by Simplar | Jan 14, 2021 | Leadership
PDP Professional Development Program (planning) Construction professionals have a limited view of professional development–seeing it as training, a means of keeping up-to-date, or a way to build a career. A Professional Development Program is much more. It is:...
by Simplar | Jan 14, 2021 | Proposal Writing, Proposal Writing
What Wins Work? How to Write Successful Project Proposals by Brian Lines, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, University of Kansas Low-Bid Procurement When contractors simply had to “sharpen their pencil” to win work, they knew where they stood. In a simpler world, the...
by Simplar | Jan 14, 2021 | Succession Planning
Subject: Succession Planning and Leadership Transitions SOME COMPANY FOUNDERS FORGET THEY WON’T LIVE FOREVER However, Researchers Find Many Don’t by: Dr Anthony Perrenoud, Ph.D., University of Oklahoma Unlike Fortune 500 corporations, construction is still a...
by Simplar | Jan 14, 2021 | Contractor Default, Contractor Default
Out of Tune A construction project is an intricate labyrinth of independent/inter-dependent craftsmen making carefully coordinated contributions to the finished product over an extended period of time. Perhaps no other human endeavor requires such precise complex...
by Simplar | Jan 14, 2021 | Risk Management, Risk Management
Building on Shifting Sands Millennium Tower in San Francisco is sinking and leaning. The 58-story tower has sunk 17 inches and tilted 14 inches since it was completed in 2008. Engineers want to drill hundreds of steel and concrete “micro piles” down to bedrock under...
