by Simplar | Mar 24, 2022 | Current Events/Interests, Current Events/Interests, Labor & Labor Issues, Labor & Labor Issues, Leadership, Leadership, Leadership, Weekly Construction Message
ZERO TURNOVER If you are in the construction business reading this blog on your cellphone at the job site, I hope you have an adequate labor supply. This “skilled labor shortage” we’re all talking about will really threaten you if you try to grow too...
by Simplar | Mar 17, 2022 | Labor & Labor Issues, Labor & Labor Issues, Labor & Labor Issues, Organizational Change Management, Organizational Change Management, Organizational Change Management, Weekly Construction Message
2022 Construction Inflation Alert Many construction industry executives seem to believe that “runaway” inflation is the story of 2021 and not the theme for 2022. Today we are suspending speculation and simply recording the current construction inflation...
by Simplar | Feb 24, 2022 | Labor & Labor Issues, Labor & Labor Issues, Labor & Labor Issues, Organizational Change Management, Organizational Change Management, Weekly Construction Message
Strategy for Success in 2022 – An Unpresented Market For the entire year this blog will be trying to help construction professionals fashion a response to the four factors that are affecting the 2022 construction market: (1) Inflation (2) Shortage of skilled...
by Simplar | Oct 20, 2021 | Business, Strategic & Project Planning, Business, Strategic and Project Planning, Business, Strategic and Project Planning, Business, Strategic and Project Planning, Business, Strategic and Project Planning, Current Events/Interests, Current Events/Interests, Labor & Labor Issues, Labor & Labor Issues, Leadership, Weekly Construction Message
“Just when I thought I was out…They dragged me back in!” (The Godfather) That is a quote from the movie The Godfather that I also heard from a contractor trying to deal with the whipsaw starts and stops torturing post-pandemic construction markets. ...
by Simplar | Sep 16, 2021 | Business, Strategic & Project Planning, Business, Strategic and Project Planning, Business, Strategic and Project Planning, Business, Strategic and Project Planning, Business, Strategic and Project Planning, Labor & Labor Issues, Leadership, Leadership, Leadership, Weekly Construction Message
The Project Selection Tool is designed to aid contractors in picking projects that are most suitable to their firm’s expertise and have the most likely prospects of success for all stakeholders. But what about owners and designers? Historically many have limited...
by Simplar | Mar 31, 2021 | Labor & Labor Issues, Labor & Labor Issues, Weekly Construction Message
How to Engage and Develop Construction Employees “What do you mean, engagement?” That’s the response I get from most construction CEOs when I introduce the concept of employee engagement and development. As I mentioned last week, contractors do not...
