by Simplar | Jan 19, 2021 | Business of Construction, Weekly Construction Message
The Technological Revolution in AEC TCS Edits Adoption Resistance A Little History The technological revolution in the AEC industry dates back to 1963 when Ivan Edward Sutherland, an American computer scientist and Internet pioneer, developed...
by Simplar | Jan 14, 2021 | Overhead
Overhead: A Silent Killer Originally Published in ENR September 16, 2015 See the original article here As part of our research into the recent downturn, my Arizona State University colleagues and I surveyed U.S. construction companies to discover what overhead they...
by Simplar | Jan 14, 2021 | Risk Management
Recognizing and Managing Risk Evolving Market – Same Risks Are You Risking Your Company By Growing Too Fast The New Rules of Risk… Read the rest “Recognizing and Managing...
by Simplar | Jan 14, 2021 | Project Selection, Project Selection
Project Selection Process The project selection tool provides an accurate measurement of project selection risk based upon what is known or not known about a potential project at a given point in time, and how well the project matches the firm’s experience. Download...
by Simplar | Jan 14, 2021 | Business Failure, Business Failure
INSIGHTS INTO THE RISK OF FAILURE If that’s all it takes to succeed in the construction business is a pickup truck, a box of tools, a cast-iron stomach, and a forgiving wife, why do so many contractors fail? Check next to the causes listed below that you believe most...
by Simplar | Jan 14, 2021 | Financial Management and Risk
DON’T SHOOT THE MESSENGER Subjects: finances, CFOs, accounting In our industry the accounting function is not given the status and significance it should have. In more than half of the construction failures I dealt with, the following scene played itself out over and...
