Todd Dawalt
The Construction Leading Edge Podcast
Construction business owners doing $1M–$20M: fix your preconstruction and handoffs so you can stop firefighting and build a profitable business that runs without you. For custom home builders, remodelers, commercial GCs, and trade contractors, this podcast shows you how to design a real preconstruction process and nail the handoff from office to field. If your projects are slipping, profit is bleeding out through rework and giveaways, and everything lives in your head, you'll get practical systems to tighten precon, cut chaos, and turn your construction business into a more profitable, control...
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Todd Dawalt
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Jul 6, 2026
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Episodes
How We Found $400,000 of Hidden Profit in A Custom Builder's Business | EP 426 12.01.2026 28:12
🚀Download your free Strategic Planning Guide HERE ☎️Schedule a Business Evaluation Call with The Construction Leading Edge Team HERE – EPISODE 426: Mike was running a $5 million custom home building company, but it felt like he was running on fumes. Even with steady referrals, a solid team, and growing demand, he and his VP were stuck in chaos. Firefighting every day and turning away work they...
Stop Setting More Goals. Fix One Constraint | EP 425 07.01.2026 31:12
☎️Schedule a Business Evaluation Call with The Construction Leading Edge Team HERE – EPISODE 425: You have always started the year with clear goals to grow revenue, increase profit, and finally step out of operations. If you're being honest, 2026 is no different; you're just reliving the same year over again with different job numbers on the whiteboard. In this episode, I unpack why goals fail. It...
Average People: The Secret for Profitable Construction Business Growth | EP 424 29.12.2025 27:02
🚀Watch the Get Out of Your Construction Business Masterclass - HERE ☎️Schedule a Business Evaluation Call with The Construction Leading Edge Team HERE – EPISODE 424: If you're constantly hunting for that one dream employee, the unicorn who can wear all the hats and solve all your problems, you are doing it wrong. Building your business around unicorns isn't smart. It's risky and keeps you stuck...
Your Construction Business Is Doing Exactly What It's Designed To Do | Ep 423 22.12.2025 21:10
🚀Download the How to Buyout a Construction Project Playbook HERE ☎️Schedule a Business Evaluation Call with The Construction Leading Edge Team HERE – EPISODE 423: Does this sound familiar? You set goals every year, swear you'll fix the chaos in your business, and then 12 months later, you're still firefighting, still stuck in the same mess, and all you have is a stack of "almosts." In this episo...
How Elon Musk Would Streamline Your Construction Business: 5 Steps | E422 15.12.2025 19:36
☎️Schedule a Business Evaluation Call with The Construction Leading Edge Team HERE 🚀Is Your Construction Business Ready to Scale? Take the free online assessment HERE – EPISODE 422: If you're a general contractor, and you feel like you're buried under processes, stuck in the weeds, and constantly spinning to keep things moving... this episode is going to give you the roadmap to simplify, systemat...
The Builder Identity Crisis: What Got You Here Won't Get You There | Ep 421 08.12.2025 38:24
🚀Download the How to Buyout a Construction Project Playbook HERE ☎️Schedule a Business Evaluation Call with The Construction Leading Edge Team HERE – EPISODE 421: If you feel stuck in your business, the problem might not be your team, your schedule, or your subs… it might be your identity. In this episode, I'm discussing one of the biggest hidden growth killers I've seen in the construction worl...
Cut Preconstruction Timelines in Half: 6 Strategies From Managing $300M | E420 01.12.2025 31:52
EPISODE 420 If pre-construction is dragging on, you're not just losing time but also revenue, team capacity, and control. In this episode, I'm going to show you how to cut your pre-construction timelines in half and finally get your projects to the starting line on time. Here's what we're going to cover: The biggest mistakes contractors make at the beginning of a project Why do many projects die i...
Repossess Your Time by Fixing These 3 Hidden Design Flaws in Your Construction Business | Ep 419 24.11.2025 33:59
🚀Download the How to Buyout a Construction Project Playbook HERE ☎️Schedule a Business Evaluation Call with The Construction Leading Edge Team HERE – EPISODE 419: You're regularly putting in 70-hour weeks, but the needle still isn't moving. Calls. Texts. Problems. Decisions. It all falls on you. It may not be a time management problem but a design problem. In this episode, I'll explain why your...
