The average new home in Australia wastes over $19,000 in building materials. And over the next five years, the industry could dump up to $64 billion worth of unused product.

In this episode, we unpack the Australia’s Waste[d] Opportunity 2025 report — and what it means for residential builders.

Az walks through the findings, from over-ordering and damaged goods to the illusion of recycling and the true business case for waste reduction. If you’re a builder looking to sharpen your operations, run cleaner sites, and protect your margins — this is 10 minutes well spent.

Key topics:

• The top materials being wasted
• How much waste you’re likely generating per job
• Why recycling stats don’t tell the full story
• 6 practical steps to cut waste and lift your margins

A clean site isn’t just a nice-to-have. It’s a competitive edge.

Listen now — and start turning your bin into better margins.

You’ve got jobs lined up, phones ringing off the hook, trades booked — but the bank account says otherwise. What’s going on?

In this episode, Az breaks down one of the biggest traps builders fall into: pricing jobs using blanket percentage markups without understanding their true cost to serve.

Based on advice from Mark Harris at BuildMentor, we uncover the three critical numbers every builder must know to stop flying blind:

• Your true monthly overhead
• How many jobs you’re running at once
• Your average job duration

Together, these form your real break-even point — and most builders aren’t even close.

This isn’t about price gouging. It’s about survival. It’s about getting paid properly. And it’s about building a business that lasts.

Plus: Az drops a simple 3-step action plan you can do today.

What if you could see exactly what other builders and suppliers are advertising — right now — on Facebook and Instagram?

In this episode, Az shows you how to legally spy on your competitors using Meta’s free Ad Library. You’ll learn how to break down what the big names are promoting (like Metricon), how to use ChatGPT to turn their campaigns into better ones for your own brand, and how to position yourself smarter in 2025.

This episode covers:

• How to use Meta’s Ad Library to view any builder’s ads
• What to look for (offers, messages, calls-to-action)
• Why Facebook and Instagram ads still work — especially for builders
• How to rewrite what you find using AI
• Why being visible online now matters more than ever

Plus, we shout out what’s happening this week at The Good Builder — from Ryse Construction’s 100th Biax slab to the Avia Homes golf day, a site tour with Craig Stuart, and a pod with Master Builders.