by Simplar | Feb 24, 2021 | Risk Management, Weekly Construction Message
The Contract: A Risk Management Tool Deviation from Plans or Specification Disputes Contracting is a risky business. Construction projects are high cost, complex team efforts that play out over an extended time period (often many years) with plenty of financial risk...
by Simplar | Feb 17, 2021 | Leadership, Organizational Change Management, Weekly Construction Message
Imagine As I said last week: The Drucker Institute’s 2020 list of the top 250 best-managed companies in America ranks companies based on their ability to integrate the five elements of success Peter Drucker identified in his research. 1. Customer satisfaction ...
by Simplar | Feb 10, 2021 | Weekly Construction Message
Let’s Talk the Business of Construction Schleifer’s Weekly Construction Message Please circulate this widely. It will benefit your constituents. This research is continuous and includes new information weekly as it becomes available. Thank you, Tom Management...
by Simplar | Feb 2, 2021 | Weekly Construction Message
Schleifer’s Weekly Construction Message High Quality VS Low-Bid In the last three weeks, we have assaulted the low-bid legacy that has haunted contracting for 100 years. Government agencies began low-bid contracting as a way of keeping politicians honest. It...
by Simplar | Jan 27, 2021 | Weekly Construction Message
Schleifer’s Weekly Construction Message Contract Execution Step 1 Equitable Assessment of Risk Last week’s whimsical “letter to the contract” was designed to illuminate the central position that the contract occupies in construction. The “contract”...
by Simplar | Jan 20, 2021 | Business of Construction, Weekly Construction Message
Dr Schleifer’s Weekly Construction Message “Contractors” -OR- “Constructors” From purely business perspective we should be known as “contractors” even if you consider yourself a “constructor” because the initial...
