As Built : The Podcast

The professionals who build buildings also need to build their practices.

The key to business development in the built environment is understanding the relationship between architect, building materials, contractors and clients – and how each group makes decisions.

In As Built, you’ll hear from industry leaders about how they built their practice. Hosts Brian Jones and Patience Jones also provide insights from their experiences helping firms in the built environment industry grow and succeed.

Episode: 40

Growth Challenges: Partner Exit

When a partner or leader exits your firm, they may give you a heads up – or not. Here’s how to navigate your way through the next phase.

Episode: 39

Tech Stack: Brand Standards for Video Calls

In this Tech Stack episode, we offer some tips to ensure your company’s video calls reflect your brand – without thwarting individuality.

Episode: 36

E-Newsletters

Are e-newsletters a good use of your architecture or building firm resources? It seems like everyone’s doing them, but is that enough of a reason to create them and push them out into the world? In this episode, we unpack the rationale behind e-newsletters and the ways to make them more engaging and more useful.

Episode: 34

It's Holiday Prep Time!

So you don’t end up with that “it’s December 10 and we don’t know what we’re doing” feeling, we’ve got timelines and tips so you can delegate the holiday work.

Episode: 33

When Is Obsession with Competition Healthy?

We’re taught that we should keep an eye on the competition, but when does that cross over into something that isn’t helpful? Is obsession with the competition healthy?

Episode: 31

Growth Challenges: Retirement

We delve into the different dimensions of managing retirements, including the opportunities that such transitions bring, such as redefining the firm’s direction or modifying certain practices that may no longer serve the business’s interests.

Episode: 28

How Building Materials Can Address Rising Costs

When your business is interwoven with the supply chain, you have the unenviable task of explaining to customers why something costs more today than it did yesterday. While you can’t do much about the costs themselves, there are ways to address changes with your customers that can help keep and grow your business.

Episode: 27

Motivation

In this episode, we discuss what does – and doesn’t – work for architecture and building materials firms trying to keep everyone going even when you don’t feel like it.

Episode: 26

Building Relationships

When’s the last time you talked with someone about something other than a project? In this episode, we offer some tips on building relationships outside of the office.