The system I use to help construction businesses win better work, keep more of it, and work less
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What Is The Construction Boardroom?
A private mastermind, strategic advisory and community for construction business owners who are better at delivering the work than at running the business around it.
It brings together owners of trade and specialist construction businesses from across Australia, and the consultants who serve them.
Four weekend masterminds a year, a weekly group advisory call with Cian, direct one-on-one access, a private peer community, and a systems vault built from real member problems rather than theory.
Entry is by application only, and the room is kept deliberately small.
Where Our Members Are When They Come In
Almost every member arrives at the same point in their story. They're a 95 at the trade and a 65 at running the business. They know how to deliver the work. What they haven't cracked is the business around it.
Work. They're not winning enough of the right work. They depend on referrals, repeat clients, and tender lists; they price everything that comes through the door, win little of it, and get used as a price check by builders and tier ones. Two or three clients carry most of the revenue, and the owner is the only salesperson.
Money. Turnover is up, but profit is flat or down. Margins sit at 8 to 12%, overheads have crept up, and cash is tied up in retentions and slow payers. They don't know which jobs or service lines actually make money, and they're exposed on contracts, variations, and delays, so margin leaks after the job is won.
People. Every decision, fire, and client call comes back to them. They work 60 to 90-hour weeks for the pay of a site manager. They can't find or keep good people against mining and data-centre wages. They hired a GM once; it didn't work out, and now they're back in.
Head. They're out of their depth commercially as contracts get bigger, with nobody around them who understands a business this size. They've been burned by generic coaches who don't know construction. They're making million-dollar decisions alone, in the ute.
And the human reality: their spouse is frustrated with the hours. They're over 40, thinking about the next 10 to 15 years, and wondering whether the business will ever run without them.
What Changed For Our Members
"Being around people that are like-minded, solving the same issues and removing a lot of bottlenecks in our business, we've had great results."
"Learned so much from Cian and from the guys we were around. Great advice and great direction towards the best systems."
What Our Members Are Looking To Achieve
Not just a bigger business. A better one.
Work coming in without them chasing it, and being known as the go-to in their market. Growth that actually shows up as profit. Knowing their numbers before the job starts, and cash in the bank, not just on paper.
A team they trust to run the day-to-day, and good people who stay because they have a reason to. A business worth selling, whether or not they ever sell it.
Getting their evenings and weekends back. Six weeks away without the phone ringing.
And an end to being alone at the top. Peers who understand what it's like, and the confidence that the business is heading the right way even when they're not standing in it.
Cian Brennan on site in Umm Qasr, Iraq
Why Cian Brennan?
This is the only advisory program for construction business owners led by an operator who built a construction consultancy independently valued at over $20M, put a CEO in place, stepped out of operations, and still owns 100% of it. It grows every month without him in the day-to-day.
With over 2 decades of experience, he has worked alongside 400+ subcontractors, which put him in a rare position. He sees from above what works and what doesn't across hundreds of businesses in the same industry.
He wrote the book on it: The Subcontractor's Edge. He's a 40 Under 40 Entrepreneur of the Year and a two-time Telstra Best of Business award winner.
Members have doubled revenue, and one went from $30M to $60M while stepping back to around a day a week.
$20M+
Business built, CEO installed, stepped out, still 100% owned
2X
Telstra Best Of Business awards (Innovation & Outstanding Growth)
400+
Subcontractors worked alongside
40 Under 40 Entrepreneur Of The Year Winner
What You Get
4 Key Pillars
01 | THE MASTERMIND
Four times a year the entire Boardroom comes together for a full weekend, Saturday and Sunday.
You sit across the table from other construction business owners and talk numbers without ego. You see how operators at your level or above already solved the exact problem you are stuck on.
Guest speakers, workshops built on what is actually happening in the industry, and awards for members who have grown since the last one. You cannot fake a room of operators at this level in the same physical space.
...and some fun of course. Whisky tasting, dinners and other events.
Can't make it in person? Every mastermind is recorded in 4K with proper audio.
02 | STRATEGIC ADVISORY
Every week there is a Boardroom group call with Cian. He teaches a framework, runs Q&A, and runs member hot seats where one person brings a real problem, and the room solves it. Forty-five minutes to an hour and a half. All recorded.
For what's unique to your business and not right for the group, you get two 30-minute one-on-one calls with Cian a month. The room, the weekly calls, and the community carry most of the value, so even if you never book one, you still get a strong return.
