{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"The Good Builder Podcast","title":"The Daily Dose #293 | Nagy Mourad: Why We Need Better Builders, Not Just More of Them","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":3203,"description":"The housing conversation in this country is stuck on one word: more. More homes. More tradies. More builders. Nagy Mourad thinks we're missing the word that actually matters.Nagy has worn nearly every hat in construction. He's a registered builder, a developer, and a trainer and assessor who spent more than a decade teaching Victorian builders toward registration. Before any of that, he ran national field and contract operations for the biggest names in Australian telecommunications, including NBN, Optus, and Telstra. He came into building the hard way. His first development stalled for three years and three builders went bankrupt on him before he picked up the tools, studied the trade, and finished the job himself.That lived experience runs through everything Aaron and Nagy cover in this episode. They get into why technical skill on the tools does not automatically make you ready to run a business, why so many capable tradies fall short at registration, and what defect-free building actually takes day to day on site. Nagy makes the case that competency is not one-dimensional, and that the single most underrated risk on any job is one many builders never name out loud: water.They also work through NCC 2025, the Victorian rollout, the difference between a compliant home and a quality one, and the proposed changes to Minimum Financial Requirements and what they could mean for small builders. Throughout, Nagy keeps returning to one idea. Building is a journey with very different stages, and the thinking that gets you to one stage will not carry you to the next.This is a calm, practical, and genuinely educational conversation for anyone serious about lifting their standards and future-proofing their business.What We CoverHow three bankrupt builders and a stalled development turned Nagy into a builder, developer, and trainerWhy technical competency and business competency are two different skill sets, and why most tradies underestimate the secondThe real reasons...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/kfWyLokmOh8IknRiu8hFWliTL287_yQe0yBgRNp7WJc/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS8yZmE4/MDdmMWNmOWU1Yjc4/ZGU2OTIxYTcwOTk0/OTk3YS5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}