by Simplar | Jan 9, 2025 | Built Environment, Business Development, Business of Construction, Financial Management and Risk, Financial Management and Risk, Growth, Leadership, Weekly Construction Message
Profit is Our Theme for 2025 Construction industry profit margins are too low. The financial risk we take is too high. Too many competent contractors fail without warning. We need to improve our business management practices this year to improve margins and reduce...
by Simplar | Nov 14, 2024 | Business, Strategic & Project Planning, Business, Strategic and Project Planning, Financial Management and Risk, Growth, Growth, Leadership, Weekly Construction Message
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...
by Simplar | Aug 2, 2024 | Business, Strategic & Project Planning, Business, Strategic and Project Planning, Financial Management and Risk, Financial Management and Risk, Growth, Weekly Construction Message
… Read the rest “Cash is King”
by Simplar | May 9, 2024 | Built Environment, Business, Strategic & Project Planning, Business, Strategic and Project Planning, Growth, Growth, Leadership, Weekly Construction Message
… Read the rest “Dead Reckoning”
by Simplar | Apr 24, 2024 | Business, Strategic & Project Planning, Growth, Growth, Weekly Construction Message
… Read the rest “When Data Becomes Information”
by Simplar | Apr 18, 2024 | Built Environment, Business of Construction, Growth, Growth, Weekly Construction Message
… Read the rest “Strategic Magic”
