In every boom and bust cycle one thing stays constant. Builders who know their numbers survive. Builders who do not, struggle, even when they have full order books and great brands. That is the space V2E lives in. What started in South Australia as a specialist timber...
By The Good Builder Every builder wants the same thing at handover: a happy client and a smooth job behind them. But too often, the little things — like unresolved electrical decisions or last-minute variations — become the problems that derail timelines, frustrate...
In collaboration with ScaleUp Smart. After a long day on the tools, the last thing most builders want is to spend their nights quoting, invoicing, or chasing paperwork. Yet for many small construction businesses, this is still the norm. It’s a grind that keeps the...
There’s a photo floating around on LinkedIn this week of an old green Ford Courier (featured here). No logos, nothing fancy, just parked in an unassuming driveway. Doesn’t look like much. But if you’ve ever started a business from scratch, you know exactly what that...
We don’t always want to talk about mental health, especially not on site or around the smoko table. But this one’s worth sticking with. Because sometimes, the biggest strength isn’t pushing through. It’s knowing when to pause. Aaron Morris, Group Sales Manager at...
Not everyone gets fired up about supplier relationships. We get it. You’ve got a bunch of jobs running, all at different stages, someone didn’t show up, products are on back order, and the client wants weekly photo updates. Talking about hot water systems and rep...
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For the first time in a generation, someone is building a new steel mill in Australia. Not propping up an old one. Building a new one, on the same Newcastle ground where BHP made steel for most of the twentieth century. Greensteel Australia confirmed this week it has...
Approvals have been the good news story of 2026. But the latest Building Activity data shows home starts went backwards in the March quarter. For builders, the gap between the two is the number that matters. The Good Builder | July 2026 For most of this...
Queensland has finally put a dollar figure on its fuel ambitions. For builders watching diesel prices swing on every load of concrete, the number matters less than the timeline behind it. Queensland has now put a dollar figure on its fuel ambitions. The 2026-27...
A North Queensland city of around 200,000 people just topped a global cost table ahead of Honolulu and Johannesburg. For builders, the ranking matters less than what sits underneath it, and the forecast says the pressure holds for years. When a global study of...