by Simplar | Jan 14, 2021 | Weekly Construction Message
3rd Crisis-era Message to Contractors Three Steps to Surviving the Pandemic From Dr Tom Schleifer Step 1 – Face Facts The Corona Virus pandemic has swooped down on the human race like a tornado onto a small midwestern trailer park. Its impact has been sudden,...
by Simplar | Jan 14, 2021 | Weekly Construction Message
2nd Crisis-era Message to Contractors from: Dr Tom Schleifer Immediate Measured Response How Long? In my first “Crisis-era Message I said: “How long this will last is exactly what we need to know in order to formulate a response.” We have choices when facing the...
by Simplar | Jan 14, 2021 | Weekly Construction Message
Third Crisis-era Message to Contractors from: Dr Tom Schleifer Why a Measured Response and When? We are all in this together and doing our part to stem the spread of the virus. Most fear that this is not a pause but a tsunami. Which it is, in that the effects …...
by Simplar | Jan 14, 2021 | Weekly Construction Message
1st Crisis-era message to Contractors From: Dr Tom Schleifer We’ve never been here before, the new normal, so we need to take a unique and longer-term view about how to react. A health crisis turned immediately into an economic crisis and we can’t know how long it...
by Simplar | Jan 14, 2021 | Weekly Construction Message
7th Crisis-era Message to Contractors from: Dr Tom Schleifer The Long-Term Outlook The “Wait-and-See” contingency is convinced it is too early to predict the effect of this crisis on their businesses. I expect the optimism out of Washington, DC, and some in the news...
by Simplar | Jan 14, 2021 | Weekly Construction Message
6th Crisis-era Message to Contractors from: Dr Tom Schleifer Impact of Back-to-Work Restrictions The problem with the back-to-work restrictions that construction organizations will face when we can finally get back to work is that we do not know what they will be....
