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#552 Reconstructing Notre Dame with French carpenter Brendan Goux, from Paris France

Reconstructing Notre Dame with French carpenter Brendan Goux. Brendan shares the extent of Notre Dame's fire damage, the precision of the replication efforts, the interesting material details and the stressful installations. He also tells us about carpentry school in France, teac ...  Show more

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#552 Reconstructing Notre Dame with French carpenter Brendan Goux, from Paris France

Reconstructing Notre Dame with French carpenter Brendan Goux. Brendan shares the extent of Notre Dame's fire damage, the precision of the replication efforts, the interesting material details and the stressful installations. He also tells us about carpentry school in France, teac ...  Show more

#551 Sharing listener stories on this first call-in episode of The New Tough, Gianluca, Angelo, Jonathan

Sharing listener stories on this first call-in episode of The New Tough. We discuss neurodivergence in construction, lacking empathy, self-censoring, change in different sizes companies, and the scarcity mindset. We break down the danger of construction's Faustian deals and the c ...  Show more

#550 Collaboration in the small world of the trades with Brandon Khan of Modern Water Solutions

Collaboration in the small world of the trades with Brandon Khan of Modern Water Solutions at CMPX 2024. Brandon tells us about in-home water treatment, changes in the younger generation, understanding patience, marketing in construction, issues with influencers, and maintaining ...  Show more

#549 Improving skill development in the trades with Aaron Boland of Expert Plumbing and Drains

Improving skill development in the trades with Aaron Boland of Expert Plumbing and Drains at CMPX 2024. He tells us about helping his employees with retirement, planning out profit-share RSP contributions, and dealing with uneducated trades performing poor installs. We also discu ...  Show more

#548 Getting well rounded experience in the trade with Johnny Tobiasz of Brento Plumbing

Getting well rounded experience in the trade with Johnny Tobiasz of Brento Plumbing and Mechanical Inc at CMPX 2024. We talk about excitement about learning new tech, dealing with different pipe materials, managing client-bought fixtures, and finding good people in today's labour ...  Show more