Welcome to the APB Digest! This fortnight you can get a custom analysis of your building company, scored across 11 areas with a market valuation included. Russ is also on the Inspired Builders Podcast talking profit and pricing, and APB has been named one of Australia’s Best Workplaces.
Spend 15 minutes on this year’s State of Residential Construction Industry research and you’ll get a report that scores your building company across 11 areas and ranks where you are losing the most money. It includes a market valuation of your company, normally USD$1,500, and the research window closes on November 10.
A full day on where residential builders gain or lose margin, and how to protect profit from pricing through to final invoicing. Wunderbuild is hosting a workshop in Darling Harbour on Wednesday 30 September, 9am to 3pm, and APB opens the program with a session on builder profitability and performance.
Great Place To Work has placed APB at number 18 in the small category of Australia’s Best Workplaces 2026. The list is built from 128,405 confidential employee survey responses, and no company can pay for a position on it.
Russ joined Corné and JP on the Inspired Builders Podcast to work through the data from APB’s annual industry report. They get into why so many builders end up competing on price, and why high cash flow keeps getting mistaken for profitability.
Not knowing your numbers is what holds most building company owners back. Andy Skarda’s line on it is that you are flying an aircraft upside down in a storm with no instruments.
Paul Vespia of Hill & Harbor Design Build has completed all 10 APB Professional Builder Levels, making him the first Certified Professional Builder in the United States. Andy Skarda flew to Rhode Island to tell him, five years after Paul was working out of a garage.
Your morning gets decided the night before. Four things to do before you leave the office tonight, so tomorrow starts on real work instead of inbox triage.
"My business was treading water and I had no idea how to get to the next level. You gave me a road map that when followed, created more profitable opportunities. You helped me implement systems that are the foundation of my business."
Chris Drohosky, Bird Dog Construction