Accountability Requires Clarity: How to Get Your Team to Take Ownership | E418 17.11.2025 38:36
🚀Download our FREE Strategic Planning Guide HERE ☎️Schedule a Business Evaluation Call with The Construction Leading Edge Team HERE – EPISODE 418: Are you tired of chasing your team for every little thing? Getting your team to take ownership is one of the most common frustrations I hear from construction business owners. But here's the truth: your team isn't lazy, and it's not a people problem....
Get Out of the Builder Trap with Daniel Queen | E417 10.11.2025 50:30
🚀Download the How to Buyout a Construction Project Playbook HERE ☎️Schedule a Business Evaluation Call with The Construction Leading Edge Team HERE – EPISODE 417: Are you tired of doing everything in your construction business and still feeling stuck? Most construction business owners believe that working harder will solve everything. However, Daniel Queen, founder of Built by Coalition, a cust...
Scaling Fast? Stop Chasing Sales and Fix THIS First with Cole West | E416 03.11.2025 51:49
🚀Download our FREE Strategic Planning Guide HERE ☎️Schedule a Business Evaluation Call with The Construction Leading Edge Team HERE – EPISODE 416: Is your construction business always in firefighting mode? As a project manager turned integrator at Matchless Concrete Construction, Cole West knew they were growing too fast, but they were also bleeding money, missing deadlines, and drowning in chaos...
7-Figure Growth Starts with Lean Systems w/ Tod Ingersoll | E415 27.10.2025 52:34
🚀Download our FREE Strategic Planning Guide HERE ☎️Schedule a Business Evaluation Call with The Construction Leading Edge Team HERE – EPISODE 415: Do you always feel like you're constantly putting out fires, drowning in details, and barely keeping your construction business afloat? It doesn't always have to be that way. In this episode of the Construction Leading Edge podcast, I sat down with To...
The Hidden Reason Your Projects Keep Slipping—and How to Stop It | E414 20.10.2025 35:28
🚀Download the How to Buyout a Construction Project Playbook HERE ☎️Schedule a Business Evaluation Call with The Construction Leading Edge Team HERE 📝Is Your Construction Business Ready to Scale? Take the FREE Online Assessment HERE – EPISODE 414: Have you ever had a project delay wreck your schedule and cash flow? Most of us would argue that project slippage is beyond our control, but actually,...
Your Most Important Hire Isn't on the Jobsite—It's an Executive Assistant with Steven Neuner | E413 13.10.2025 54:14
🚀Download the How to Buyout a Construction Project Playbook HERE ☎️Schedule a Business Evaluation Call with The Construction Leading Edge Team HERE – EPISODE 413: Have you ever felt like your construction business would fall apart if you stepped away for even a day? That's exactly how Steven Neuner felt for years. He found success, but was exhausted, overwhelmed, and the bottleneck for everythin...
What's Your #1 Constraint? Here's How to Find It | E412 06.10.2025 31:04
🚀Download the How to Buyout a Construction Project Playbook HERE ☎️Schedule a Business Evaluation Call with The Construction Leading Edge Team HERE – EPISODE 412: Are you putting in the hours—maybe 60-70 hours a week—but your construction business still feels stuck? Have you hired people, bought software, and generated more leads, but somehow you're still the one solving every problem? In this e...
Escape the Bottleneck Trap for Good Using 3 Simple Systems with Travis Balcom | E411 29.09.2025 58:52
🚀Download the How to Buyout a Construction Project Playbook HERE ☎️Schedule a Business Evaluation Call with The Construction Leading Edge Team HERE – EPISODE 411: What happens when you realize you are the bottleneck in your construction business? Meet Travis Balcom, owner of TAB Construction LLC, a custom home-building company based in upstate New York. Last year, Travis was ready to quit. His...
