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Construction Podcast Episodes.

Podcast-style audio episodes covering construction project management, contract strategy, planning, leadership and practical lessons from the field. Generated with NotebookLM from curated practitioner notes and project resources.

Created from curated construction notes, guides and project management resources.
Featured episode
Common Mistakes in Construction Project Management
Episode 01 · Construction Management · 4 min

Gaps that create confusion, rework, delays and avoidable pressure on construction teams — and the small habits that prevent each one.

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Two-host overview generated from the episode brief. Sarah & George.

12 episodes in the launch lineup

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Ep 01Construction ManagementAudio ready

Common Mistakes in Construction Project Management

Gaps that create confusion, rework, delays and avoidable pressure on construction teams — and the small habits that prevent each one.

4 min4 Sept 2025
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Ep 02Contract StrategyAudio ready

Contract Types and Delivery Methods

How contract structure and delivery method choices shape project risk, control and collaboration on real construction programmes.

5 min18 Sept 2025
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Ep 03Project ControlsAudio ready

Earned Value on the Tools

EVM stripped back to four metrics that drive real decisions on construction sites — CPI, SPI, EAC and TCPI.

4 min2 Oct 2025
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Ep 04Planning & SchedulingAudio ready

Pull Planning in Practice

How to run a Last Planner pull session that the trade foremen take seriously, and how to use PPC as a learning signal.

4 min16 Oct 2025
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Ep 05Leadership & CommunicationAudio ready

Leading Without Authority on Site

What actually moves a crew, what wastes everyone's time, and what to do when relationships sour.

3 min30 Oct 2025
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Ep 06Lessons LearnedAudio ready

Practical Completion Survival Notes

The final 60 days of a construction project. Snag closure, commissioning, statutory sign-offs, and the politics of handover.

6 min13 Nov 2025
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Ep 07Construction ClaimsAudio ready

Delay Claims Without the Drama

When a delay claim is the right move, what records you need from day one, and how to keep the relationship intact.

6 min27 Nov 2025
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Ep 08Digital ConstructionAudio ready

AI in Project Controls — Honest Take

Which AI use cases are paying back this year on construction projects, and which are still demos.

4 min11 Dec 2025
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Ep 09Risk ManagementAudio ready

Building a Risk Register People Actually Open

Owner, trigger, response — the three columns most registers get wrong, and the weekly cadence that keeps them alive.

5 min8 Jan 2026
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Ep 10Cost ControlAudio ready

Forecasting Cost When the Baseline is Already Wrong

Three EAC methods, when each is defensible, and how to brief a sponsor on a forecast you do not love.

5 min22 Jan 2026
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Ep 11Procurement ManagementAudio ready

Subcontract Scope Without the Late-Night Call

The scope matrix, the look-ahead, the supervision ratios — what to lock in tender and what to track every Friday.

5 min5 Feb 2026
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Ep 12PMBOK for ConstructionAudio ready

Adapting PMBOK 8 to a Construction Site

Performance domains, principles, tailoring. What translates cleanly to a construction job and what needs editing before it ships.

6 min19 Feb 2026

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