Coastlines to Cranes
Coastlines to Cranes is your 15-minute midweek chaos cure, hosted by ABC San Diego CEO Shandon Harbour. She’s dishing out unfiltered takes on construction, politics, and apprentice glory – sprinkled with sass, laughs, and zero corporate snooze. Drops Wednesdays at 6 a.m. on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and YouTube. Buckle up (or don’t).
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Coastlines to Cranes is your 15-minute midweek chaos cure, hosted by ABC San Diego CEO Shandon Harbour. She’s dishing out unfiltered takes on construction, politics, and apprentice glory—sprinkled with sass, laughs, and zero corporate snooze. Drops Wednesdays at 6 a.m. Buckle up (or don’t).
Valerie McGuire (Controller at Pacific Rim Mechanical, CCIFP, CPA) joins Shandon Harbour to talk construction finance the way it actually happens: pressure, deadlines, tough calls, and the ripple effects on crews, subs, and customers.
Valerie has lived on both sides of the business. She shares how her path moved from running work to running numbers, and how tough market shifts shaped the way she thinks about decisions, leadership, and protecting relationships.
She walks through how she thinks about runway, what metrics matter when the market shifts, and why “penciling it out” beats guessing every time. She also breaks down what the CCIFP credential is really about, why she went back for her CPA, and how her role in ABC San Diego’s training trust keeps her connected to the people behind the work: apprentices, instructors, and craft pride.
If you’ve ever wanted a clearer, calmer way to approach financial decisions in construction, this episode is a practical listen.
Listen, subscribe, and share with a contractor, PM, or finance lead who’s trying to run a tighter, smarter operation.
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