The Procurement Fix Every Builder & Insurer Needs

Ever feel like you’re stuck between a rock and a brick wall when it comes to procurement? You’re not alone.

You’re a builder or insurance-construction business in regional Australia. You’re chasing margins, deadlines, and trades. Yet your procurement team is stuck on the phone, site supervisors ditch job-management to head out on recruitment runs, and you’re still short of skilled tradies. Sound familiar?

That’s the problem we just smashed for one insurer — and we’ll show you exactly how.

The Procurement Headache in Insurance Construction

Let’s break it down:

• Regional constraints
  You’re not on Seek. You’re not page one of Google. The best tradies are hidden—and the procurement team can’t find them.

• The 90/10 rule
  You know it — 90% of work goes to just 10% of the contractors. So those same few people get slammed, and the rest of the market stays untapped.

• Time wasted on non-core tasks
  Your procurement team should be doing paperwork, not chasing tradies. Your site supervisors should be managing the job, not trawling Bunnings or running roadshows.

It’s a real drag. It drags on your margins, your jobs, your plans to scale. But it doesn’t have to.

How We Solved It: The Increase Construction Approach

Here’s what went down:

1. We measured and tested on the ground
   In a regional area, we went straight at the problem. Two days in, and we delivered 15 quality, vetted trades in the door. Boom. Go-go-go. No fuss, no faff.

2. We pitched to the right players
   Not just builders—panel builders, procurement teams, insurers. We got inside their pain points, not just their “projects”.

3. We handed them clarity to present to the board
   They went to their management team and said: “Game on. Procurement sorted — now we can save money by doing what we do best.”

4. We freed up core staff to do the work that matters
   Paperwork belongs in procurement’s wheelhouse. Site supervision belongs in the field. We freed up both to actually get sh*t done.

5. We drove real savings
   We did it at a fraction of the cost of hiring full-time staff. And for repeat clients? We push those costs lower. Possibly even to zero.

    

What This Means for You

If you’re an insurer or a small-to-medium builder struggling to recruit trades in regional areas, here’s what you can do:

• Stop sending site supervisors to Bunnings to sniff out trades.

• Stop chasing the same 10% of contractors who are already stretched to the hilt.

• Stop putting your procurement team on recruitment when their wheelhouse is paperwork.

• Instead, partner with Increase Construction to get the right trades, fast — without the staffing overhead.

• Reinvest the time and money you save back into higher margins, smoother jobs, and scaling up smart.

Solutions You Can Roll Out Today

1. Pilot a regional blitz
   Kick off a two-day trade blitz in one area. Measure it. Track who turns up. What kinds of trades you nab. Use that data to prove the concept.

2. Benchmark costs against hiring
   How much would that pilot have cost in full-time wages? Now compare it to what it cost through Increase Construction. The difference? That’s your straight-line saving.

3. Refocus roles on the team
   Tell procurement to stick to paperwork. Tell site supervisors to manage site risks, timetables, quality. And leave the trade-recruitment juggle to a specialist.

4. Build a black book of regional tradies
   You’ve got them now, so use them — build that network. Come back to them for repeat work, referrals, second jobs. They become your secret weapon.

5. Negotiate repeat-client discounts
   We’ve already tested it — you can push costs down for repeat jobs, maybe even nil. That’s pure bottom-line win.

The Upshot: Why This Works

• More margin — fewer wasted person-hours, less site downtime, lower staffing costs.

• Better jobs — because tasks aren’t slipping, delays get fewer, quality goes up.

• Less stress — you know where your trades are coming from. You know they’ll show up. You can breathe.

• Scale ready — once you’ve got a regional roster dialled in, scaling up in other locations drops your headache load.

Wrapping It Up

So here’s the bottom line: procurement and hire shouldn’t be part of your daily slog. It’s a bottleneck that’s choking your margin and snagging your growth.

You don’t need another junior doing cold-calls. You don’t need site leads running recruitment. You need specialists who can deliver regional trades fast, efficiently, and affordably.

That’s what we do. That’s what Increase Construction is about. The next time you catch yourself thinking, “If only we could get the trade we need, when we need it...” — that’s your cue to call us.

Because when trades show up on time, jobs roll smooth, and profit margin grows — that’s how you grow a business, not just live in it.

FAQs

1. How quickly can Increase Construction source the tradies you need?
Typically—within two days. We tested it in a regional area and delivered 15 trades in that timeframe. Fast, simple, reliable.

2. Is this cost-effective compared to hiring full-time staff?
Absolutely. The pilot was done at a fraction of the cost of full-time recruitment, and repeat-client pricing often brings costs even lower—sometimes even to zero.

3. What if you need the same tradies again?
Easy. We build you a black book—your own roster of trusted tradies for repeat jobs, referrals, and continuity.

4. Do you only serve insurers?
Nope. We’re for any medium-size or small builder, especially those in regional areas, who struggle with recruitment. If you’ve got jobs, we’ve got the tradies.

5. Can you reduce procurement team's workload without compromising quality?
Yup. We take the hiring burden off them so they can focus on paperwork and compliance—while you get trades that’re vetted, on time, and ready to rock.