{"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":57,"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":"2026-06-16T16:22:17.719612+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/jimmy-talks-construction-7352594"},"episode":{"title":"Toby Bowman (Director of C&N Plumbing Services) | Jimmy Talks Construction","slug":"toby-bowman-director-of-c-n-plumbing-services-jimmy-talks-construction","published_at":"2026-05-05T07:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/jimmy-talks-construction-7352594/toby-bowman-director-of-c-n-plumbing-services-jimmy-talks-construction","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/jimmy-talks-construction-7352594","url":"https://rss.com/podcasts/jimmy-talks/2794749","audio_url":"https://content.rss.com/episodes/331611/2794749/jimmy-talks/2026_05_05_04_20_27_3357e1e3-fe36-4131-a374-04657c2e6bea.mp3","summary":"In Episode 45 of Jimmy Talks Construction, James Starbuck sits down with Toby, Managing Director of C&N Plumbing Services, a South Australian commercial plumbing contractor celebrating 10 years in business. Toby shares his journey from apprentice plumber to commercial plumbing business owner, including the hard lessons learned through domestic plumbing, commercial projects, remote work, civil drainage, tendering mistakes, cash flow pressure and growing a team. This episode gets into the real issues construction business owners face every day — unpaid variations, “you’ll get paid when we get paid,” pipe shortages, labour challenges, culture, leadership, and the mental weight of being the person everyone looks to for answers. Jimmy and Toby also discuss why C&N Plumbing Services moved further into design and construct work, the problem with consultants and delayed approvals, and why lived experience matters more than theory when it comes to running a trade business. A must-listen for plumbers, builders, subcontractors, civil contractors, apprentices and anyone trying to grow a construction business in Australia.","meta_description":"In Episode 45 of Jimmy Talks Construction, James Starbuck sits down with Toby, Managing Director of C&N Plumbing Services, a South Australian commerci…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":4244,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/jimmy-talks-construction-7352594/episodes/toby-bowman-director-of-c-n-plumbing-services-jimmy-talks-construction/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/toby-bowman-director-of-c-n-plumbing-services-jimmy-talks-construction.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}