by Simplar | Nov 5, 2026 | Business Failure, Cash Flow (Getting Paid), Growth, Risk Management, Weekly Construction Message
An irony of the construction business is that as a company succeeds and grows, that growth promises opportunity but hides increased risk. Rapid growth becomes dangerous when it outpaces the capital, systems, and leadership capacity needed to support it. In...
by Simplar | Oct 22, 2026 | Business Development, Growth, Leadership, Managing Subcontractors, Weekly Construction Message
Decades of research have documented that integrity and reputation are the foundations of a construction enterprise’s prosperity. Long-term success is built over years through a reputation for excellence. Reputation is not just a marketing asset, it is the operating...
by Simplar | May 7, 2026 | Financial Management and Risk, Financial Management and Risk, Financial Management and Risk, Growth, Growth, Weekly Construction Message
Despite its vast size ($2 trillion in annual sales) and impact on the nation’s economy, the construction industry remains, at its core, a collection of small businesses. Unlike other American industries, construction has never become a darling of Wall Street,...
by Simplar | Sep 4, 2025 | Business Development, Business of Construction, Business, Strategic & Project Planning, Business, Strategic and Project Planning, Financial Management and Risk, Growth, Weekly Construction Message
Top line growth represents survival to a lot of contractors. Without regularly signing new contracts most contractors would go out of business in short order. Growth isn’t just an important thing, to some contractors, growth is the only thing. Every existing...
by Simplar | Aug 28, 2025 | Built Environment, Business Failure, Business of Construction, Business, Strategic & Project Planning, Business, Strategic and Project Planning, Financial Management and Risk, Financial Management and Risk, Growth, Growth, Leadership, Risk Management, Risk Management, Weekly Construction Message
We begin this week with the first “belief” on last week’s list – “Growth is always good “. The complex nature of the construction industry seems to lend credence to this belief. Since a construction business does not enjoy a...
by Simplar | Aug 7, 2025 | Built Environment, Business Development, Business Failure, Business of Construction, Business, Strategic & Project Planning, Business, Strategic and Project Planning, Financial Management and Risk, Growth, Leadership, Weekly Construction Message
In last week’s message I closed my eyes and dropped a bomb. Did you hear it? If not, I suggest you go back and reread last week’s message. For me to admit to my readers that construction financial accounting is, to a large degree inaccurate, is I assure...
