{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Construction Hot Takes","title":"Do We Even Need General Contractors? Reacting to Your Construction Hot Takes","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/d0765e75\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":1661,"description":"Holding your hot takes to the fire in this episode, Adam Cooper, Jeff Robertson, and Greg Gorman take on what our audience actually posted: Do we even need general contractors? Does safety paperwork do anything? Does one platform really fix the chaos? Plus the E-Myth, GCs with skin in the game, one big job versus ten small ones, and whether LEED earns its cost.\nChapters:\n00:00 - We went ‘viral’ on TikTok\n01:18 - Should you pay yourself first?\n03:57 - Do we even need general contractors?\n12:39 - Does safety paperwork actually do anything?\n19:28 - How do GCs lose money on a bid?\n25:41 - Can you really force a jobsite to be safe?\n31:17 - One platform for everything, and is LEED worth it?\nFor operational design and process help: https://ascentconsults.com/operational-design/\nThe operator's playbook for scaling construction: https://ascentconsults.com/build-it-better-ebook/\nAdam Cooper: https://www.linkedin.com/in/adamcooper/\nJeff Robertson: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeffrobertson72/\nGreg Gorman: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gregory-gorman-mba-115ba34/\nCheck out all the Construction Hot Takes episodes on the Ascent website! https://ascentconsults.com/construction-hot-takes-podcast/\nFollow Ascent Consulting on:\nLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/ascent-consulting-inc-/\nFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/ascentconsult\nInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/ascentconsults/\nFollow the Construction Hot Takes Podcast on:\nInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/constructionhottakespodcast/\nTikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@construction.hottakes\nDrop the take you disagree with in the comments. The sharpest ones become a future mailbag episode.\n#Construction #GeneralContractor #ConstructionManagement","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/7tnRBSxyvUnj2LLrko3735SpgUxrQORJqJk70KMFAmQ/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS8wNjc2/YmMxMWY1ZmY0Njhl/ZGYyM2E5ZTAzOGJk/OGU1Yi5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}