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Mindful Builder

Mindful Builder

Von: Matthew Carland and Hamish White
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Join Matt from Carland Constructions and Hamish from Sanctum Homes in a podcast discussing sustainable building practices and passive house concepts. They also talk to experts from all avenues of the building industry to share their knowledge and insights on what the industry looks like today. Further to this, Matt and Hamish are building a platform through the podcast to discuss mental health issues that arise in the building industry. The industry can be quite negative at times and there is a great deal of stigma around what it means to be a "tradie". Matt and Hamish are here to shine a light of positivity on the industry and share relatable topics that will help you in your own building or construction business.Copyright 2026 Matthew Carland and Hamish White Management & Leadership Ökonomie
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  • Want to Build Passive Houses? Ask Us Anything

    Want to Build Passive Houses? Ask Us Anything
    Oct 18 2026
    “I couldn’t unsee it.” Jimmy from June Building explains how Passive House building science finally clicked, after learning through Instagram and then winning the Pro Clima Passive House Tradesperson scholarship. Today Jimmy flips the format and turns up with a notebook full of questions on Passive House for us. Questions around high-performance homes, airtightness, mechanical ventilation, and what actually changes when you start building for comfort, not just compliance.Jimmy’s background is classic chippy-to-builder with a few turns that matter. Apprenticeship in Ballarat, travel to Banff in Canada, then Melbourne across maintenance, commercial, and high-end residential before moving to the Northern Rivers in early 2020. He’s now in the first 12 months of June Building, building the plane while flying it, and trying to bring Passive House principles into a market where clients aren’t necessarily asking for certification, even though mould, humidity, and comfort issues are everywhere.We talk about why you shouldn’t lead with the “Passive House” label and instead start with the problems people already feel in their current home: drafts, noise, dust, mould, and rooms that never feel right. Jimmy asks what details cause the most challenges, and we go straight to retrofits, because nothing is square, nothing is level, and you don’t find the real issues until you start pulling things apart. We also get blunt about where builders underquote when they move into high-performance construction, and it’s labour, all labour, especially detailing, wraps, window installs, battens, and set-out.Jimmy also pushes on PHPP and how builders should use it. PHPP isn’t just a certification hurdle. It’s a pre-construction tool for optimising cost and performance, spotting overheating risk early, and avoiding the nightmare of delivering a “high performance home” that still feels uncomfortable to live in. If you’re a builder, architect, or homeowner curious about Passive House Australia, high-performance building, and what it takes to lift your standard without blowing your budget, this episode is a solid place to start.CHAPTER MARKERS00:00 Introduction00:41 Pro Clima Scholarship Story05:12 Discovering Passive House06:04 Selling Performance in Byron11:09 Mould Messaging Without Labels14:10 Education-Based Marketing Debate18:03 Building a Social Audience23:57 Rapid Fire Passive House Qs25:02 Retrofit Details and Underquoting27:01 Estimating Labour and Costs32:05 Estimating Passive House34:27 Overheating and Shading35:34 Reading PHPP as Builder38:13 PHPP Course and Value40:53 When to Use WUFI42:44 Retrofit Wall Failures44:14 Skills to Learn Early45:14 AI Tools for BuildersJune Building: https://www.junebuilding.com.au/Our Sponsors:Pro Clima - https://mindful-builder.captivate.fm/proclimaBiz Tech Guru: https://www.biztechguru.com.au/Wunderbuild: https://www.wunderbuild.com/Connect with us on Instagram: @themindfulbuilderpodConnect with Hamish:Instagram: @sanctumhomesWebsite: www.yoursanctum.com.au/Connect with Matt: Instagram: @carlandconstructionsWebsite: www.carlandconstructions.com/
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    59 Min.
  • Build Without This and Your Home Fails

    Build Without This and Your Home Fails
    Oct 11 2026

    You can’t build ten versions of the same house, live in them for ten years, and then pick the best one.

    We’re sitting down with thermal modelling specialist Cameron Munro to talk about why “model early and model often” should be a non-negotiable part of pre-construction, whether you’re chasing Passive House or just trying to build a home that actually feels good to live in.

