Own The Build

About Own The Build

Own the Build is the podcast for Quantity Surveyors and Commercial Directors who want to sharpen their commercial edge and lead with confidence. Hosted by Paul Heming, former Commercial leader and now co-founder of C-Link, each week’s conversation dives into the realities of modern commercial management — from procurement and contracts to digital transformation and leadership in construction. Through honest discussions with industry leaders, forensic planners, and forward-thinking QSs, Paul explores how the best commercial teams deliver profit, performance, and project certainty in a changing industry. If you’re serious about mastering the commercial side of construction — this is where you build your advantage.

Publisher

C-Link

Category

business · business · education

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

25 Jan 2021

Latest episode

26 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

299 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   26 Oct 2026

   Own the Build Leadership Series #10: Mark Cahill, Commercial Director at Rowland Homes (£120m+ Housebuilder)

   In the tenth episode of the Own the Build Leadership Series, Paul is joined by Mark Cahill, Commercial Director at Rowland Homes, a family-owned housebuilder delivering over 400 homes annually across the North West, with a turnover exceeding £120m. Mark's journey into construction began with a simple email. As a student, inspired by his father who worked in commercial management, Mark contacted Wainhomes asking for two weeks of work experience. That opportunity turned into three months, then ...

2. 

   19 Oct 2026

   Could AI Transform Value Engineering for Quantity Surveyors? (EP 289)

   In this episode, Paul is joined by Martin Balaam, CEO and Founder of Pimberly, to explore a problem almost every Quantity Surveyor has encountered: You've been asked to value engineer a package and find an equivalent product. Where do you actually start? Paul takes the conversation back to his time working on Battersea Power Station, where finding an alternative to a specified product eventually unlocked around £1.5m in commercial savings — but took months of research, conversations, technica...

3. 

   12 Oct 2026

   How to Read the Room: The Communication Skills Every QS Needs (EP 288)

   In this episode, Paul is joined by Len Foster, construction professional turned communication coach and founder of The Referral Edge, to explore one of the most important — yet rarely taught — skills in commercial management: how to communicate effectively and read the room. Len started his career on the tools as an apprentice joiner before progressing through site management, contracts management and planning, including senior roles with major contractors such as John Sisk. Today, he special...

Who has been a guest on Own The Build

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Sarah Fox
• Langley Sharp
• Stefan Panourgias
• Stephen Harpur
• Emma Fletcher

Reach and audience

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YouTube views

127,000

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Apple Podcasts (US)

3.0 / 5

1 ratings

Spotify

4.9 / 5

137 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 67 / 100

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

Quality

66

Social presence

0

YouTube

82

Engagement

85

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