You also get direct WhatsApp access to Cian for the decisions you need a second opinion on right now.
03 | THE COMMUNITY
The group chat is where the peer-to-peer value lives every day. Members share wins, ask questions, post problems, and get feedback from operators in the same game.
When you post a question and three other $10M operators answer it alongside Cian, that's insight you won't get anywhere else.
04 | THE SYSTEMS VAULT
As members raise problems, Cian provides a training on that specific problem and it is paired with an SOP that you can implement into your business.
Each SOP gets paired with a training video on how to deploy it in your business. You are not getting a binder of theory that sits on a shelf. You are getting systems proven in the room before they ever reach you. The mastermind recording vault sits alongside it, so nothing from a weekend you missed is lost.
Membership
Who it's for
Owners of trade and specialist construction businesses, typically $2M to $30M.
Investment
Investment is discussed on the call once we've confirmed fit.
Capped at 30 members.
Commitment
A 90-day commitment, then month-to-month with no lock-in thereafter. Monthly or upfront payment is your choice; pay upfront and you effectively get two months of the year free.
Vetting
This isn't something you can simply buy. There is an application and a call, and we are deliberate about who comes in. We are not looking for people who want help with one problem and then leave.
FAQs
Do I have to attend every mastermind in person?
No. Every mastermind is recorded in 4K with proper audio. If you can't make one in person, you don't lose the content. But the in-person room is where the relationships form and the real work happens, so most members make the effort to be there.
What happens if I miss a mastermind weekend?
You get the full recording and any frameworks or SOPs that came out of it. You don't fall behind on the systems side. What you miss is the room, which is why most members prioritise being there. But life happens, and the structure is built so you're never locked out of the content.
What does the 90-day commitment actually bind me to?
It binds you to 90 days of membership. That's long enough to sit in a mastermind weekend, get a full quarter of weekly advisory calls and one-on-ones, and put real systems in place in your business. After that, it's month-to-month with no lock-in. At the end of the 90 days, you decide whether to stay.
What happens when the 30 founding spots are filled?
The current rate closes. No exceptions, no extensions, no "one more spot." Members who join before then keep their rate for as long as they stay in. Once the 30 spots are filled you can still apply, but you'll come in at the new rate if you're accepted. We walk you through the investment on the call.
Is this only for Australian subcontractors?
The Boardroom is focused on Australia. The masterminds run on the East Coast and West Coast of Australia. If you're outside Australia and willing to travel, apply and we'll talk about whether it makes sense.
I'm already in a mastermind. Why would I join this one?
Because this is the only one built specifically for construction business owners, led by an operator who built a $20M+ construction business, stepped out, and still owns 100%. Generic masterminds give you generic advice. This room gives you operators who've dealt with competitive tendering, 60 to 90 day payment terms, and boom and bust. If your current mastermind has that, you don't need this one.
What happens on the call after I apply?
It's a conversation, not a pitch. You'll talk through your business, your bottleneck, and where you want to be in 12 to 24 months. We'll talk through what's in the room and whether it fits where you're at. If it's a fit, we talk next steps. If it's not, we say so and you walk away.
What if I join and it's not for me?
You're committed for 90 days, so there's no refund window. But the application and the call exist to make sure you're a fit before you ever pay. If you're honest on the application and on the call, and we're honest with you, the mismatch shouldn't happen. If it does, we'll have a conversation about it like adults.
*Earnings Disclaimer
The Subcontractor's Boardroom does not promise or guarantee in any way, shape, or form that you will scale your business to $20M+, improve your margins, fix your cash flow, step out of operations, or successfully exit your business as a result of joining the program.
Are there operators who have doubled their business in the last 6 months or doing >50m+ in the group?
Yes. Does that represent the average result of a member who joins? No. Not even close.
We do not know the current state of your business, your numbers, your team, your contracts, or your market conditions.
We provide frameworks, strategic advisory, community, and resources from operators who have gotten real results in real construction businesses.
We do not make income claims or income representations about what you are probable to achieve after joining.
Are there people who have joined programs like this and lost money taking action on what was taught? Absolutely.
Could that happen to you? It is a possibility.
As required by law, we cannot and do not make any guarantees about your ability to get results or earn money with our ideas, information, programs, or strategies.
We don't know you, and besides, your results in business and in life are up to you.
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