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Adapting To Trends
Adapting To Trends
Thomas C Schleifer, Ph.D.
If you’ve been with us since the first of the year, we have been discussing managing risk under the disrupted market conditions of 2023. The risk factors of inflation, recession, labor scarcity, and supply chain snags have combined to disrupt normal market conditions … Read the rest “Adapting To Trends”
Navigating Trends
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 when we are … Read the rest “Navigating Trends”
Climate Change (in construction)
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. That’s Mother Nature’s business. What can … Read the rest “Climate Change (in construction)”
What a Crazy Business
What a Crazy Business
Thomas C Schleifer, Ph.D.
In this year’s opening blog series, we have been discussing the elevated risk level caused by COVID induced cost inflation, labor shortages, supply chain snags, and a potential recession that may result from the Fed’s battle against inflation. The positive feedback to … Read the rest “What a Crazy Business”
Identifying Risk
Identifying Risk
Thomas C Schleifer, Ph.D.
Most contractors are guilty of failing to diligently identify the unique risks in every new job BEFORE they undertake it. One example I often site is a failed project that I dealt with for a surety. The otherwise successful firm contracted to build a … Read the rest “Identifying Risk”
Keep Your Eye on the Ball
Keep Your Eye on the Ball
Thomas C Schleifer, Ph.D.
We are at the beginning of what might be a rocky economic 2023. With the short-term future so uncertain it is critical to avoid running out of money while navigating this inflation fueled (post- pandemic/Russian invasion of the Ukraine) economy. … Read the rest “Keep Your Eye on the Ball”
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