Growth - Simplar Foundation

Prior and Proper Preparation Prevents Poor Performance

by Simplar | Feb 13, 2025 | Built Environment, Business Development, Business of Construction, Business, Strategic & Project Planning, Business, Strategic and Project Planning, Change Management, Financial Management and Risk, Financial Management and Risk, Growth, Growth, Labor & Labor Issues, Leadership, Leadership, Managing Subcontractors, Project Selection, Project Teams, Risk Management, Weekly Construction Message

Designers avoid risk, owners prefer to pass it along, and contractors absorb it. Today’s construction risk environment is dramatically different than it was in the last several decades, and risk factors are mutating just enough to be almost unrecognizable. It is...

In Construction Reputation is Everything

by Simplar | Jan 23, 2025 | Business of Construction, Growth, Leadership, Managing Subcontractors, Weekly Construction Message

In the construction industry, build a reputation and you can build a business. Without a good reputation, you will find yourself at the mercy of wildly fluctuating, highly competitive markets where owners depreciate your value to the level of a commodity that can be...

Opportunistic Growth vs. Planned Growth

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...