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59 episodes
since March 2, 2022
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Send us Fan Mail What happens when an architect believes that a wealthy client’s “money is no object” assurance on a commission for a dream lakeside resort, results in chaos? In this episode we discover how unchecked hourly billing, endless design changes, and unspoken budgets can turn a glamorous …

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Send us Fan Mail What happens when a freight forwarding giant hires architects to modernize its loading docks, only for the entire operation to grind to a halt due to a myriad of compounding design blunders? In this episode, you’ll discover how overlooked vehicle clearances and poor coordination tu…
Send us Fan Mail Can any single oversight turn a proud community building made of local wood and stone into the perfect bonfire? In this story of a remote First Nations school and social centre that burned to ash the day of the opening, you’ll discover how cumulative failures in fire safety and eme…
Send us Fan Mail What happens when an architect designs a building for his old school friend, having no practical knowledge of what holds it up? In this story, a handshake deal and blind trust in a questionable engineer turn a promising office park, into a multi-million-dollar quagmire, showing eve…
Send us Fan Mail What happens when a long-completed condo complex in Florida turns into a nightmarish web of racketeering charges, an arrest warrant, and a probable wedding-day police trap? In this episode, you’ll discover how one residential project nearly cost Nathan Johnstone everything—until an…
Send us Fan Mail What happens when a celebrated wine expert’s dream of a perfect climate-controlled cellar collapses into a multi-million-dollar disaster? In this episode we discover how misplaced trust, overlooked warnings, and a failing mechanical system can ruin reputations and fortunes alike, r…
Send us Fan Mail What happens when an architect steps into a highly specialized industrial project far beyond their expertise, guaranteeing outcomes they cannot control? In this chilling tale of frozen assets, one firm’s modest extension job spirals into massive delays, exploding equipment, and a m…
Send us Fan Mail When an architect accepts a commission to replace a leaky roof, does the client have any reason to doubt that proper materials and careful oversight will be used? In this tale of an architect specifying an unsuitable, cheap product alternative to save their client a few bucks, you’…
Send us Fan Mail What happens when an architect specifies an approved lightweight wall system for a retirement home, only to watch it crumble under repeated slap-shots and Canadian winters within a year? In this episode you’ll discover how a promising “new and improved” product turned a proud build…
Send us Fan Mail This “classic” episode from our first season has been re-edited for the benefit of our newest listeners, as a way to keep these evergreen lessons alive, We hope you enjoy listening to this story as much as we do presenting it to you. Can a Pastor, a septic field, a circular drivewa…
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