


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...
Dead Reckoning
by Simplar | May 9, 2024 | Built Environment, Business, Strategic & Project Planning, Business, Strategic and Project Planning, Growth, Growth, Leadership, Weekly Construction Message
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When Data Becomes Information
by Simplar | Apr 24, 2024 | Business, Strategic & Project Planning, Growth, Growth, Weekly Construction Message
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