How to Use the Moneyball Strategy to Run Your Construction Business Like a Machine | E410 22.09.2025 37:59
🚀Download the How to Buyout a Construction Project Playbook HERE ☎️Schedule a Business Evaluation Call with The Construction Leading Edge Team HERE – EPISODE 410: Do you find yourself always dealing with chaos, simply expecting your construction team to "figure it out" ? What if success in your construction business could be defined as clearly as Billy Beane defined it with the Oakland A's? In...
They Doubled Their Business by Saying No, Building Systems, and Setting Clear Expectations with Ryan Brining & Tom Battersby | E409 15.09.2025 54:01
🚀Download the How to Buyout a Construction Project Playbook HERE ☎️Schedule a Business Evaluation Call with The Construction Leading Edge Team HERE – EPISODE 409: What if the secret to doubling your construction business isn't about working harder, hiring more people, or saying yes to every project? In this episode of the Construction Leading Edge podcast, we're joined by Ryan Brining & Tom Bat...
Before You Hire or Buy Software, Fix This First in Your Construction Business | E408 08.09.2025 31:23
🚀Is your construction business ready to scale? Take the FREE online assessment HERE ☎️Schedule your free business evaluation call with our team HERE – EPISODE 408: Most construction owners are bleeding profit and burning out, not because they lack good people, but because they're building their business in the wrong sequence. In this episode of the Construction Leading Edge podcast, I'm breaking...
Why Only a Few Builders Ever Find True Success (From a 30-Year Veteran) with Jeff Bowers | E407 01.09.2025 1:15:18
🚀Is your construction business ready to scale? Take the FREE online assessment HERE ☎️Schedule your free business evaluation call with our team HERE – EPISODE 407: If construction chaos is your normal, you're probably missing the systems that can fix it. Jeff Bowers, owner of Masterpiece Design Build, joins us to share the hard-won wisdom from decades in the construction industry and how everyth...
How to Delegate Results by Letting Go of Control the Right Way w/ Max Christiansen | E406 25.08.2025 1:14:33
🚀Is your construction business ready to scale? Take the FREE online assessment HERE ☎️Schedule your free business evaluation call with our team HERE – EPISODE 406: What if you could cut your daily calls from 60 down to 5 and finally take weeks off without the chaos following you? It's possible! Freedom in business isn't about working harder. It's about letting go of control and building systems...
One Thing Every Professional Construction Business Must Have to Grow | E405 18.08.2025 23:39
☎️Schedule your free business evaluation call with our team HERE – EPISODE 405: Are you struggling with the chaos that comes with managing custom construction projects? Do you feel like every project is starting from scratch, and you're constantly putting out fires? Most construction business owners believe that having systems for custom projects removes personalization and freedom. But the trut...
The Real Reason Visionary-Integrator Partnerships Finally Click (and Keep Growing) | E404 11.08.2025 26:17
🚀Is your construction business ready to scale? Take the FREE online assessment HERE ☎️ Schedule your free business evaluation call with our team HERE – EPISODE 404: Are you drowning in great ideas, but struggling to execute them? Do your Monday morning meetings leave your team staring back at you blankly? I've worked with hundreds of construction leaders who live in that tension—visionaries with...
How to Engineer Your Construction Business to Double in 12 Months | E403 04.08.2025 30:50
🚀Is your construction business ready to scale? Take the FREE online assessment HERE ☎️Schedule your free business evaluation call with our team HERE – EPISODE 403: What if your construction business doubled tomorrow? Would it thrive or break? You might think the answer is hiring a unicorn project manager to finally grow your business. But here's the truth: the real reason your construction busin...
The Real Reason You Don't Have Time & What to Do About It | E402 28.07.2025 26:04
🚀Join our Live Meetup this coming 16th of October. Register HERE ☎️Schedule your free business evaluation call with our team HERE – EPISODE 402: Are you drowning in work and constantly feeling like there's never enough time? If you're a construction business owner overwhelmed by the day-to-day, I have a message for you: the lack of time is 100% within your control. In this week's episode of the...
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