by Simplar | Feb 24, 2021 | Risk Management, Weekly Construction Message
The Contract: A Risk Management Tool Deviation from Plans or Specification Disputes Contracting is a risky business. Construction projects are high cost, complex team efforts that play out over an extended time period (often many years) with plenty of financial risk...
by Simplar | Jan 27, 2021 | Weekly Construction Message
Schleifer’s Weekly Construction Message Contract Execution Step 1 Equitable Assessment of Risk Last week’s whimsical “letter to the contract” was designed to illuminate the central position that the contract occupies in construction. The “contract”...
by Simplar | Jan 20, 2021 | Business of Construction, Weekly Construction Message
Dr Schleifer’s Weekly Construction Message “Contractors” -OR- “Constructors” From purely business perspective we should be known as “contractors” even if you consider yourself a “constructor” because the initial...
by Simplar | Jan 14, 2021 | Weekly Construction Message
5th Crisis-era Message to Contractors from: Dr Tom Schleifer Pace of Recovery-Impact on Construction It is becoming clear that the pandemic will not end suddenly, nor will the US economy rebound rapidly. It’s beginning to sound like a drawn-out affair with experts...
by Simplar | Jan 14, 2021 | Weekly Construction Message
20th Weekly Crisis-era Message to Contractors from: Dr Tom Schleifer US Economic and Construction Market update Here we are 20 weeks after the mid-March economic crisis began with the V-shaped recovery off the table and a resurgence of the virus a continuing threat....
