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We sit down with Grant Doubell to unpack how a South African contractor rebuilt in Georgia, blending commercial planning with residential service to cut years off the learning curve. We get honest about “coffee stains,” preconstruction discipline, and the financial habits that keep builders in business.
• origin story from development to GC
• early scrappy jobs and learning by doing
• moving to the US and translating skills
• lingo shifts and trade expectations
• client advocacy over good old boys
• three-bid procurement and backup subs
• commercial-grade preconstruction for homes
• residential care on commercial projects
• COVID shock and the forced reset
• fixing coffee stains in quoting and closeout
• cash flow, retainage, and profit discipline
• acting big before you are big
• horizon thinking and value of coaching
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Chapters
1. Meet Grant: Origin Story (00:00:00)
2. Early Career And Founding Ground Up (00:02:20)
3. Starting Projects And Learning The Hard Way (00:05:24)
4. Moving To The U.S. And First Impressions (00:06:43)
5. Language, Lingo, And On-Site Realities (00:10:05)
6. Paperwork, Remote Ops, And Rebuilding (00:11:42)
7. Network, Referrals, And Unknown Unknowns (00:15:16)
8. Bringing A Different Mindset To Procurement (00:17:52)
9. Client Advocate Versus Good Old Boys (00:19:36)
10. Blending Commercial Discipline With Residential Care (00:22:21)
11. Planning First: Preconstruction As Profit (00:25:11)
12. Budgets, Choices, And Transparency (00:27:21)
13. COVID Shock And The Forced Reset (00:29:21)
14. A 20-Year Head Start In Year One (00:32:26)
15. Finding And Fixing Business Coffee Stains (00:34:06)
16. Financial Management As Contractor Core (00:37:11)
17. Act Big Before You Are Big (00:40:26)
18. Scale, Profit, And Not Growing Broke (00:42:16)
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