Do We Even Need General Contractors? Reacting to Your Construction Hot Takes

Holding your hot takes to the fire in this episode, Adam Cooper, Jeff Robertson, and Greg Gorman take on what our audience actually posted: Do we even need general contractors? Does safety paperwork do anything? Does one platform really fix the chaos? Plus the E-Myth, GCs with skin in the game, one big job versus ten small ones, and whether LEED earns its cost. Chapters: 00:00 - We went ‘viral’ on TikTok 01:18 - Should you pay yourself first? 03:57 - Do we even need general contractors? 12:39 - Does safety paperwork actually do anything? 19:28 - How do GCs lose money on a bid? 25:41 - Can you really force a jobsite to be safe? 31:17 - One platform for everything, and is LEED worth it? For operational design and process help: https://ascentconsults.com/operational-design/ The operator's playbook for scaling construction: https://ascentconsults.com/build-it-better-ebook/ Adam Cooper: https://www.linkedin.com/in/adamcooper/ Jeff Robertson: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeffrobertson72/ Greg Gorman: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gregory-gorman-mba-115ba34/ Check out all the Construction Hot Takes episodes on the Ascent website! https://ascentconsults.com/construction-hot-takes-podcast/ Follow Ascent Consulting on: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/ascent-consulting-inc-/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ascentconsult Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ascentconsults/ Follow the Construction Hot Takes Podcast on: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/constructionhottakespodcast/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@construction.hottakes Drop the take you disagree with in the comments. The sharpest ones become a future mailbag episode. #Construction #GeneralContractor #ConstructionManagement