by Simplar | Nov 18, 2021 | Organizational Change Management, Organizational Change Management, Organizational Change Management, Weekly Construction Message
Unstable Markets Skilled Labor Shortage News Flash – Consumer prices rocketed higher than expected last month, jumping 6.2% annually for their biggest increase in 31 years, the Labor Department reported. We have redefined unstable markets to mean not only...
by Simplar | Jan 14, 2021 | Labor & Labor Issues
Reaction to the Skilled Labor Shortage Strategic Thinking Small to mid-sized contractors across the industry are scrambling to participate in an expanding market that will become turbo-charged when the government finally gets its infrastructure act together. Demand...
by Simplar | Jan 14, 2021 | Labor & Labor Issues
ALERT Without Skilled Labor YOU’RE OUT OF BUSINESS The skilled labor shortage plaguing the construction industry has reached crisis proportions. Wall Street Journal – July 2018 A recent Wall Street Journal article by Laura Kusisto reported: “Construction lost...
by Simplar | Feb 23, 2023 | Built Environment, Business of Construction, Project Selection, Project Selection, Risk Management, Risk Management, Risk Management, Weekly Construction Message
Navigating Trends Thomas C Schleifer, Ph.D. I love this quote from a contractor who offered feedback on last week’s blog. “If we can’t do anything about trends, what are we supposed to do?” You have to love that. It reeks of the frustration that we contractors feel...
by Simplar | Feb 16, 2023 | Built Environment, Business of Construction, Labor & Labor Issues, Labor & Labor Issues, Labor & Labor Issues, Organization Transformation, Project Delivery, Weekly Construction Message
Climate Change (in construction) Thomas C Schleifer, Ph.D. Contractors are dealing with a perennial shortage of skilled construction labor in the same way we are dealing with climate change – “What can I do about climate change? Nothing that I can think of....
