team, but that expands out to the subcontractors and suppliers. You could be an absolute star and very good at what you do but if you don’t have the right suppliers or team around you, you’re only as good as the people you surround yourself with.” Bluestar has suppliers they’ve used since day one, says Adam. “They’re loyal, timely and provide good value for money.” At the same time, Adam isn’t afraid to bring new blood into the mix. “Once in a while you have to introduce another trade or supplier to cross reference quality and pricing,” he says. “You’ve always got to be seeking, looking and searching to be better. I live the ‘one per cent rule.’ Every day, ask yourself, ‘how can we be one per cent better today?’ Question everything. If you think you’ve got it all set and done that’s when you start going backwards. Our daily target is ‘How do we become one per cent better than we were yesterday?’ And do the same thing day after day, whether it’s with a process, trade, attitude, detail, design, system, whatever that may be, you have to be constantly sharpening the sword.” One thing Adam looks for in a subcontractor and in his staff is their adherence to his THRIL factor. “Action speaks louder than words,” he says. “I love the small family culture. We try to use family run suppliers and trades because I can see the shift is moving. As all these corporations get bigger, they start to gobble up everything else. We have less and less choice of what we want.” Adam likens massive corporate growth to shopping in the supermarket. “I like being able to go to a local butcher and get that meat from him or go to a local fruit and veg guy and get fresher produce. Without that you start to lose options. If our family business doesn’t support other family businesses then that will die off and all there will be are cookie cutter factories that produce preset designs with less choice. Once this starts, it then becomes all about margin, profit and THE CONSTRUCTION SOURCE AUSTRALIA
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