Hot take · 29:52
// THE QUOTE
“I bought the business I said great decision and then metal stud went up 120”
— Dwaine MacDonald · Trinity Energy Group
Buys the company right before steel +120%, COVID price spikes, and the first Ontario carpenter strike in 25 years. Brutal candor builders feel in their gut.
Full episode at 29:52How Two Construction Companies Built Atlantic Canada's New Drywall Partnership (Soubliere-Trinity Origin Story) ▸
THE LESSON THIS CLIP CARRIES
Buying a company just before a commodity price spike (120% steel increase, union strike) is survivable if you move fast and diversify revenue.
“I bought the business and then metal stud went up 120 and I'm on all the jobs where you can't get any increases”
THE CHAPTER IT LIVES IN
Karsh Singh: Soubliere Constructors background and COVID pivot
19:43
Get on the Punch List.
Clips like this, plus the inside line on who's building Atlantic Canada. Every other Thursday.
SOURCE: 29:52 of How Two Construction Companies Built Atlantic Canada's New Drywall Partnership (Soubliere-Trinity Origin Story)