by Simplar | Apr 25, 2025 | Built Environment, Business of Construction, Leadership, Leadership, Leadership, Weekly Construction Message
The most important function of construction “bosses” after they promote themselves to “leader” is to build a professional organization that can provide their clients with expert services. After all, their team is their product. We are not...
by Simplar | Feb 17, 2022 | Facility Management, Facility Management, Leadership, Leadership, Leadership, Leadership, Weekly Construction Message
Building Your Team – Board of Advisors Continuing our Science of Construction Business Management Series: If this confounded pandemic has taught us anything, it’s that running a construction company during this era is complex. The ever-grinding shortage of...
by Simplar | Jan 14, 2021 | Project Teams, Project Teams, Project Teams
Building Effective Teams Engineers, architects, iron workers, concrete finishers, sheet metal workers, carpenters, electricians, and plumbers all work together with offsite vendors and suppliers in an intricate dance of coordinated individual functions as a skyscraper...
by Simplar | Feb 19, 2026 | Built Environment, Business of Construction, Facility Management, Organization Transformation, Partnering, Planning, PM, Procurement, Project Delivery, Weekly Construction Message
In the same way a Law Firm is a team of expert attorneys handling legal affairs for clients, a construction company is a team of construction experts providing construction services to clients. The way this team of construction experts is recruited, trained, and...
by Simplar | Feb 12, 2026 | Business of Construction, Business, Strategic & Project Planning, Project Delivery, Weekly Construction Message
Most construction companies start out as simple closely held operations that can be run by the seat of any rational person’s pants. A unique feature of the construction industry, however, is that mom and pop businesses can grow very quickly into large complex...
