Structure
Clear roles, written processes and an org chart that matches how work actually moves. Job descriptions, onboarding and standards your team can follow without asking you.
Strategic consulting for construction companies
Build the business behind the build.
Ridge Beam helps owners of renovation and trade companies put structure, leadership and routines in place, so the business is easier to lead, more enjoyable to work in, and less chaotic.
What I do
Owning a business isn't easy, but it can be easier.
Ridge Beam is for owners and managers of renovation, design-build and trade companies who want the business to run without every decision landing on their desk. I work alongside you to build the structure, the leadership and the routines that make that possible, using the language and the numbers of the trades.
Leadership
Coaching for owners and managers on leading people, not just projects. Hard conversations, accountability, and growing the next layer of leaders.
Execution
A weekly rhythm and the numbers that matter in construction. Scorecards, WIP, gross profit and cost to complete, reviewed often enough to act on.
How we work
One standing session, every week.
The work centres on a weekly one-on-one. It can be advising, leadership coaching, production coaching or WIP coaching, depending on what is holding the company back that week.
After each session you get a written follow-up with action items, owners and dates, so the work keeps moving between meetings.
What we work on
- AdvisingA sounding board for the decisions that are hard to make alone.
- Leadership coachingRunning people, handling hard conversations and holding the line on accountability.
- Production coachingScheduling, hand-offs between sales and the field, and keeping jobs on track.
- WIP coachingReading your work in progress, forecasting cost to complete, and knowing where each job really stands.
- Roles and onboardingOrg charts, job descriptions and onboarding plans for every seat.
Financial literacy
Ever feel like you're collecting money all the time, but there's never enough in the account come AP time?
It's a common feeling in construction, and it usually means the numbers haven't been explained in a way that is useful to the person running the company. I teach owners and managers to read their own financials, so cash stops being a surprise.
What we work on
- WIP set-up and coachingBuild a work-in-progress schedule that fits how you bill, then learn to read it: over and under billing, gross profit by job and cost to complete.
- Reading your income statementKnow what each line means, what to watch from month to month, and what it is telling you about the business.
- Seeing cash comingConnect billing, collections and upcoming payables so a shortfall shows up weeks ahead, not on payment day.
About
I'm Geoff Clark.
I'm the principal consultant at Ridge Beam. I've spent more than 15 years in construction, starting as a labourer and carpenter and working up through superintendent, construction manager, production manager and operations leader.
That covers renovations, custom homes, commercial work, millwork and concrete. What I'm best at is being brought into a messy situation, getting it clear, and building the system that keeps it that way. I tell owners what I see, plainly, and then help them fix it.
Contact
Book a discovery call.
A discovery call is a short conversation about where your company is today and what you want it to look like. If Ridge Beam is a good fit, we'll talk about next steps.
- Phone
- 250-532-3479