by Simplar | Sep 21, 2023 | Business Failure, Business Failure, Risk Management, Risk Management, Risk Management, Weekly Construction Message
If you say “contracting” to anyone they immediately think of “construction”. The “building” industry has become identified with the signing of a contract at the point of sale. “Builders” have become “contractors” in the eyes of the public. This misidentification has...
by Simplar | Sep 20, 2023 | Business Failure, Business Failure, Financial Management and Risk, Financial Management and Risk, Financial Management and Risk, Partnering, Planning, PM, Weekly Construction Message
Risk Mitigation Thomas C Schleifer, Ph.D. Thirty-five years ago, I initiated research that resulted in ranking construction contracting #2 in business failure rate (restaurants are #1). That data inspired me to begin ongoing research into the causes of construction...
by Simplar | Sep 11, 2023 | Built Environment, Change Management, Change Management, Leadership, Weekly Construction Message
From Builder to Manager Thomas C Schleifer, Ph.D. With the possible exception of prostitution, construction is the world’s oldest industry. It is, however, a business unlike any other. All modern industrial companies introduce a product or service to the marketplace...
by Simplar | Sep 7, 2023 | Built Environment, Business of Construction, Financial Management and Risk, Financial Management and Risk, Growth, Growth, Weekly Construction Message
Big Small Business Thomas C Schleifer, Ph.D. The oldest known structure on earth Göbekli Tepe, the remains of a temple at an archeological site in Southeastern Turkey dated back to 9500 – 8000 BC marks the earliest example of what we now call the construction...
