Construction Royalty

A little throwback to one of my favorite episodes of Construction Royalty. It's one of my favorite because personal development is something that overlooked and that rarely anyone takes serious. It's also the most important part of the trades. Enjoy!   Personal Development in the trades is one of the most underrated things in the industry. 95% of the peoplein the construction industry don't focus...

Chase Forry is a Superintendent for Messer Design + Construction, an industry leader in luxury design and construction for residential homes in Austin, Tx. He went to Penn college for Construction for 2 years before he dove into business as a Superintendent for Messer Design + Construction.  Chase joined the Navy straight after high school for 5 1/2 years and graduated as a Corpsman. He then went...

Zach Harris is the owner of Hart Stone Studio & Design, a turn-key fabrication studio for countertops, stone, tile, granite, etc, here in Austin, Tx. Zach has been in the stone industry for 13 years, with 11 of those being in Austin. Being raised around craftsmen, Zach had an eye for design and artistic creations. Hart Stone Studio was born in 2020, in the middle of a hectic economy, and is now an...

Bryce Brindle is the Co-Owner of BLD Construction alongside his wife and life partner. Bryce has worked on all kinds of projects as a Superintendent working at some University of Texas renovations to commercial retail spaces to residential projects. He recently started BLD Construction and is now taking full size residential and commercial projects. BLD Construction LLC is a family construction co...

Renovations is one of the most confusing projects to work on, but it's also one of the most rewarding when the finished product is complete. When you first start a renovation, everything seems pretty straight forward until you tear down the walls and look inside and see all the shit other constractors made in the past! In this episode we talk about the struggles we've come accross on some of our p...

I believe there's a correct and incorrect way to build connections in the industry. There's also small and big events all around town and it's difficult to figure out which of these events would be most beneficial. I've been to events of all sizes with people from various different industries and I've seen my fair share of the differences. I really like the small intimate events because you can ge...

With the rise in AI and all kinds of new technology, what does the future of construction look like? When AI first came into light, most people out in the world though that hard labor blue collar jobs would be the first type of jobs getting replaced by robots. That isn't the case now though! It's being shown that the first types of jobs getting replaced by robots are minimum wage jobs along with o...

I'm sure you've heard the saying "Knowledge is power!" but that couldn't be further from the truth. The fact is that knowledge is only potential power. Knowledge is useless if all you do is gain the information and don't do anything with it. Knowledge becomes power when you actually put that into play and take action. In this episode we share our thoughts on the fact that Knowledge is only potenti...

Shoutout to Zach Harris from Hart Srone Studio & Design from Austin, Tx for bringing us this topic to discuss!   There's a huge controversial discussion about disconnecting from work everyday. Most people think of work as this bad and unhealthy thing that they must leave at the front door of their office when they clock out for the day or something they leave locked away in their laptop if they wo...

Personal Development in the trades is one of the most underrated things in the industry. 95% of the peoplein the construction industry don't focus on this and we believe it's a huge issue that needs to be addressed. The reason we believe this is because working inside of the construction industry is one of the toughest and most difficult jobs you can have that will drain your body physically over...

Kevin Martinez who also goes by the name KSparky is an electrician from San Diego, CA who is on the come up and is making massive waves in the electrical industry. Only been in the electrical industry for a couple of years now, Kevin has been a major influence to younger and newer electrical apprentices who are intrested in building a solid career.  He's one of the very few people in the construct...

Most of the people in today's society glorify entrepreneurship and starting a business as a the trending hot career to get into. Those same people that glorify it aren't aware of how difficult it is to start a business let alone build a successful business. The game is difficult on it's own but adding to it other people's opinion of what you're trying to do makes it much more difficult. Most of th...

Jazmine Mendoza joined Retiz Electric in June 2022 when she recently moved to Austin, Tx from Virginia. Not knowing anybody in Austin but hungry to learn and advance in the industry, she showed what she brought to the table and her willingness to learn and work hard in the field.  Being a female in the trades is becoming more common as the years go by and she plans to inspire more women to get int...

This New Year I give you a short and fire episode. I talk about you need to do to have a kickass 2023 and how you can win this year, what I did last New Years that helped me become mentally stronger that not only worked for New Years day but for the rest of the year, and what you need to do come Monday when you go back to work to complete your customer's projects. I talk from experience of the las...

This Christmas I give you a short for sweet episode. I talk about not letting your kids down during the christmas holiday, not letting yourself go, and what you have to do during this time of year to become a person with more confidence and with more control of things around you, especially food and drink and how all this relates to taking care of your customers projects once you get back to work...

Doug Powell is only 1/2 of the Lumen Brothers Electric Company based out of Frederick, Maryland. He started Lumen Brothers with his partner Josh Wright during the pandemic of 2020 which made things intresting for them.  Doug was a stand-up comedian for more than a decade before transitioning to the electrical industry and starting from scratch with no basic knowledge of anything. He created conten...

Ahmed Seirafi grew up in the family development business that his dad started. He now owns Andalusia Development Company that does projects worth over $100M! His company operates mainly in Southern California but they're quickly expanding to Dallas, Tx and other potential states. On top of that, he's creating a training program to teach other people what he does! Listen carefully on how he started...

Jason LaBrash is the Vice-President of Grizzly Iron, Inc. Jason began his career at Grizzly Iron, Inc. at the age of 18 right after high school. Wearing many different hats throughout the years has helped him with the skill of filling any position when needed.  Grizzly Iron, Inc. is a family-owned business started by Roger "Grizz" LaBrash in 1987 in Pheonix, AZ that creates custom Ironwork mainly...

Luke C. Marcotte is the Founder and President of Sisu Devco, which specializes in in real estate development and general contracting in Northern Michigan. He's also the host of On Them Big Jobs  podcast on iTunes and Spotify. Luke started his first business at 15 years old buying, fixing, and flipping trucks. At age 16 he started and electrical company and from that point on he developed his compa...

Josh Shelton is the Vice-President of Roadway Specialties located in Austin, Tx. Roadway Specialties works in a super niched industry that does all things subsidierary to the highways. Small signs, guardrails, cable barriers, etc. Josh joined the family business after he walked out during a shift at a lube shop for them not having good customer service. He started in the business doing hard manuel...

Kyle Georgian is the President of Biltright Turf, a modern synthetic grass. They specialize in quality work, integrity, and superior customer service. Something that was once a side hustle selling turf turned into the multi-state company now known as Biltright Turf. Kyle and his brother started the company back in 2013 in Southern California,. Now their expanding into Nevada, Austin, Tx and other...

Mickey Jogoleff helps construction trade companies build legit sales teams. He also helps restaurants and gyms with their sales since health, fitness, and construction are his passions. Mickey grew up in the construction industry a long side the rest of his family, aunts, and uncles. After a few years in construction, he knew that he had to get in shape in order for his body to endure the hard lab...

Most people (including myself) tend to say "I'm just not that creative" or something along those lines, when they know it's time to come up with some ideas that can be implented in their business.   I recently discovered a method on how to begin the flow of creative ideas through your brain. The few times I've tried this, I felt like I just unlocked a new superpower.   Let me know what you think o...

John Michael Perez is an Austin, TX real estate agent, investor, Airbnb host and creator of the Leander Dad's facebook group. In other words, he has a lot on his plate for someone who was a serving tables and picking up dog shit for money less than 5 years ago! John is the top sales agent at his brokerage and now owns millions in real este and is looking to be the go-to guy in his community of Lea...

What's next for Construction Royalty? Listen to this short episode and find out! PS Our first Construction Royalty Meet-up is today in Austin, Tx!   Check out what we're doing here: https://linktr.ee/constructionroyalty