Story · 26:45
// THE QUOTE
“his grandfather says son you're going to be a tradesman you just need a different toolbox”
— Kyle MacDonald · The Stone Depot
The Mike Rowe 'different toolbox' story — a complete, quotable parable about valuing the trades from a guy who's the only non-blue-collar man in his family.
Full episode at 26:45Halifax’s Mason Shortage Crisis — and How Stone Depot Is Building the Commercial Hardscape Market | Atlantic Construction Podcast ▸
THE LESSON THIS CLIP CARRIES
Winning commercial masonry/landscape work requires getting specified by the architect or landscape architect early — before the project goes to tender — or the product gets value-engineered out.
“first of all the building owner yeah that’s just coming to the architect … put it in plans … then it’s put out to tender”
THE CHAPTER IT LIVES IN
Moving commercial: Richmond Yard and Fredericton city project
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SOURCE: 26:45 of Halifax’s Mason Shortage Crisis — and How Stone Depot Is Building the Commercial Hardscape Market | Atlantic Construction Podcast