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Capital Management – Part 4: Financial Capacity
Capital Management
Part 4
Financial Capacity
When Babe Ruth was asked how he used to hit his way out of a batting slump, he replied, “I remembered to keep my eye on the ball.”
This series of blogs on capital management are intended to be a reminder to construction professionals … Read the rest “Capital Management – Part 4: Financial Capacity”
Capital Reserves – Contractor’s Last Line of Defense
Capital Reserves
Contractor’s Last Line of Defense
For the past three weeks we have been discussing the nature of capital reserves and their importance to contractors trying to manage through the depth and breadth of the current COVIDeconomic downturn.
Construction Industry Business Model
The business model ingrained in the … Read the rest “Capital Reserves – Contractor’s Last Line of Defense”
Capital Preservation During This COVID Downturn – Getting Paid on Time
Capital Preservation During This COVID Downturn
Getting Paid on Time
Late Payments Are Every Contractor’s Nightmare
Last week we began a discussion on the importance of your firm’s capital position as this latest COVID-caused market downturn unfolds. When you ask your CFO, or your accounting manager how much capital … Read the rest “Capital Preservation During This COVID Downturn – Getting Paid on Time”
Capital Is King: During COVID
Capital Is King: During COVID
Years of research into the causes of construction business failure confirms that throughout history the sudden collapse of construction firms, large and small, comes down to one factor: the slow and sometimes invisible erosion of the firm’s capital position.
A dramatic example is the … Read the rest “Capital Is King: During COVID”
If You Take Your Eye Off the Ball You’ll Strike Out
If You Take Your Eye Off the Ball
You’ll Strike Out
The Last Downturn
The 2008-2012 construction market downturn hit residential construction first. The burst of the $8 trillion housing bubble in 2007, and the subsequent collapse of the financial markets in 2008, created massive disarray in homebuilding. As many … Read the rest “If You Take Your Eye Off the Ball You’ll Strike Out”
12th Crisis-era Message to Contractors from Dr. Tom Schleifer: The Potential and Timing of Recovery
Please circulate this widely. It will benefit your constituents. This research is continuous and includes new information weekly as it becomes available. Thank you, Tom
12th Weekly Crisis-era Message to Contractors from: Dr Tom Schleifer
The Potential and Timing of Recovery
The US economy will recover as will the construction … Read the rest “12th Crisis-era Message to Contractors from Dr. Tom Schleifer: The Potential and Timing of Recovery”
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