Ian Schwandt's guest appearances

Ian Schwandt

The Fine Homebuilding Podcast

The Tim Faller Show

Better Construction with Sean McStay

Brent Hull

Peter Yost

Emily Mottram

Travis Brungardt

Gary Katz

Andy Moore

Morgan Thomas

Doug Howard

Mike Guertin

Rob Yagid

Katie Hutchison

Martin Holladay

Jim Collins

Bob Behnke

Ryan Murphy

OwlTail

In this Pro-Talk podcast Patrick talks to Ian Schwandt about changes in the residential construction business and Ian’s plan to build a high-performance home for his family.

In this Pro-Talk podcast Patrick talks to Ian Schwandt about changes in the residential construction business and Ian’s plan to build a high-performance home for his family.

#254: PRO TALK with Ian Schwandt

In this week's episode, we talk about creating a Worker Centred crew with builder and author Ian Schwandt. Ian goes over the basics from his JLC articles and talks about the differences, and similarities, between standard construction and better construction.

In this week's episode, we talk about creating a Worker Centred crew with builder and author Ian Schwandt. Ian goes over the basics from his JLC articles and talks about the differences, and similarities, between standard construction and better construction.

013 - Better Construction with Sean McStay - Ian Schwandt

Today’s guest believes that training tradespeople is an overlooked part of solving the labor crisis the remodeling and construction industries continue to face.  Ian Schwandt says that lead carpenters are in the best position to have a positive effect on the development of young tradespeople. As a lead carpenter, he practices what he preaches.  In today’s episode, Ian talks to Tim and Steve about teaching young tradespeople to see, understand, and think about why they’re doing something, rather than only demonstrating the mechanics of the task. Ian is a lead carpenter and estimator with Hudson Valley Preservation in Kent, CT. He started with the company in 2017 as lead carpenter after working with the owners as a carpentry sub. He took over estimating in 2019, and rebuilt the Excel-based estimating program. He wrote a four-part series about the idea of the Worker-Centered Crew in JLC.  Taking on the estimating task gave him added insight into how crews are put together, how they’re trained, and what they’re capable of. Ian started as a laborer out of high school, but found he loved carpentry work. He got a four-year apprenticeship program when he joined the carpenters union in Milwaukee, WI. His training there put him on a life-long path of learning. He talks about his views on training, and others can approach it, including: The Triangle of ObligationsThe importance of being organizedSetting your field team up for successBuilding teaching time into the labor burdenTeaching how to cheatThe difference between working from the neck up and neck downExplaining the “why” of the whole project at the beginningUsing YouTube videos and magazine articles to prepare your field staffPutting a package of PDFs together that can be accessed on siteAsking the right questions to make workers think and understand the workCreating a working environment that will attract young workersAnd more … Ian also writes his own blog at The Pen &amp; Hammer — A Lead Carpenter’s View Inside the Office. We Want to Hear From You If you have a suggestion for a topic or guest for the podcast, send an email to Tim at tim@remodelersadvantage.com.

Today’s guest believes that training tradespeople is an overlooked part of solving the labor crisis the remodeling and construction industries continue to face.  Ian Schwandt says that lead carpenters are in the best position to have a positive effect on the development of young tradespeople. As a lead carpenter, he practices what he preaches.  In today’s episode, Ian talks to Tim and Steve about teaching young tradespeople to see, understand, and think about why they’re doing something, rather than only demonstrating the mechanics of the task. Ian is a lead carpenter and estimator with <a href="https://hvpcorp.com/" rel="noreferrer noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Hudson Valley Preservation</a> in Kent, CT. He started with the company in 2017 as lead carpenter after working with the owners as a carpentry sub. He took over estimating in 2019, and rebuilt the Excel-based estimating program. He wrote a four-part series about the idea of the <a href="https://www.jlconline.com/business/employees/building-a-worker-centered-crew-part-1_o" rel="noreferrer noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Worker-Centered Crew</a> in JLC.  Taking on the estimating task gave him added insight into how crews are put together, how they’re trained, and what they’re capable of. Ian started as a laborer out of high school, but found he loved carpentry work. He got a four-year apprenticeship program when he joined the carpenters union in Milwaukee, WI. His training there put him on a life-long path of learning. He talks about his views on training, and others can approach it, including: <ul><li>The Triangle of Obligations</li><li>The importance of being organized</li><li>Setting your field team up for success</li><li>Building teaching time into the labor burden</li><li>Teaching how to cheat</li><li>The difference between working from the neck up and neck down</li><li>Explaining the “why” of the whole project at the beginning</li><li>Using YouTube videos and magazine articles to prepare your field staff</li><li>Putting a package of PDFs together that can be accessed on site</li><li>Asking the right questions to make workers think and understand the work</li><li>Creating a working environment that will attract young workers</li><li>And more …</li></ul> Ian also writes his own blog at <a href="https://thepenandhammer.home.blog/" rel="noreferrer noopener nofollow" target="_blank">The Pen &amp; Hammer — A Lead Carpenter’s View Inside the Office</a>. <h3>We Want to Hear From You</h3> If you have a suggestion for a topic or guest for the podcast, send an email to Tim at <a href="mailto:tim@remodelersadvantage.com" rel="noreferrer noopener">tim@remodelersadvantage.com</a>.

Ep.95: Teaching People to See with Ian Schwandt