Visit Dr. Schleifer’s Business of Construction Library
Learn about the Manual of Construction Practice, Construction Tools, and more!
Opportunistic Growth vs. Planned Growth – Clone
For many years I have been cautioning about the risk inherent in accelerated growth. Construction professionals, however, have not been listening to these cautions because, unlike all other industries, construction has no ongoing business inertia. Contractors must...
Opportunistic Growth vs. Planned Growth
For many years I have been cautioning about the risk inherent in accelerated growth. Construction professionals, however, have not been listening to these cautions because, unlike all other industries, construction has no ongoing business inertia. Contractors must...
“Where Ignorance is Bliss…”
A Case Study I was very young when I found myself running the field operation of the contracting firm my brother and I started. After a number of years, we were the successful bidder on a church nearby. We diligently submitted our first payment requisition to the...
The Bean Counter Belief
Contractors usually start out as closely held companies that grow their business gradually over time. Many have formal education as engineers or constructors, but rarely do they have any business education or experience. Their first bookkeeper is often their spouse or...
Unexamined Beliefs
The construction industry is perhaps the best example of an industry built on firmly held but largely unexamined beliefs. Most contractors I have worked with over the last 30 years believe that: top line growth in sales is always good; their company can build...
Experts Make Money
Big business starts as small business especially in the construction industry, which is primarily made up of tens of thousands of small and medium sized privately owned companies. Today I am addressing the contractors who are still of a size to be building their...
OUR PARTNERS
