Demand, Supply Scheduling and Creative Recruiting with Joe Arrigo

Various economic pressures are leading businesses to make creative decisions on supply of product and supply of people. How do you balance business realities with customer satisfaction? Today’s guest, Joe Arrigo, has the latest data and strategies to help you navigate these difficult questions.

Joe Arrigo is the President/Owner of Resource Development Partners, a company that provides training, certification, and education for building material manufacturers. Joe specializes in building science education for residential and light commercial builders and trade contractors.

In this podcast…

2:13 – The increased demand for insulation

6:12 – How do you adjust your company in a way that deals with the supply challenge, keeps your people and continues to make money?

12:09 – There’s no scheduling silver bullet BUT there are some best practices

16:16 – Getting creative with scheduling

22:27 – Business in the front, recruitment in the back

26:00 – Looking for talent in every corner of your community

5 Points of Failure for Bidding Contracting Businesses with Joe Arrigo

People think starting a business can be hard, but building a business on the other hand can be even more challenging, ESPECIALLY if you don’t anticipate simple obstacles that can sink your best-laid plans. That’s why business development education is extremely important and why we’re talking to one of the best voices in building business education, Joe Arrigo.

Joe Arrigo is the President/Owner of Resource Development Partners, a company that provides training, certification, and education for building material manufacturers. Joe specializes in building science education for residential and light commercial builders and trade contractors. On today’s episode, Joe reveals 5 elements that have the potential to sneak up on your business and turn it upside down.

In this podcast…

3:30 – The crunch of cash flow

10:00 – “In God We Trust, but in all others we bring data.”

13:17 – The dark side of inventory management

17:33 – Accurately pricing bids based on market conditions

23:00 – The true cost of onboarding a new employee

26:55 – Why you can’t miss on job costing

Where is All This Going? A Building Science Interview with Dr. Joe Lstiburek

We’re well into 2022 and a lot has already changed in the building industry, codes, regulations, legislation, and COVID guidance just to name a few. We’ve called in one of the leading experts in insulation, Dr. Joe Lstiburek, to help you understand these changes and prepare your business for the next 3 quarters and beyond.

Joe Lstiburek is the founding principal of Building Science Corporation. His work ranges widely, from providing expert witness testimony to overseeing research and development projects, to writing for the ASHRAE Journal and buildingscience.com.

Dr. Lstiburek’s commitment to advancing the building industry has had a lasting impact on building codes and practices throughout the world, particularly in the areas of air barriers, vapor barriers, and vented and unvented roof assemblies.

In this podcast…

2:33 – The changes to the 2021 codes and if they will stick

5:00 – Is net zero next?

9:31 – What would the perfect insulation contractor ALWAYS Do?

12:27 – Are we building too tight?

15:59 – If you stop putting in bad stuff, you won’t have bad things happen to your house

18:03 – The new bad habit: over-ventilation

21:56 – Where are the biggest opportunities for retrofits?

26:19 – How important is sealing the rim joists?

31:34 – How will Build Back Better affect the industry?

34:51 – Current suggestions for COVID mitigation could kill houses