Built on Blue-Collar Podcast: Recent Episodes
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We are building a community of hard working people from all over the world. Growing the presence of the Blue Collar industry through candid talk of all types of trades from all over, in any position. Real conversations, raw content. From Field to Office.
On this episode we bring on our videographer Bryan Diaz who films most of our videos that we produce with our clients.
We discuss the lessons learned, the differences in filming in general vs filming the trades and the future of the industry in relationship to marketing it.
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When you think of the trades, you might not start off with imagining being an arborist as part of that category. However, being able to view the landscape of a project, advise on best practices for those later stages of construction prior to them arriving is a huge skill.
We got to sit down with Mark Mann with TreeMann Solutions out of Austin TX. He is a board certified master arborist and has a pretty awesome insight into this industry specialty.
Go give it a listen! There are some amazing opportunities in this field that I never knew about until talking with Mark!
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We got to talk with Ryan Birch a marketing and recruiting expert that has a passion for showing off the industry.
With 15 years of experience in the Civil industry within his families excavation business, he later moved over to Buesing Corp in Phoenix AZ where he helped their team bring in quality people and help build the awesome culture they have there.
Being in recruiting there, he knew that it wasn't only about showing off what work they were doing but to also show who they were and why the work was important. What was the purpose of what they did.
We loved talking about this subject because it is the purpose of Eagle Eye too.
Thanks for coming on Ryan!
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On our way up to visit our first trip with General Materials Inc., one of our new partnerships this year we got to hang out with Cason Baker one of the sand mine supervisors.
Cason has been in the industry for a short time but has learned a lot of important details about his products that he is mining daily and how to manage a good group of people. Cason and I dive into culture, sand and what its used for and his history in the construction and mining space.
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Through my years in this industry I have seen so much confusion about how General Contractors work from the point of view of the contractor. Often times this confusion leads to frustration and can easily turn into a bad relationship with the GC.
In this episode we talk to Ryan Kemp, Director of Preconstruction at Tally Riggins, a local DFW General Contractor who started less than 5 years ago. Ryan is a great friend and also one of the best in preconstruction that I have met in our field. With 15 years experience doing what he does, he knows how important that relationship with their trade partners is.
I have him go through the estimating process from their bid to the project turnover to the build team.
We talk about the ins and outs of it and dive into what I have seen as some of the common themes throughout the years from the contractors perspective.
We talked about a lot of great stuff and hope it helps contractors better prepare and set up their estimating team as they bid new jobs.
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We got to talk with the most badass culture guru out there, Mikel Bowman.
If you have followed us for a while then you probably already know about Mikel and what he does. However, we get to have him on and have him explain his company Bowman Legacies, its passion and some key pointers he dives into when consulting any group or person.
There is a lot of awesome knowledge from this guy and I always enjoy our phone calls.
We will have him down here to TX in person some day soon to do another deep dive into culture and leadership.
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We got to do a tiktok live with one of our favorite friends on Tiktok, Mike Blasko.
Mike is an operator and leader in the Pittsburg Pennsylvania area. We sat down with him to discuss his experience in the industry and his story. He is a recovered addict to drugs and alcohol for over three years now and is such an amazing person.
He was willing to dive into his experience and we got to talk about triggers that often lead to addiction and depression, how he fought those things and tools that help those battling similar situations, especially in the blue collar trades.
We all know that addiction and depression have gotten out of control in recent years in this industry. How are we fighting it and are we doing enough?
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We got "THE OIL LADY" on the phone!
Wendy, AKA the oil lady has been a friend that we have wanted to get on the podcast for a while now. She is extremely knowledgeable in the lubricants industry specifically in the construction and mining markets.
In this episode, we dive into what she does at her current company, how she got into the industry and the current market. There are a lot of moving pieces to the oil and lubricant industry and it is one of the most important things to most construction companies that run machinery.
Because after all, you either lube it or lose it.
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On this mini episode we dive into the updates that we are ending the year with.
Updates:
- We purchased 22 acres in Southern Oklahoma to begin our work on a new training facility for operators, OSHA training, general safety and leadership training.
- We have a new hire, Caleb Tynes - Graphic Designer.
- We are beginning preplanning stage of a documentary called Made in America. This will be a documentary, vlog, and cinematic take on all the blue collar trades in America that make our country operate. Shipping, oil and gas, mining, construction, etc.
- We are launching our new website coming end of December 2021.
- New partnerships signed and ready for the new year.
- Ram Demolition Pros
- JMK Developers
- Copperhead Landscaping
- Wilco Contracting
- Eddies Backhoe and Dozer
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Today there is a massive gap between the veterans of the industry and the young guys who will grow into that role. We aren't teaching the young guys as much as we need in general.
There are companies however like JMK Developers who have made it their main goal to use young guys to produce amazing results. These young guys do not know everything and that's the point. How could they if they didn't have the opportunity to learn.
We sit down with the young guys in JMK to talk about their experience and how their dad has changed the way they do business to influence young guys into becoming the best versions of themselves.
We hope to inspire the older guys and gals in the industry to be a part of the mentoring that is greatly needed in this industry.
