Construction business coaching
What are the fastest growing construction companies doing.. that you’re not?
Systemize your construction business for growth through prebuilt processes, credentialed coaches, and a community of high-performing peers.
No BS. All results.
After 12 months in the program the average Breakthrough Academy Member sees...
Internal data analysis from over 1900 companies coached for an average of 29 months in the program.
Is growing your construction business exhausting you?
When you run a construction business, and you’re great at what you do, work floods in, and operations spin out of control.
Clients badger you with never-ending questions and color changes
Your crews call you 100 times a day, forcing you to work IN your business (not ON it)
And a shrinking labor pool makes building the dream team feel like an uphill battle
All the while, fly-by-nighters are constantly underbidding you
Breakthrough Academy is the solution
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Member Success Stories
BTA has been a life-saver for JDC. We joined the coaching program about 3 years ago and wish we had found a company like this 20 years ago. It is very obvious that the coaches hired by BTA are very knowledgeable and as passionate about our industry as we are, as GCs and Trades in the Construction Industry. The awareness & accountability, systems, coaching and access to about 300 other likeminded contractors has changed our business from struggling to a power house in our region.
We started working with BTA about a year ago. It has turned our business around tremendously! The system they have helped us build and implement have given us huge success and helped us put the right people in the right place.
I wish we found these guys years ago when we were starting out. It would have saved alot of $ and headaches.
Moving into my second year, increased my net profit 5x. Great organization, great people, great format!
Common growth problems in construction companies
The client changes a selection. You reprice it, reschedule three subs, and swallow the coordination time because charging for it feels petty this far into the build. Do that a dozen times across a project and the margin you bid is gone, and you can't point to the moment it left.
Every new project needs materials, labor and subs funded before the draw lands. So the busier you get, the tighter things feel, which is the opposite of how it's supposed to work. Eventually you're passing on good work because you can't float it.
The framer delays a week. Now the electrician, the drywaller and the inspector all have to reschedule, and every one of those calls comes to you. It’s no wonder you don’t have time to build systems or do strategic work.
Change orders and selections eat the margin you bid
The client changes a selection. You reprice it, reschedule three subs, and swallow the coordination time because charging for it feels petty this far into the build. Do that a dozen times across a project and the margin you bid is gone, and you can't point to the moment it left.
Growth eats cash faster than it makes it
Every new project needs materials, labor and subs funded before the draw lands. So the busier you get, the tighter things feel, which is the opposite of how it's supposed to work. Eventually you're passing on good work because you can't float it.
You are the schedule
The framer delays a week. Now the electrician, the drywaller and the inspector all have to reschedule, and every one of those calls comes to you. It’s no wonder you don’t have time to build systems or do strategic work.
Proof and results
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We get it - this all sounds pretty theoretical. Here are some stories of real contractors who implemented the Contractor Growth Method™ into their business.
Nik Palladino
Ryan Lermitte
Van City Electric
Chris O'Donohue
Brad Gordon
Mike Van Capelle
Nik and Sam started painting houses to pay their way through college. Growth brought along serious challenges, though. Their business had matured, and headcount had grown, but their systems hadn't. After a few years of turning away work they couldn't get to, they realized they needed to overhaul their systems—badly.
By implementing a Strategic Plan, Goal Setting and Review (GSR) meetings, and an effective tech stack, Ryan was able to automate and delegate his way to a more strategic role in the company.
When VanCity Electric owner Cory Byron first joined Breakthrough Academy, he was struggling to make his business profitable. The company was growing.
Uncover how Chris O'Donohue of Great Canadian Landscaping grew his profits and got his time back.
With the help of Breakthrough Academy, Brad has implemented high-impact business systems, including an organizational chart, employment agreements, and ideal candidate profiles to improve hiring.
Like most builders, Mike Van Capelle started his entrepreneurial journey with a passion for quality construction and the guts to take the plunge.
Don’t take our word for it, hear what our Members have to say.
Mike Van Capelle
Ian Price
Jason Hoke
Like most builders, Mike Van Capelle started his entrepreneurial journey with a passion for quality construction and the guts to take the plunge. A few years later, though, he was pulling his hair out.
