The Building Code

This week we are joined by Buildertrend user Ryan Hay. Ryan is the owner of Oakman Building Company based in Austin, Texas. Tom and Paul talk to Ryan about his Buildertrend journey, roadblocks included. Listen to the full episode to hear Ryan’s experience with Buildertrend and why he believes it’s a necessity for his company.

This week we are joined by Tony Ravenstahl from SilverStone Group to talk about one of our Pro Services: Builders’ Risk Insurance.

This week we are live from Buildertrend University with Matt Troyer, CEO of Emergent Construction. Matt is our first repeat guest, and he didn’t disappoint. Paul, Tom and Matt catch up and discuss BTU, the impact of social media and Tom and Matt’s love of Teslas.

Joining us on this episode of The Building Code is Jesse Lane, president of J. Lane Construction based in Jacksonville, Florida. Jesse combined his love of video and marketing his business by creating a YouTube channel. Listen to the full episode to hear Jesse’s tips and tricks on how to add value to your marketing efforts using video.

Joining us on this episode of The Building Code is Jared Phifer, owner of Revolve Design-Build, based in Denver, Colorado. The guys talk to Jared about his recent experience building a spec house.

For this special episode of The Building Code, we are joined by Luke Sprakel, senior manager of Pro Services at Buildertrend, to talk about all the pro services Buildertrend has to offer and how they impact our clients. This episode of The Building Code was recorded live, on-stage at our November session of Buildertrend University so we invited BTU participant Neil Schaurer, co-owner of Summit Builders, to jump on the mic and tell us about his experience at one of our most popular pro services – Buildertrend University.

Jason Bliss, owner of Benchmark Construction, joins us on this episode of The Building Code to talk about San Francisco Bay Area trends and his experience on HGTV’s hit show, Brother vs. Brother.

On this episode of The Building Code, we’re joined by Rob Carlisle, owner of Carlisle Classic Homes. Rob shares about the culture he’s built at his company and the reasons he chose Buildertrend as his project management software.

On this episode of The Building Code, we're joined by our very own Nick Pitsch who is a training coordinator here at Buildertrend. He also happens to be a big fan of this podcast, so we were thrilled when he agreed to come on to talk about a beloved Buildertrend feature – the Owner Portal!

On this episode of The Building Code, we’re talking with brothers Ben and Adam MacKenzie. Ben and Adam are engineers, LEED Green Associates, co-owners of Budget Blinds in Lincoln and just so happen to be identical twins. They joined us in-studio to talk about home automation and trends in the commercial and residential markets.

On this episode of The Building Code, we're joined by Melissa Hryszko, co-owner of Veranda Estate Homes. Veranda Estate Homes builds fully custom homes from the ground up in Calgary, Alberta. And Melissa is no stranger to podcast recording! When she isn’t designing homes, she is a co-host of the podcast Modern Design Minds. We’re discussing best business practices, upcoming trends and why it is important for builders to work with interior designers.

You won’t able to contain yourself after listening to this episode of The Building Code! Our guest this week is Anthony Halsch, founder and CEO of RoxBox Containers based in Erie, Co. We’re discussing what sparked the idea of using shipping containers, and what the future of shipping container construction looks like.

On this episode of The Building Code, we're joined by Jenny Sneller, co-owner of Sneller Custom Homes, to talk about her experience attending our inaugural Buildertrend University on the Road in Dallas. We’re talking expectations and key takeaways after attending the sessions at BTU in Dallas.

On this episode of The Building Code, Tom and Paul are joined by Maggie Bates, passive home consultant and co-owner of A-1 Builders and Adaptations Design Studio. They take a deep dive into building passive houses and what it means to be a part of a worker-owned cooperative.

On this very exciting episode of The Building Code, we are celebrating reaching a milestone of hiring 500 full-time employees. Paul and Tom are joined by Josh Kaiser, VP of Sales, to talk about the hard work and process it took to reach this goal of reaching 500 hires.