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Josh Strongwater
Construction leadership · Pride Roofing & Construction
Pride Roofing & Construction Business
Carrying the Weight: The Pressure Behind Doing Construction Right
What does it mean to carry the weight when your decisions affect employees, customers, buildings, budgets, and lives?
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What does it mean to carry the weight when your decisions affect employees, customers, buildings, budgets, and lives?
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0100:00Welcome to Into the Lion’s Den0200:26Meet Josh Strongwater0301:32Growing up inside the construction industry0403:31Starting as a laborer at thirteen0504:53CU Boulder and early career development0606:08Project management, estimating and insurance consulting0706:46Building a $50M restoration company0808:22Safety, cleanliness and responsibility0911:22Why difficult communication should happen first1013:32Born and bred for construction1114:44Why commercial roofing demands precision1217:09What “carrying the weight” really means1318:26Leadership pressure, cash flow and payroll1424:22Starting over in Colorado1526:08Systems, silos and shared responsibility1628:51High-end restoration and the Carlyle Hotel1732:11From tribal knowledge to scalable systems1835:08Caring about the estimate and the finished product1938:05Building a legacy business2039:45The danger of selling work you cannot perform2146:32Putting your name on the outcome2248:12Cheap bids, omissions and hidden costs2351:01When a bad roof becomes a complete replacement2454:34How to compare commercial bids beyond price2557:30Warranties, coatings and proper preparation2659:23Contractors who disappear after failure2701:01:40Where Pride is going2801:02:21Why price alone is a dangerous decision2901:03:31Insurance coverage and protecting the asset3001:09:20Insurance incentives and claim friction3101:12:06Contractor and adjuster responsibilities3201:14:23Estimating software and real material cost3301:19:16Carrying the weight, summarized3401:21:12Trust, leadership and working on the business3501:22:21Bonus: New York construction stories3601:24:40Closing
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