and more! Building Wright: https://building-wright.com/ Peter on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/buildingwrightpeter/ Peter...

Send us Fan Mail In this week's episode of Better Construction, I talk with Pete Kobelt, Sales Director CLT and Mass Timber at Katerra. Pete and I talk about his start in the mass timber world, Katerra's goals in the construction and specifically the mass timber space and some of the opportunities that using timber as a key component of our buildings affords us on the construction site a...

Send us Fan Mail In this week's episode of Better Construction, I talk with Jake Bruton, owner of Arrow Building, and a well-known contributor to JLC, Fine Homebuilding, The Build Show Network, and more. Jake and I talk about why we need to build better, what he wishes he knew when he started building high-performance homes and how getting kicked out of Boy Scouts camp when he was 12 led to a...