Association of Professional Builders (APB)

25/09/2026

Generic business advice doesn't survive contact with the building industry. That's usually why your last business coach didn't help.

Book a 15 minute chat with APB, and we will walk you through exactly how we can help: https://www.associationofprofessionalbuilders.com/request-a-call

24/09/2026

Busy is not the same as healthy. Plenty of building companies are flat out right up until the week they stop.

The hard part is that being busy hides which part is actually failing. Marketing, sales, operations, or something you have not thought to look at.

An analysis of your building company tells you where the gap is, and what to do about it.

Start the SORCI research and complete your business's health check: https://go.associationofprofessionalbuilders.com/sorci-start

23/09/2026

Diesel rose 41% in Australia in a single month.

Over half of builders are stuck absorbing every cent of it themselves, and a Master Builders Victoria survey found 63% have no way to pass rising costs on to the client, leaving them still building homes, at times, without making ANY money.

A rise and fall clause fixes the mismatch. Your price can move with the cost of materials and fuel, within limits both sides agree on before the job starts.

22/09/2026

Running a building company is simple, but not easy.

If everything runs through you because the knowledge your team would need has never left your head, something has to change.

Systemising your business helps get it out, so that the person on site without you makes the same call you would have made.

Then, you stop being the business. You get problem solvers on your team instead of question askers, and you get your own time back.

21/09/2026

Builders are the easiest audience for a builder to win. They understand the craft, they stop for the detail shots, and they comment.

They also never hire you.

That is why big numbers and an empty enquiry list sit together so often.

The content is working, just on the wrong people, and there is usually no path from the scroll to your inbox, even if the right person did land on it.

If the honest answer is that you have no time to build that path, book a call with APB. We will find the bottlenecks in your business and show you what a structured, profitable and scalable one looks like.

https://www.associationofprofessionalbuilders.com/request-a-call

20/09/2026

Fixed price contracts can be great for clients, and getting deals over the line, but without cost escalation clauses in place, you're gambling your margins each and every month.

19/09/2026

“I got to a point where, things had to change or I was done. I can’t do anymore, I was at my limit… So I really had to put stuff in place fast, to get that time back.”

Jay has been building custom homes for over 20 years and left a franchise group to start his own luxury building company from scratch. Starting from ground zero left Jay with a lot of holes in his building company that he needed to fill in order to run a successful business, and get his life back.

“If I wanted a coach that was a builder, I need help building… But I don’t need help building, I know how to build a house, but as far as running a business… that’s the missing hole that they (APB) fill.”

Since joining APB, Jay progressed into Elite Mentoring, helping him take his business from a 1 million dollar building company to a projected 4.2 million.

“Putting systems in place has enabled me to create more time for myself, which has created more time to work on the business, instead of in the business.”

“I wish I found APB 10 years ago, it would’ve saved me a lot of time and heartache.”

18/09/2026

"I know my numbers" is something we hear from a lot of residential building company owners.

But down to the last cent, every single month? Highly unlikely, and without going into granular detail, you'll never know what to fix, OR double down on.

So we are offering a complimentary health check on your building company.

We analyse your numbers and measure them against thousands of other residential building companies, so you can see exactly where you are strong and where there is room to improve.

Get your health check today and see where the gaps are: https://go.associationofprofessionalbuilders.com/sorci-start

18/09/2026

Another AI tool gets announced every week, and the pressure to do something about it never lets up.

This fortnight APB is live with Buildertrend on where AI is actually worth pointing inside a building company. Sky is running a free training on the sales process behind builders who never discount. And you can get a free health check that scores your building company across 11 areas, with a ranked list of what to fix first.

All three are in this fortnight's APB Digest.

APB is live with Buildertrend on AI for builders, Sky runs a free training on selling without discounting, and you can get a free business health check.

17/09/2026

And that’s a wrap on Sydney 2026!

An evening of learning, and celebrating the best of NSW’s professional building companies.

Thank you all for joining us and as always, massive thanks to our sponsors for making these events possible!