SubBase: Construction Supply Streamlined
The SubBase Show is where construction gets real about productivity, technology, and the bottom line. Hosted by industry veterans and forward-thinking builders, each episode unpacks the hidden costs dragging subcontractors down from broken field-to-office communication to manual procurement and outdated AP workflows.
Through candid conversations with leaders like Marcus Spiegelberg of Douglas Orr Plumbing, and insights from tech experts like Brian Kian of Foundation Software, we explore how smart contractors are buying back time, cutting waste, and turning chaos into control. Whether you're a project manager, foreman, or owner looking to run leaner and scale smarter, this show gives you the strategies, tools, and real-world examples to get it done.
Because in construction, time really is money, and we're here to help you stop losing both.
- Update frequency
- every 6 days
- Average duration
- 17 minutes
- Episodes
- 11
- Years Active
- 2025
Are Contractors Falling Behind?: What Procurement Modernization Really Takes Part 1
Eric Helitzer, CEO and founder of SubBase, and David Corson, host of the Commercial Construction Coffee Talk podcast, sit down to take a look at how procurement really works in commercial constructio…
00:20:01 |
Tue 02 Sep 2025
Are You Leaving Money on the Table?: Building a Better Procurement Process Part 2
In the second half of their conversation, Ike and Eric dive into the next level of procurement efficiency, including tracking delivery timelines, required-on-site dates, and real-time order status. E…
00:26:10 |
Tue 26 Aug 2025
Are You Leaving Money on the Table?: Building a Better Procurement Process Part 1
SubBase CEO Eric Helitzer talks with Ike about procurement. Drawing from his roots as a third-generation builder, Eric shares how starting in the trades, particularly in the concrete sector, shaped h…
00:24:09 |
Tue 19 Aug 2025
Built to Last: Why Construction Software Needs a Builder’s Mindset
Eric Helitzer sits down with fellow construction tech advocate Ron Nussbaum for a candid conversation about what it really takes to bring meaningful software into the construction world. The two disc…
00:20:25 |
Tue 12 Aug 2025
The 10X Shift in Construction Procurement Part 2
In Part 2 of this conversation, Eric Helitzer returns to share the war stories, tough decisions, and hard-won insights that shaped SubBase into what it is today. From early stumbles to refining SubBa…
00:15:32 |
Tue 05 Aug 2025
The 10X Shift in Construction Procurement Part 1
In Part 1 of this two-part conversation, host Henry Harrison sits down with Eric Helitzer, founder and CEO of SubBase, to explore the deep-rooted inefficiencies in construction procurement, and how S…
00:16:16 |
Tue 29 Jul 2025
The Silent Cost Sink of Construction Procurement (And What SubBase Is Fixing)
Eric Helitzer, founder and CEO of SubBase, teams up with Jared Taylor of The Slice of Construction fame, to unpack the realities of procurement inefficiencies in the construction industry, and the te…
00:15:23 |
Tue 22 Jul 2025
The AP Automation Breakthrough Construction Has Been Waiting For
Invoice processing in construction has always been a pain point—manual, error-prone, and painfully slow. But that’s finally changing.
In this episode of The SubBase Show, we explore how Douglas Orr Pl…
In this episode of The SubBase Show, we explore how Douglas Orr Pl…
00:11:03 |
Tue 15 Jul 2025
The $1/Minute Rule: A Simpler Way to Calculate Construction Tech ROI
What’s the real ROI of construction technology? For Marcus Spiegelberg of Douglas Orr Plumbing, it’s not a spreadsheet full of assumptions it’s simple: “Every minute lost costs a dollar.” In this epi…
00:12:50 |
Tue 08 Jul 2025
"Where’s My Material?": Fixing the Most Frustrating Question in Construction
Every construction company knows the pain: the field needs materials, the office is chasing paperwork, and somewhere in between is a costly black hole of miscommunication. In this episode of The SubB…
00:15:25 |
Tue 01 Jul 2025
$97 Billion in Lost Time: The Real Cost of Construction’s Material Management Crisis
The construction industry is bleeding money, and most of it is happening between the field and the office. In this episode of The SubBase Show, we dive into the $97 billion problem plaguing subcontra…
00:11:12 |
Tue 24 Jun 2025
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