// THE LEDGER
Every episode, on the record.
78 conversations with the people building Atlantic Canada — each with its clips, lessons, companies and receipts.
EP 781:06:15How Nova Scotia almost killed its solar industry — and the founder who fought back
John Jennex · Solar Ascent
2024-11-11
EP 771:31:57How 3D Renders & Virtual Tours De-Risk Construction | Luminous Labs (Halifax)
Nick LeBlanc · Luminous Labs
2024-10-29
EP 7652:51How a Nova Scotia Realtor Built 8 Rentals by Doing His Own Renos (Halifax Real Estate)
Christopher Pickup · eXp Realty (subsidiary of eXp World Holdings, Inc.)
2024-10-16
EP 7536:02Sourcing Certified Building Materials from China for Halifax Builders | Houzzspace's Cong Lin
Cong Lin · Houzzspace Ltd.
2024-09-16
EP 7455:01The 'If You Died Tomorrow' Test: Succession & Tax Planning for Construction Business Owners
Peter Freeman · Freeman Group Private Wealth Management
2024-06-04
EP 731:08:13How EllisDon, Pomerleau & Bird De-Risk Projects: IPD and Early Contractor Involvement in Atlantic Canada
Travis Rudolph · EllisDon Corporation
2024-05-14
EP 721:08:29How an Association Beats Brutal Construction Contracts (OGCA President on Tender Risk & the Labour Gap)
Giovanni Cautillo · Ontario General Contractors Association
2023-12-11
EP 7150:20Why Culture Drives Your Construction Business (Procore's Culture Team)
Lisa OBrien, PCC, CPCC · Procore Technologies, Inc.
2023-11-21
EP 701:07:29How to Build a Construction Team That Runs Without You | Dura Seal's Amin Tran
Amin Tran · Dura Seal Ltd.
2023-11-08
EP 691:25:24The Average Construction Worker Is 60 — So He Built LEGO-Style Blocks From 100% Recycled Waste | Dustin Bowers, PLAEX
Dustin Bowers · PLAEX Building Systems Inc.
2023-10-23
EP 6847:51"I Won the Stanley Cup and Was Suicidal" — NHL Goalie Corey Hirsch on Construction's Mental Health Crisis
Corey Hirsch · Procore Technologies, Inc.
2023-10-10
EP 671:13:09Building Nova Scotia's Largest School: Inside Bedford Ravines with PCL & Architecture 49
Catherine Hefler · PCL Construction
2023-09-25
EP 661:23:21Selling Your Construction Business? Succession, Wills & Exit Planning for Contractors | Freeman Group (IG Wealth)
Peter Freeman CFP · Freeman Group Private Wealth Management
2023-09-18
EP 651:06:53Interior Designer vs. Architect vs. Decorator: Who Do You Actually Need? | IDNS Board Roundtable
Emma Woodhull · Interior Designers of Nova Scotia (IDNS)
2023-09-05
EP 6454:45Why Black Windows Crack & Fade — and the Laminate Fix | Cornerstone's Kate Lindsay on Windows for Atlantic Canada
Kate Lindsay · Cornerstone Building Brands, Inc.
2023-08-28
EP 631:10:54600 Units in Cole Harbour & Buying a Competitor — Rob Clinch on Construction Management vs Project Management (Avant Garde CM)
Rob Clinch · Avant-Garde Construction & Management Inc.
2023-08-15
EP 621:19:45How to Price a Paving Job: The Tons-and-Time Method Explained by Brown's Paving (NB)
Nathan Bernard · Brown's Paving Ltd.
2023-08-08
EP 611:14:31Why Shipping Windows to Newfoundland Costs More Than Winnipeg — ALLSCO on Glazing Science, Energy Grants & Atlantic Canada's Window Market
Remy Leger · Allsco Windows & Doors
2023-07-31
EP 601:37:36How a New Brunswick Cladding Company Beat the Labour Shortage with Single-Ply Roofing | Century Exteriors
Jeremy Mean · Century Exteriors Inc.
2023-07-17
EP 5926:46Building Pop-Up Restaurants at Minus 62°C: Remote Construction Lessons from Churchill, Manitoba
Marco Gallo · 0812 Building Solutions Inc.
2023-07-07
EP 582:03:49From São Paulo to Moncton: Building a 11-Person Design Firm During Atlantic Canada's Labour Shortage | Ep 58
Arides Cabreira · 46North Group of Companies Inc.
