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The Buttress Site Performance Evaluation
Frustrated with site management? The Buttress Site Performance Evaluation is a simple framework that helps you track, measure, and improve your team’s performance. Score your site and find out where to focus next.
Sep 252 min read


Why A Builder Should Never Negotiate on Price
Looking after your customers is smart business. But negotiating your price? That’s a mistake you’ll pay for later.
Aug 152 min read


How to spot a time waster from a mile away
Time is one of your most valuable resources, especially when running a business. But how do you spot clients who are just wasting your time?
Dec 9, 20243 min read


Client Catagorisation Schedule
Streamline client management with Buttress’s Categorization Schedule.
Nov 19, 20241 min read


Action-Focussed Meeting Minutes
Streamline your meetings with Buttress Action-Focused Minutes. Say goodbye to lengthy notes and unclear tasks.
Nov 8, 20241 min read


Action Focussed Meeting Minutes: A more effective approach for Small Businesses
Meeting minutes is a task that’s often overcomplicated. In a small business, traditional meeting minutes, packed with every detail from a...
Nov 6, 20242 min read


Reflections on Construction Management: Empowerment and decentralisation vs. Detailed Planning and control
I wanted to share some reflections on a really interesting discussion I had with a colleague in the construction industry. We talked...
Oct 11, 20243 min read


Learning from Southwest Airlines: Put the team first
First I want to tell you about Southwest Airlines and their approach to employees and teams. If you’ve ever read any book on business...
Aug 23, 20244 min read


To Tender or not to Tender
Evaluating a Tender Opportunity: Key Questions to Ask Yourself So you’ve been asked to tender on a project. Now what? What are your...
May 24, 20246 min read


What the construction industry can learn from Scrum and Agile Methodology
Jeff Sutherland's principles from "Scrum: The Art of Doing Twice the Work in Half the Time," while rooted in software development, offer...
Apr 2, 20244 min read


The deadly consequences of a zero tolerance workplace policies
This book is extraordinary and debunks a lot of what everyone thought was good safety management. It validates that exhaustive, highly...
Mar 7, 20242 min read


Prioritising Safety over Compliance - A radical plan to improve site safety
The Buttress Safer Now Methodology and the radical plan to improve construction safety. Buttress and our Safer Now philosophy is...
Mar 7, 20244 min read


7 Step plan to rapidly improve your construction business
There are infinite things to do but there is only one of you. There are hundreds of bits of advice from friend’s staff and everyone...
Mar 6, 20243 min read


Why Lean Principles might just save the building industry from a productivity death spiral
The construction industry, long plagued by stagnant productivity levels, finds itself at a critical juncture. Unlike other sectors that...
Mar 4, 20242 min read


Why is construction so unproductive and backwards?
The construction industry is massive and complex, but the fact that it is made of mostly small, simple businesses may be its Achilles...
Feb 12, 20244 min read


The Buttress Guide to better hiring for small businesses
It’s tough for a small business to get hiring right. Not only that you’ve got limited resources, no HR department, the most talented...
Jan 30, 20245 min read


the Buttress 10 Book MBA
So here it is; my list of 10 essential reads that constitute a de facto MBA, chosen for their general applicability, evidence-based...
Jan 25, 20243 min read


Why the construction industry needs Buttress BuildOS
What is Buttress Build OS? It’s a simple operating procedure for small construction and trade businesses. It integrates forms, checklists...
Jan 10, 20242 min read


Unpacking the NSW Building Commission Legislation
The construction industry in New South Wales is facing a significant shift with the introduction of new legislation by the NSW Building...
Dec 15, 20234 min read


Why I said to my staff - “Forget the Sales Funnel - Just help people”
A good doctor knows to treat the patient and not the ailment. Granted, this is an imperfect metaphor but it kind of explains why I have...
Dec 7, 20232 min read
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