    We explain what modelling is really for (direction, not perfection), how to run “what if” scenarios across glazing, insulation, shading, and floor build-ups, and why the best decisions come from cost-benefit thinking instead of intuition. We also get into the real-world gap between models and lived performance, the risk of not updating models as drawings change, and why overheating is the mistake that bites hardest when you skip the final iteration.

    If you want fewer ugly conversations later, this is the episode.

    CHAPTER MARKERS

    00:00 Introduction

    02:08 Modelling As A “What If” Tool

    06:31 Where To Spend Your Effort (Heat Loss Breakdown)

    09:04 Under-Slab vs Over-Slab: Thermal Bridges And Payback

    13:34 Pro Clima Detail Library Shoutout

    15:17 “You Don’t Need Triple Glazing In Melbourne” (Context Matters)

    17:00 Overheating Risk And Why Passive House Classic Is Safer

    18:07 Shading: External Beats Internal

    24:24 When To Bring A Modeller In (Concept Stage)

    33:25 Why You Must Update The Model As Drawings Change

    35:37 Treat Modelling Like Engineering

    37:30 Builder Liability And Using A Modeller To Reduce Guesswork

    45:14 Keep It Simple: Standard Details And Practical Wins

    Our Sponsors:

    Pro Clima - https://mindful-builder.captivate.fm/proclima

    MEGT - https://mindful-builder.captivate.fm/megt

    Biz Tech Guru: https://www.biztechguru.com.au/

    Connect with us on Instagram: @themindfulbuilderpod

    Connect with Hamish:

    Instagram: @sanctumhomes

    Website: www.yoursanctum.com.au/

    Connect with Matt:

    Instagram: @carlandconstructions

    Website: www.carlandconstructions.com/
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    47 Min.
  • Tendering Your Build Is a Costly Disaster

    Tendering Your Build Is a Costly Disaster
    Oct 4 2026

    “At some point, someone’s paying for that tender.”

    Tendering sounds fair on paper. Same drawings, three builders, pick the best price, move on.

    But once you understand what it actually costs to price a job properly, and how tendering rewards omissions, risk loading, and variations, it starts to look less like a “market test” and more like a costly way to kick off a relationship.

    In this episode, Hamish and Matt break down what a tender really is, why the classic draw, bid, build model creates isolation and blame, and why negotiated tendering (paid pre-construction with clear costing stop points) changes the incentives for everyone.

    They also get into the uncomfortable bits architects and clients don’t always see: the real cost of tendering, why prices can come back wildly different, how gaps in documentation become legitimate variations, and why trust matters more than pretending you can compare builders like-for-like.

    If you’ve ever wondered why a project can look “fully resolved” and still blow out, or why builders hate competitive tendering, this one will probably ruffle a few feathers.

    CHAPTER MARKERS

    00:00 Introduction

    01:05 The Classic Tender Process And Why It Starts Badly

    02:10 What “Resolved Documents” Really Means

    04:19 What Gets Left Out Becomes Variations

    05:12 Why Projects Go Over Budget And Who Gets Blamed

    09:06 Tender Vs Negotiated Tender Depends On The Builder

    11:17 Risk Loading And Why Tendering Increases Markups

    13:01 Variations In Tender Jobs Vs Negotiated Jobs

    16:00 Wild Price Gaps And Why Tender Numbers Can Be Useless

    23:00 What A Negotiated Tender Actually Is

    35:26 Trade Quotes, RFIs, And Reducing Risk Before Site

    41:22 Tendering Feels Like Isolation

    Our Sponsors:

    Pro Clima - https://mindful-builder.captivate.fm/proclima

    MEGT - https://mindful-builder.captivate.fm/megt

    Biz Tech Guru: https://www.biztechguru.com.au/

    Connect with us on Instagram: @themindfulbuilderpod

    Connect with Hamish:

    Instagram: @sanctumhomes

    Website: www.yoursanctum.com.au/

    Connect with Matt:

    Instagram: @carlandconstructions

    Website: www.carlandconstructions.com/
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    43 Min.
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