2023-06-26
EP 5758:39How to Attract and Keep Great Construction Workers: Employer Branding for Any Size Firm (ft. Procore)
Melissa Macfarlane Heidmiller · Procore Technologies, Inc.
2023-06-12
EP 561:36:32How Two Construction Companies Built Atlantic Canada's New Drywall Partnership (Soubliere-Trinity Origin Story)
Dwaine MacDonald · Trinity Energy Group
2023-05-29
EP 551:04:37Halifax’s Mason Shortage Crisis — and How Stone Depot Is Building the Commercial Hardscape Market | Atlantic Construction Podcast
Kyle MacDonald · The Stone Depot
2023-05-23
EP 5458:56How Engineered Wood Changed Construction (And What COVID Did to Supply Chains) — Bertin Rioux, Clyvanor
Bertin Rioux · Clyvanor Ltée
2023-05-15
EP 5356:37EV Charging in Atlantic Canada: How Developers Get 50% Government Grants (Electric Avenue founder Mark McDonald)
Mark MacDonald · Electric Avenue Manufacturing Inc.
2023-05-08
EP 521:07:01How Atlantic Canada Contractors Can Fix the Labour Shortage — and Stop Turning Down Work | Fairwinds Training
Alain Lefebvre · Fairwinds Training & Development Inc.
2023-05-01
EP 5158:11How Halifax's 30-Storey Boom Gets Built: Inside Wolseley Canada's Atlantic Supply Chain (Heat Pumps, Mega-Jobs & the Labour Crunch)
Tom MacKenzie · Wolseley Canada Inc.
2023-04-24
EP 501:10:41How Bruno Builders Built a Vertically Integrated GC in Halifax — Procore Lessons, Labour Shortage Realities, and 700 Units in Downtown Dartmouth
Elliot MacNeil · Bruno Builders Inc.
2023-04-17
EP 491:46:48Building Envelope Commissioning, Passive House vs Net Zero, Mass Timber & More — Live from BuildGreen Atlantic 2023 (11 Experts)
Janet Tobin · EfficiencyOne
2023-04-10
EP 4859:35How EllisDon Atlantic Wins Complex Projects — Design-Build Strategy, Labour Shortage, and Owner Budget Reality | Ep. 48
Travis Rudolph · EllisDon Corporation
2023-04-03
EP 471:10:49From Bankruptcy to $10M: How This NB-Born CEO Built Canada's Top Construction Staffing Firm
Shannon Warren · Matrix HR (formerly Matrix Labour Leasing Ltd.)
2023-03-29
EP 461:27:10Why Atlantic Canada Is Already Behind on Net Zero — and What BC Got Right | BuildGreen Atlantic Panel
Lara Ryan · Lara Ryan Design
2023-03-24
EP 451:05:52Radon in Atlantic Canada: Why 1-in-4 NB Homes Fails the Safety Standard — and What Contractors Must Know
Jeff LeBlanc · Radon Repair
2023-03-20
EP 4449:22How GPS Auto-Clocking Cuts Construction Payroll Admin from a Saturday to One Hour | Construction Clock
David Peters · ConstructionClock
2023-03-13
EP 431:14:21How to Save $1M on Your Next Construction Project — Owner’s Rep, Cost Estimating & Design-Build | Terry Hussey, Vigilant Atlantic
Terry Hussey · Vigilant Management Inc. (brand: Vigilant Atlantic)
2023-02-27
EP 4238:34How Construction Tech Actually Crosses the Chasm: Procore & OpenSpace at Canadian Concrete Expo 2023
Ali Halak · Procore Technologies, Inc.
2023-02-22
EP 4153:28Asbestos, Radon & Environmental Site Assessments in Atlantic Canada — ALL-TECH Environmental Services (30 Years)
Larry Koughan · ALL-TECH Environmental Services Limited
2023-02-06
EP 4047:20Cellulose Insulation in Atlantic Canada: Fire Performance, Retrofit Moisture Risk, and the Net-Zero Shift | Thermocell & Greenfiber
Matthew Brennan · Thermo-Cell Industries Ltd. (operating as Thermocell / Greenfiber Canada)
2023-01-23
EP 391:28:51How Two Halifax Developers Do Their Own Permits, Plumbing, and AutoCAD — In-House Build Model Explained (Connect East & Kulak Construction)
Andre Kulakevich · Kulak Construction Ltd.
