by Simplar | Jan 14, 2021 | Leadership, Leadership
Beyond COVID Part 4 Executing Change If you have filled out your “Self-Analysis” and scored your company against the most successful companies, you are probably considering making some changes. Change is Difficult Simplar’s research into over 350 different...
by Simplar | Jan 14, 2021 | Leadership
Beware the Pitfalls Of Your Beliefs Over these past six weeks, we have taken the opportunity during the COVID pandemic discussions to evaluate construction organization performance against the performance of “best in class” construction firms. The Construction...
by Simplar | Jan 14, 2021 | Overhead
Overhead This economic slowdown caused by the coronavirus pandemic presents an opportunity for senior construction management to reevaluate and renew their companies, preparing to participate fully in the growth market cycle that will surely follow the downturn. As I...
by Simplar | Jan 14, 2021 | Business, Strategic & Project Planning, Business, Strategic and Project Planning
Why Megaprojects So Often Fail With a total capital cost of $1 billion or more, megaprojects are extremely risky ventures, notoriously difficult to manage, and often fail to achieve their original objectives. The question is why. The construction industry is one of...
by Simplar | Jan 14, 2021 | Business Failure, Business Failure
The Big Dig No discussion of the failure rate of megaprojects would be complete without a careful look at Boston’s Big Dig, the largest and most challenging highway project in the history of the United States. Few megaprojects have been accused by so many of taking...
