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

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Podcast: [Construction Hot Takes](https://stenobird.com/podcast/construction-hot-takes-7046842)
Published: 2026-08-06T10:00:00+00:00
Episode link: https://share.transistor.fm/s/d0765e75
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## Resource

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

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