{"podcast":{"title":"Jimmy Talks Construction","slug":"jimmy-talks-construction-7352594","podcast_index_feed_id":7352594,"rss_url":"https://media.rss.com/jimmy-talks/feed.xml","website_url":"https://rss.com/podcasts/jimmy-talks","image_url":"https://media.rss.com/jimmy-talks/podcast_cover_20260616_050603_d09c5960f1d4918ab573921835e12538.jpg","author":"James Starbuck","episode_count":68,"summary":"Jimmy Talks Construction is an Australian construction podcast focused on real conversations with builders, contractors, tradies, and business owners across the construction industry. Each episode dives into construction business growth, civil construction, earthmoving, excavation, leadership on site, hiring subcontractors, scaling trade businesses, and the real challenges of running a construction company in Australia. From infrastructure projects and heavy machinery to cash flow, management, and lessons learned the hard way, this podcast shares honest insights from people building successful construction businesses from the ground up.","last_synced_at":"2026-09-08T14:22:45.948490+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/jimmy-talks-construction-7352594"},"episode":{"title":"Kapitol Group Founder Andrew Deveson: From $0 to $1.5B Builder in 8 Years","slug":"kapitol-group-founder-andrew-deveson-from-0-to-1-5b-builder-in-8-years","published_at":"2026-06-30T07:00:04+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/jimmy-talks-construction-7352594/kapitol-group-founder-andrew-deveson-from-0-to-1-5b-builder-in-8-years","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/jimmy-talks-construction-7352594","url":"https://rss.com/podcasts/jimmy-talks/2953415","audio_url":"https://content.rss.com/episodes/331611/2953415/jimmy-talks/2026_06_30_06_33_36_5536fec1-028d-4eb0-abe6-704346f8945e.mp3","summary":"In this episode of Jimmy Talks Construction, Jimmy sits down with Andrew Deveson, co-founder and director of Kapitol Group, for one of the biggest conversations we’ve had on the podcast. Andrew shares the full story behind Kapitol Group’s rise — from starting with zero employees, zero revenue, and putting everything on the line, to building one of Australia’s most talked-about construction companies with 550 full-time staff and a projected $1.5 billion in turnover. This conversation goes deep into what actually separates high-performing construction businesses from the rest: customer obsession, losing tenders the right way, managing variations, fixing productivity, dealing with COVID and inflation, controlling waste, building better systems, using data properly, and why AI could completely change the future of construction. Andrew also breaks down the early days of Kapitol, their first $160,000 job, the discipline required to survive during the construction inflation period, why training became mandatory across the business, and why productivity may be the biggest challenge facing the entire industry. This is a must-watch for builders, subcontractors, construction business owners, project managers, engineers, developers, and anyone interested in how a construction company can scale fast without losing sight of quality, culture and execution. Connect with Andrew: 🌐 Website: https://www.kapitol.com/ 📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kapitolconstruction/ 💼 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/kapitol-groupau/posts/?feedView=all 💼 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrew-deveson-a76995147/ 📺 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUJjjId5sDGMdo-h3jceq8g Connect with Jimmy: 🌐 Website: https://starbuckgroup.com.au 📺 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@JimmyTa…","meta_description":"In this episode of Jimmy Talks Construction, Jimmy sits down with Andrew Deveson, co-founder and director of Kapitol Group, for one of the biggest convers…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":4697,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/jimmy-talks-construction-7352594/episodes/kapitol-group-founder-andrew-deveson-from-0-to-1-5b-builder-in-8-years/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/jimmy-talks-construction-7352594/kapitol-group-founder-andrew-deveson-from-0-to-1-5b-builder-in-8-years.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}