by Simplar | Jan 14, 2021 | Risk Management, Risk Management
Building on Shifting Sands Millennium Tower in San Francisco is sinking and leaning. The 58-story tower has sunk 17 inches and tilted 14 inches since it was completed in 2008. Engineers want to drill hundreds of steel and concrete âmicro pilesâ down to bedrock under...
by Simplar | Jan 14, 2021 | Leadership
PDP Professional Development Program (planning) Construction professionals have a limited view of professional development–seeing it as training, a means of keeping up-to-date, or a way to build a career. A Professional Development Program is much more. It is:...
by Simplar | Jan 14, 2021 | Dispute Resolution, Dispute Resolution
Mitigate Donât Litigate Since litigants brought their disputes before King Solomon, combatants have petitioned the wisdom of designated âauthoritiesâ to resolve their differences. No one, it seems, can settle matters without a designated judge âforcingâ them to see...
by Simplar | Jan 14, 2021 | Labor & Labor Issues
ALERT Without Skilled Labor YOUâRE OUT OF BUSINESS The skilled labor shortage plaguing the construction industry has reached crisis proportions.  Wall Street Journal – July 2018 A recent Wall Street Journal article by Laura Kusisto reported: âConstruction lost...
by Simplar | Jan 14, 2021 | Equipment Management, Equipment Management
Subject: Purchase price vs real price This $250,000 Dozer Is Not FREE I was looking for holes. As a salvage expert working for sureties who were exposed to enormous losses by sudden contractor failure, I was completing jobs across the country and at the same time...
by Simplar | Jan 14, 2021 | Succession Planning, Succession Planning
SUCCESSâŚion Succession is a Big Deal The magnitude of the succession issue is staggering. Seventy percent of construction enterprises are family-owned. As more than 9 million baby boomers retire in waves, the founders and first-generation baby boomer owners of all...