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On this episode of Built on Blue-collar we got to visit Cody Gilbert in North Carolina.
He had us over to his house and we got to sit down in his garage, drink some beer and talk crap about California.
In all reality, this podcast was to touch on Freedom Culture in companies and how the morale of their people have to be balanced with restrictions and freedom. How strict companies are loosing people and how companies who give freedom and trust are retaining people.
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This episode we dive into why your story matters as an individual and why your story matters as company. Your personal characteristics make your company what it is and your brand.
How do you tell your story? how do you present your brand?
This is the importance of telling yours story. We hope to strike some discussion in your company.
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On this mini topic, we dive into the all too often feeling of displacement when an employee is placed into a position they think is lower than their potential.
How do we act when this happens. Whether your a green boot on the ground or your a veteran, or your someone aged but changing industries. There is only one thing you need to ask yourself.
Where does the company need me the most?
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On this episode we sat down with Jeff Carrillo, owner of Tarillo Vue and IR Aerials.
Jeff has offices based in Florida and Dallas, TX and they specialize in Aerial inspections, 3D modeling, Thermal imaging, media and drone photos/video.
Their team works heavily in the construction and insurance industries to help bring value in time and money to contractors, owners and other agencies through their aerial services.
We talk in this episode about the use of drones, his experience, how he started the business, how we met and what we see the future of drones in construction as. We also dive into advise on if your company needs drones or if its easier just hiring it out to a 3rd party and steps you need to take for both routes.
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Hey yall!
On this mini episode we talk with our very own Cameron Moore - Graphic designer here at Eagle Eye Productions.
We dive into what branding is, what it does for your business and why companies shouldn't be scared to change things up and make it more modern.
Branding is far more than the visual and its not a one time thing.
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What's up yall!?
Today on our mini episode 002, we talk about onboarding and training.
Are you giving your people the right tools they need to make them an asset to the company or do you slack off when hiring people?
How long are you taking with each person?
How many tools and resources are you giving them immediately?
Are you spending the right amount of time with them to be able to perform their job correctly?
Etc.
If your team or company is having retainage issues or issues with teams not being consistent in the same methods, this may be the root to the issue and maybe needs some more detailed planning.
In this episode, I talk just a few points on how you can look at what your current process is and maybe we help strike some ideas into your brain about new ways of lookin at it.
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Hey yall,
We are going to dive more heavily in some mini podcast series.
In this one, we introduce the series and talk about our recent company update.
Let us know if you have a topic you want covered!
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In this podcast we sit down with Gary James and talk training.
Operator training, OSHA training, leadership and all types of training.
Organizations in the construction, mining and other blue collar industries are lacking the right methods of training.
We dive into these problems, how Gary is helping in this need and how we at Eagle Eye are also diving into this issue throughout the industry.
We also of course drink some good whiskey and dive into life, our past, and other topics we are both passionate about.
Hope you enjoy.
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This episode we sat down with Brady Dominy, a Project Manager for Eddies Backhoe and Dozer Service out of the East Texas, Tyler area.
They are a small to mid sized family owned and operated earthwork contractor who is growing and going through all those similar pains as we all are as we grow.
We dive into the day operations of their company, how they became to be where they are and what types of pains they see with hiring, training and finding the right help in a smaller area.
Listen to us go into family, time management and how to keep grinding no matter what.
Hope you enjoy.
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Today, we sat down with Dal Dirt's owner, Jeff Dean and Vice President of Operations, Scott Madill to talk about how they started their dirt company, how it has grown in the few years of business and the type of work they do.
We talked about employees and leadership, how they tie into their values and the company culture as a whole.
A really amazing group and one of Eagle Eye's longest partners.
We had the opportunity while we were in the Atlanta GA area to sit down with Kate and Brett Rieling to talk their experience in the civil industry and how cool it is to be a husband/wife in the construction field. Kate talks about the things she learns being a PM from her husband who is a superintendent. She is able to use the advise and experience from his days to help better help her supers she works with. Having that is what she calls her "secret weapon".
There are a lot of responsibilities both on the PM side (Kate) and the Superintendent side (Brett) of the construction industry and we got to talk all about their day to day responsibilities, safety, issues and benefits. We even got to talk about Kates love for D11 dozers... Someone needs to buy Kate a D11 for her birthday.
We even got to touch on the ever growing topic in the industry of women in construction.
We had a blast!
While we were visiting Nashville, TX we sat down with Jacob Hinton with Rogers Group to talk about his experience in the mining industry, Why he got into it and the influence through his family.
We went into depth on the struggles the industry bears as a whole and how to attract good talent from the younger generation yet to enter the workforce.
As always we enjoyed a good glass of bourbon, this time being the Wathens Barrel Proof, bottle 82 out of 100 ever made. It was good.
In our very first episode of Built on Blue-collar, we talked with Matt Cook, Jace Young, Luke Kane and Javon Jefferson, a crew who met online and has followed each other from job to job.
We talked about their stories about how they entered the industry, where they are now, what makes them tick, social media importance and of course their best "got stuck" story.