by Simplar | May 25, 2021 | Business Development, Business Development, Leadership, Leadership, Leadership, Weekly Construction Message
Engineering is a science and contractors tend to think like scientists. Tangible, measurable metrics speak to us contractors. Opinions, feelings, and guesses get less attention. Some construction professionals think that construction industry academics like myself...
by Simplar | May 12, 2021 | Business Development, Business Development, Leadership, Leadership, Weekly Construction Message
This year we are going from top to bottom in our review of construction’s “best-in-class” management practices. We began at the traditional top of business organizations, the Board of Directors (Advisors). Because the construction industry is largely made up of...
by Simplar | Jan 14, 2021 | Business Development, Business Development
The Yin & Yang of Construction If blue was the only color, there would be no blue. Without sound there is no silence. “In ancient Chinese philosophy, yin and yang is a concept of dualism describing how seemingly opposite or contrary forces may actually be...
by Simplar | Jan 14, 2021 | Business Development, Business Development
Stop the Madness A subcontractor’s Perspective Construction projects are highly complex, collaborative, interdependent, long-lasting, team efforts whose exact final cost is, in point of fact, impossible to estimate. It has never been a matter of skullduggery or...
by Simplar | Jan 14, 2021 | Business Development
Compression Schleifer’s Dictionary of Business English Compression: the domino effect of the downward pressure applied to construction pricing by large contractors during market contractions. Compression occurs during construction market downturns when the larger...
by Simplar | Jan 14, 2021 | Business Development
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...
