{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"The Good Builder Podcast","title":"The Daily Dose #349 | Before the Contract: How Canibuild and Stylemaster Are Rethinking Preconstruction","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":2875,"description":"What happens before a client signs a building contract could be one of the biggest opportunities for builders to improve their business.\nSite feasibility, zoning, overlays, setbacks, siting, quoting and working out what can actually be built on a block have traditionally meant manual checks, multiple systems and plenty of back-and-forth between sales, estimating and construction.\nIn this episode of The Good Builder Podcast, Az sits down with Mark Garner from Canibuild and Megan Burraston, Sales Manager at Stylemaster Homes, to look at what happens when you start changing that process.\nMegan brings the builder’s perspective, sharing what the process looked like inside Stylemaster before Canibuild, what changed when the technology reached the sales team, and how having better information earlier can affect the customer conversation.\nMark takes us behind the technology: what happens when a builder enters an address, what information can be surfaced about a site, where digital feasibility ends and formal planning begins, and where AI could take preconstruction next.\nThey also tackle a question that matters beyond the big builders. If you're building 20, 30 or 40 homes a year, where should you start if you want to make preconstruction more efficient?\nIn this episode:\nWhat the traditional site-feasibility process actually involves\nWhere manual preconstruction creates hidden costs for builders\nHow Stylemaster Homes changed its early sales and feasibility process\nWhat Canibuild does when a builder enters a property address\nThe line between digital feasibility and formal planning and approvals\nWhy faster answers can change the customer experience\nGetting sales teams to actually adopt new technology\nWhere AI could realistically improve planning, permitting and site assessment\nWhat technology shouldn't replace\nWhere smaller and mid-sized builders can start\nWhat Mark and Megan believe makes a good builder\nA practical conversation about something that happens long before...","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}