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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”
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”
11th Crisis-era Message to Contractors from Dr. Tom Schleifer: The Ripple Effect of this Economic Disruption
11th Weekly Crisis-era Message to Contractors from: Dr Tom Schleifer
The Ripple Effect of this Economic Disruption
Sending employees home from work, limiting the size of business and social gatherings and wearing protective masks has a lot of people wondering about life in the future. What will education and school … Read the rest “11th Crisis-era Message to Contractors from Dr. Tom Schleifer: The Ripple Effect of this Economic Disruption”
9th Crisis-era Message to Contractors from Dr. Tom Schleifer: The Construction Market Bracing for Long-Term Disruption
9th Weekly Crisis-era Message to Contractors from: Dr Tom Schleifer
The Construction Market
Bracing for Long-Term Disruption
Two things are required to support the construction market: The need for something to be built and the ability and willingness to pay for it. A decline in the US economy slows expansion … Read the rest “9th Crisis-era Message to Contractors from Dr. Tom Schleifer: The Construction Market Bracing for Long-Term Disruption”
Pivot to Planning
Pivot to Planning
The focus of the country’s pandemic response has shifted from managing a public health crisis to reopening the economy.
Construction concerns will be pivoting from immediate survival measures to planning for an uncertain future. Exactly what the rest of 2020 and beyond will look like for the … Read the rest “Pivot to Planning”
Reimagining Your Company
Reimagining Your Company
During the Pandemic Crisis
Getting upset, angry or fearful over the business interruption caused by the current public health crisis is a form of futile resistance. Resistance to an event that has already occurred is often referred to as insane. The pandemic is upon us. That is … Read the rest “Reimagining Your Company”
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