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Beyond Covid Part 2
Beyond COVID
Part 2
Your Company Renewed
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Last week we began a series of blogs on looking beyond this sudden COVID pandemic market contraction to reimagine your company “Post-COVID”. Major events like this present an opportunity to improve any companyâs profitability and efficiency into the future.
Improvement implies change
Beyond Covid Part 3
Beyond COVID
Part 3
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Construction Company Self-Analysis
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After taking steps to mitigate the negative effects of the current pandemic-induced construction market contraction, this âBeyond COVIDâ blog series attempts to look beyond this market cycle and imagine what we would want our companies to look like when the market starts to … Read the rest “Beyond Covid Part 3”
Beyond Covid Part 4
Beyond COVID
Part 4
Executing Change
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If you have filled out your âSelf-Analysisâ and scored your company against the most successful companies, you are probably considering making some changes.
Change is Difficult
Simplarâs research into over 350 different organizational change initiatives demonstrates that organizational change is difficult. âThe average success … Read the rest “Beyond Covid Part 4”
Beware the Pitfalls of Your Beliefs
Beware the Pitfalls
Of Your Beliefs
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Over these past six weeks, we have taken the opportunity during the COVID pandemic discussions to evaluate construction organization performance against the performance of âbest in classâ construction firms. The Construction Company Self-Analysis form you filled out two weeks ago was designed to … Read the rest “Beware the Pitfalls of Your Beliefs”
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 have said many times, construction activity lags the US economy by … Read the rest “Overhead”
Why Megaprojects So Often Fail
Why Megaprojects So Often Fail
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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 the oldest and largest industries in human commercial … Read the rest “Why Megaprojects So Often Fail”
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