2023-01-09
EP 381:00:10How an Electrical Contractor Uses Data to Say No to the Wrong Jobs (Able Electric, NS)
Michael Castellani · Able Electric 2016 Limited
2022-12-22
EP 371:38:16How Payzant Home Hardware Built Atlantic Canada's Largest Independent Building Supply Fleet — and Why They Cap Commercial at 15%
Andrew Payzant · Payzant Building Products Ltd.
2022-11-21
EP 3652:43Hurricane-Proof Concrete Homes Are Coming to Atlantic Canada — Maritech's Residential Tilt-Up Bet (Jim Allison & Phil Farrow)
Jim Allison (Jimmy Allison) · Maritech Construction Inc.
2022-11-07
EP 351:28:12How Two Newfoundlanders Built Atlantic Canada's Virtual Heavy Equipment Marketplace | Eastern Frontier
John Adams · Eastern Frontier Auctions
2022-10-24
EP 341:18:14Asbestos, Abatement & Demolition in Atlantic Canada: Inflector Environmental Services on Hazmat, Healthcare Construction, and Acquiring a 50-Year Competitor
Dan Chisholm · Inflector Environmental Services
2022-10-03
EP 331:30:01From ICU Nurse to Healthcare Architect: How Buildings Heal (or Harm) — Sarah Proder, Architecture49
Sarah Proder · Architecture49
2022-09-19
EP 3259:09Raised Access Floors and Underfloor Air Distribution in Commercial Construction — Russell Cook, Cook's Construction
Russell Cook, Dip.ME, GSC · Modular Interiors by Cook's (formerly Cook's Construction & Consulting)
2022-07-25
EP 311:00:23Building a Cladding Company From Scratch: Estimating, Crew Culture, and Knowing When to Say No — Jimmy Lorway, Anvil Construction
Jimmy Lorway · Anvil Construction Ltd.
2022-06-06
EP 301:18:18How Lindsay Construction Grew 7x Without Losing Control — Cory Bell & Devin Hartnell
Cory Bell · Lindsay Construction Limited
2022-05-23
EP 291:05:09BIM, Pre-Planning, and the $100 vs $10,000 Rule — Patrick Lafreniere, JCB Construction Canada (Newfoundland)
Patrick Lafreniere · JCB Construction Canada Inc.
2022-04-25
EP 281:16:30Solar Cladding as a Cladding Replacement: BIPV, Rainstick Water Recycling, and Atlantic Canada Sales Strategy | Barry Osmun, AzSpecd Solutions
Barry Osmun · AzSpecd Solutions Inc.
2022-04-04
EP 2744:54How 3D LiDAR Scanning Cuts Construction Change Orders by 50% — Colin Gillis, Smarter Spaces
Colin Gillis, BBA, MCPM · Smarter Spaces Inc.
2022-03-21
EP 2645:44Why Painters Are the Banks of Construction — and Why No One in Atlantic Canada Wants to Fix It | GT Painting
Guillaume Tremblay · GT Painting Inc.
2022-03-07
EP 251:10:00How Halifax's Luminous Labs Replaced Model Suites with 3D Virtual Tours (and Saves Developers Thousands)
Nick LeBlanc · Luminous Labs
2022-02-21
EP 241:07:49Commercial Roofing in Atlantic Canada: Lifecycle Management, Conditions Assessments, and the One-Throat-to-Choke Warranty Model (Matthew Simon, The Garland Company)
Matthew Simon · The Garland Company, Inc.
2022-02-07
EP 231:27:41How to Start a GC on Relationships Alone: Iron Maple's Ian Boyd & Rene Cox on Risk, P3s, and the Atlantic Canada Construction Market
Ian Boyd · Iron Maple Constructors
2022-01-31
EP 2257:33Passive House vs Net Zero: The Full Canadian Certification Ladder with Casey Grey (The Conscious Builder)
Casey Grey · The Conscious Builder Inc.
2022-01-17
EP 2143:10How Fabtek Atlantic Built a Glazing Fabrication Shop from Alumacore's Regional Exit | Atlantic Canada Construction
Cory Wensley · Fabtek Atlantic Ltd.
2022-01-03
EP 2046:09Passive House, Land Development & Renewable Energy Civil Works in Atlantic Canada | Design Point Engineering
Evan Teasdale P.Eng. · DesignPoint Engineering & Surveying Ltd.
