Construction Disrupted

About Construction Disrupted

Construction Disrupted is a podcast for people working in the construction industry who need to stay current without drowning in noise. With a focus on the current, real-world issues across the built environment, the stories behind the headlines, the shifts worth your time, and the ideas to get you thinking. No froth, all coffee. Each episode follows a clear 3, 2, 1 structure: 3 headlines. Covering the most relevant and interesting topics from the world of construction. 2 opinions. Straight-talking analysis and debrief that digs deep beyond each headline. Why it matters and what it means for the future. 1 takeaway. Sometimes practical, sometimes actionable, or perhaps something to make you think. Hosted by Peter Sumpton and Ryan Jones, who bring a combined 40 years in construction and marketing, Construction Disrupted is designed for thought-leaders and decision-makers who prefer podcasts with more substance and less spin. We know the backdrop, fragmented supply chains, rising costs, skills gaps and sustainability pressures, and we won’t rehash doom for the sake of it. Instead, we move past the headlines and delve into the topics that are shaping the industry today, tomorrow, and probably a couple more days after that. Subscribe and join us every week – most weeks, anyway. Expect clear thinking, dry humour and the occasional soapbox moment.

Publisher

Peter Sumpton & Ryan Jones

Category

business · news · news

Language

en

Explicit

Yes

First episode

25 Aug 2023

Latest episode

28 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

47 of 138 episodes have a transcript.

1. 

   28 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT

   Local Plans, For Local People | Episode 138

   Host Peter Sumpton interviews Ryan Jones about how regional leaders, award-winning council homes, and Heathrow's job creation plans reveal construction's challenges with funding and delivery.

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   21 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT

   Radical New Plans | Episode 137

   Host Peter Sumpton and guest Ryan Jones discuss radical new plans for a credible construction budget, exploring how it unlocks viable housing, long-term retrofits, and essential apprenticeships.

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   14 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT

   Pre-Budget Conditions in Construction. Pause or Play? | Episode 136

   Host Peter Sumpton interviews Ryan Jones about construction's pre-budget conditions, exploring economic indicators, specialist capacity challenges, and new regeneration models.

Inside a recent episode

Local Plans, For Local People | Episode 138

Published 28 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt

[…] It doesn't have to be high-rise flats anymore. We can do these things in and around nature, greenery involved, and it's successful. I don't know, but time will tell how good these council homes are, and let's hope they are. No, 100%. And I think one of the things that it does, remember about a month or so ago, Angela Rayner kind of got out there and said to local authorities, you need to start identifying sites for development. Every single local authority will have at least one site, if not several sites, that could be developed upon. I think what this does here, something that you said there in high-rise kind of triggered it to me, but there's a note here, perhaps Lion Green Road's most important contribution to the current housing debate is the reminders of the value of high-quality flatted development. […]

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

YouTube views

142,050

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Spotify

5.0 / 5

1 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 68 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

76

Social presence

0

YouTube

82

Engagement

68

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