Forest Street Builders’ first few years were rocky. Ian was the classic "One-Man Band," estimating, selling, project managing, forming, framing, finishing—he was doing ALL THE THINGS.
Scraping together every dollar to his name (and then some) Jason acquired A Cut Above Landscape from his previous employer. To say his first few years were a "grind" would be a gross understatement.
Don’t take our word for it, hear what our Members have to say.
Jason Hoke
Scraping together every dollar to his name (and then some) Jason acquired A Cut Above Landscape from his previous employer. To say his first few years were a "grind" would be a gross understatement.
Don’t take our word for it, hear what our Members have to say.
Ian Price
Forest Street Builders’ first few years were rocky. Ian was the classic "One-Man Band," estimating, selling, project managing, forming, framing, finishing—he was doing ALL THE THINGS.
Don’t take our word for it, hear what our Members have to say.
Jon Drew
Jon Drew always wanted to work for himself, and when he started Refined Exteriors with a long-time friend, he knew he'd made the right choice. But, the growth of the company led to new challenges.
Don’t take our word for it, hear what our Members have to say.
Cory Byron
When VanCity Electric owner Cory Byron first joined Breakthrough Academy, he was struggling to make his business profitable. The company was growing and the work kept coming, but without understanding the ins and outs of budgeting, job costing or financial controls, Cory found himself doing side jobs outside the business just to make ends meet.
Hashtag Plumbing
Brent and Chloë Mooney
From the outside, Hashtag Plumbing owners Brent and Chloë Mooney were running a successful 6-figure plumbing business. On the inside, things felt a lot more hectic. Brent wore every hat in the business. One time, he worked 68 hours in a 3 day period. When they found themselves with $1MM in revenue and no money in the bank, Brent and Chloë knew it was time to ask for help.
Frequently asked questions about Breakthrough Academy.
A construction business coach gives you two things you can't give yourself: an outside opinion, and someone whose job it is to hold you to what you said you'd do. Most owners already have a rough idea of what needs fixing. What they don't have is a clear view of it from inside the business, or anyone asking whether it actually got done. That's what construction business coaching is for. Not more ideas. The outside perspective and the accountability to turn the ones you already have into systems that stick.
Construction company profit is decided long before the invoice goes out. It's set in the estimate, protected by the scope and confirmed by job costing you actually compare back to the bid. Busy hides all three. Change orders get agreed on a handshake, labor drifts a few hours a week per crew and overhead quietly grows to match the revenue. Construction business profit isn't a sales problem. It's a measurement problem, and it stays invisible right up until cash gets tight.
Fewer than most people think, but they have to be real. The construction business systems that matter first: an annual budget you manage against, estimating standards every bid follows and a documented sales-to-production handoff SOP so you don't need to hand hold at every stage of the build. Then defined roles and employment agreements, so accountability lands somewhere other than your desk.
You grow a construction business without working more hours by building systems that let your people operate without you. Every hour you get back comes from a decision somebody else is now allowed and equipped to make. Construction company growth usually stalls because the business still needs you in it, and there's a hard limit on how much of you there is.
When the business has outgrown what one person can hold in their head. Most owners start looking at business coaching for construction contractors for a specific reason: margins that swing between jobs they can't explain, a PM or site super they hired who isn't delivering what they expected or the realization that the company can't run a full week without them in it. There are plenty of options for construction contractor coaching. What Breakthrough Academy does is implementation, not advice. It's built for an owner who has already built something real and hit the ceiling of what one person can carry.
Yes. Breakthrough Academy's construction business coaching works with residential, commercial and mixed builders, alongside contractors across other trades. We work with hungry, humble, smart construction contractors who are ready to implement. The project type matters less than the pattern: profit that swings without a clear reason, roles nobody has written down and handoffs that only work when you're standing there.
You’ve built something great. Let’s make it amazing.
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We’ve helped over 1,900 contractors just like you
You don’t need to build it by yourself.
The time is now.
Over 1,900 Contractors have built businesses they’re proud of with Breakthrough Academy.
Systemizing your business is a lot of work. NOT doing it is even more.
Systemizing your business is a lot of work. NOT doing it is even more.
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