2021-10-11
EP 1947:58Natural Gas for Nova Scotia Builders: Construction Heat, Utility Coordination & the CSA Scope Boundary — Heritage Gas
Allison Coffin, MBA, P.Eng. · Eastward Energy (formerly Heritage Gas Limited)
2021-09-27
EP 1854:02Construction Bonds Explained: How Surety Pre-Qualification Works in Atlantic Canada (Intact & FCA Surety)
Ryan Brady · Intact Insurance (Surety Division) / Intact Financial Corporation
2021-09-13
EP 1744:19Roof Thermal Scans, Material Shortages & the Case for Recapping: Soprema + IRC Building Sciences on Atlantic Canada's 2021 Roofing Crisis
Charles McCormick · SOPREMA Canada Inc.
2021-08-31
EP 1654:35Nova Scotia Has No Contractor Licensing — And That's a Problem | NSCSC's Trent Soholt
Trent Soholt · Nova Scotia Construction Sector Council (NSCSC-ICI)
2021-08-16
EP 1551:18How UNB's Off-site Research Centre Is Bringing Modular Construction to Atlantic Canada (And the Financial Risks GCs Need to Know)
Brandon Searle · UNB Off-site Construction Research Centre (OCRC)
2021-08-02
EP 1451:19Inside Pomerleau: P3 Construction, BIM Innovation, and Building Culture in Atlantic Canada
Lorin Robar · Pomerleau Inc.
2021-07-19
EP 131:01:33How Atlantic Canada's Largest GC Bids $250M Projects: MARCO Group President Allan MacIntosh on P3s, Risk, and Building a Team
Allan MacIntosh · Marco Group Limited
2021-07-05
EP 121:08:03How Halifax's Dexel Developments Builds Landmark Apartments: Vertical Integration, BIM, and 25-Year CapEx Thinking
Kris Skiba · Dexel Developments Limited / Dexel Architecture
2021-06-21
EP 1150:17From Sweeping Floors to a $100M Contractor — Doug Doucet of RCS Construction on EOS, Paying Subs in 48 Hours & the Project That Almost Broke Him
Doug Doucet · rcs construction
2021-06-07
EP 1036:20Prefab Interior Walls Are Coming to Atlantic Canada — Falkbuilt's Anathea Fenton on Off-Site Construction and Why Your Architect Needs to See This First
Anathea Fenton · Falkbuilt Ltd.
2021-05-31
EP 944:38From Sweeping Floors to Director of Construction: Two RCS Alumni Launch PMco During COVID | Andrew Doucet & Craig Duininck
Andrew Doucet, P.GSC · PMco Incorporated
2021-05-24
EP 842:50How AI Is Automating Construction Estimating — And Why Atlantic Canada Trades Are in Demand Across Canada (Jeff Graham, Construction AI & Blueforce Logistics)
Jeff Graham · Construction AI
2021-05-17
EP 744:50How Root Architecture Designed the $11M Green Gables Visitor Centre — and Why Atlantic Canada Architects Can't Specialize | Kendall Taylor
Kendall Taylor · root architecture inc
2021-05-10
EP 639:1638 Modular Townhomes, Craned in Like Lego: How Cresco Is Building Through Nova Scotia's Trades Shortage
Amanée Mousavi · Cresco Developments Limited
2021-05-03
EP 51:05:06Masonry Is 22% Cheaper Than Concrete? The Load-Bearing Comeback + Why the Average Bricklayer Is 53 | Atlantic Masonry Institute & Darim Masonry
Andrew Smith · Atlantic Masonry Institute
2021-04-26
EP 447:08How Trim Landscaping Built Halifax's Queen's Marque and Argyle Street — The Commercial Landscaping Niche Nobody Else Owns
Brendan Wilton · Trim Landscaping Inc.
2021-04-19
EP 31:11:07Going Fully Virtual in Architecture: How TEAL Architects Shut Their Studio, Saved Tens of Thousands, and Built a Better Team | Tom Emodi
Tom Emodi, FRAIC, LEED AP · TEAL Architects+Planners
2021-04-12
EP 241:35Inside Atlantic Canada Commercial Millwork: CNC Automation, Section-6 Scope, and the Real Cost of Lumber in 2021 — Matt Cameron, Provincial Woodworkers
Matt Cameron · Provincial Woodworkers Limited
2021-04-05
EP 156:09Design-Build Steel in Atlantic Canada: Merit Industries on Projects, Pricing, and Why Tradespeople Know Best
Tim Houtsma · Marid Industries
2021-03-29