There has been plenty of interest in my recent article suggesting the sorts of questions that budding construction enterprises might get ready to answer as their businesses look the next phase of growth.

The conversation around “Is this a business?” is set to continue. There seems to be strong interest in taking the subject further. I believe start up-construction enterprises will be the engine room of the transformations that will reshape the modern construction industry. There is strong evidence to suggest this will be the case.

I hope to energise a conversation that points to what a successful construction enterprise may look like by beyond 2025 and how it might be valued. No one has clear intel here, but it’s time to put some opening metrics on the table. I have been working in this area with Dr Mary Hardie, the director of undergraduate construction management programs at Western Sydney University. We believe our work will help in this endeavour.