by Simplar | Jan 14, 2021 | Organizational Change Management, Organizational Change Management
New Year’s Resolutions 2020 has been an unusual year to say the least. Starting with a growing construction market that was anticipating a huge infrastructure bill coming out of Congress and struggling with a critical shortage of skilled labor, the year was suddenly...
by Simplar | Jan 14, 2021 | Business, Strategic & Project Planning, Business, Strategic and Project Planning
Why Megaprojects Fail Part IV Institutional Structure Our discussion over the past few weeks has centered on the failure of megaprojects to come in on budget or on schedule. Two more examples: High Speed 2 High Speed 2, the United Kingdom’s planned train line...
by Simplar | Jan 14, 2021 | Business Failure, Business Failure
The Big Dig No discussion of the failure rate of megaprojects would be complete without a careful look at Boston’s Big Dig, the largest and most challenging highway project in the history of the United States. Few megaprojects have been accused by so many of taking...
by Simplar | Jan 14, 2021 | Business, Strategic & Project Planning, Business, Strategic and Project Planning
Why Megaprojects So Often Fail 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...
by Simplar | Jan 14, 2021 | Leadership, Leadership
Beyond COVID Part 4 Executing Change If you have filled out your “Self-Analysis” and scored your company against the most successful companies, you are probably considering making some changes. Change is Difficult Simplar’s research into over 350 different...
by Simplar | Jan 14, 2021 | Leadership, Leadership
Beyond COVID Part 3 Construction Company Self-Analysis After taking steps to mitigate the negative effects of the current pandemic-induced construction market contraction, this “Beyond COVID” blog series attempts to look beyond this market cycle and imagine what...
