Operations Articles

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How Should a Building Company Structure Staff Bonuses?

Trevor Anderson didn't come up through the trades. He studied finance at university, then spent years working for the government doing business ...
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Why the Best Builders Hire for Character, Not Experience

For years, Dornford Building Group hired the way most companies do, weighting experience and how well someone interviewed. Looking back, Jake and Nico ...
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What's On at APB Summit 2026: Day Two

If your notebook is already full from yesterday, you might want to grab a second one. Doors open for day two of APB Summit 2026 at 7:30am, and it starts ...
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What's On at APB Summit 2026: Day One

At 8:15am this morning, Russ Stephens and Sky Kolade walk out on stage at Sofitel Sydney Wentworth to open APB Summit 2026. What follows is one of the ...
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The APB Summit 2026 Starts Tonight

The main doors at Sofitel Sydney Wentworth don't open until 8:00am tomorrow. But APB Summit 2026 actually starts tonight... Because while most attendees ...
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How to Niche Down a Building Company Without Losing Revenue

A custom home building company can niche down without losing revenue by treating the move as a multi-year operational change rather than a one-step ...
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Where Should a Building Company Owner Start with AI Automation?

A building company owner should start with AI automation by running a two-week time audit, sorting the recurring tasks they find into Delete, Automate, or ...
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What Admin Tasks Can AI Automate for a Building Company?

Building company owners can use AI to reduce the manual labour involved in five high-volume admin tasks: compiling a daily morning brief, reviewing quotes ...
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What Builders Don't Realise Has Already Changed With AI

A few months ago, if you were using AI to write client emails or pull together a scope summary, you were probably ahead of most builders you know. That ...
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