by Simplar | Jun 16, 2022 | Built Environment, Business of Construction, Current Events/Interests, Current Events/Interests, Current Events/Interests, Current Events/Interests, Current Events/Interests, Current Events/Interests, Current Events/Interests, Weekly Construction Message
Patience World economic markets are now DISORDERLY. In Econ 101 we learn that constraints on supply without attendant constraints on demand lead to inflation. In addition, we learn that in modern complex economies, government monetary policy (the printing of money)...
by Simplar | Jun 10, 2022 | Business of Construction, Current Events/Interests, Current Events/Interests, Current Events/Interests, Current Events/Interests, Current Events/Interests, Current Events/Interests, Current Events/Interests, Weekly Construction Message
Recession Potential Dr Thomas C Schleifer Everyone agrees that the COVID-19 world-wide economic shutdown, interrupted supply chains, Russia’s barbaric invasion of the Ukraine, fuel shortages, and persistent rampant inflation all add up to, at the very least,...
by Simplar | May 12, 2022 | Business of Construction, Financial Management and Risk, Organizational Change Management, Weekly Construction Message
No Guesses – No Surprises Cash flow mismanagement is a primary cause of construction business failure. Many contractors started their business undercapitalized and had to apply the art of cash flow management by “kiting” checks, overdrawing working capital lines...
by Simplar | Apr 21, 2022 | Business, Strategic & Project Planning, Business, Strategic and Project Planning, Business, Strategic and Project Planning, Business, Strategic and Project Planning, Organizational Change Management, Organizational Change Management, Organizational Change Management, Weekly Construction Message
Capacity Public financial markets value companies based on their ability to earn money into the future. Financial analysts apply a multiple to the current proven earnings of a given publicly traded company in an attempt to accurately predict the value of future...
by Simplar | Apr 14, 2022 | Facility Management, Financial Management and Risk, Financial Management and Risk, Financial Management and Risk, Organizational Change Management, Organizational Change Management, Organizational Change Management, Weekly Construction Message
… Read the rest “Construction CFOs – They’re Not Bean...
by Simplar | Apr 9, 2022 | Business Development, Business Development, Business, Strategic & Project Planning, Business, Strategic and Project Planning, Business, Strategic and Project Planning, Business, Strategic and Project Planning, Labor & Labor Issues, Labor & Labor Issues, Labor & Labor Issues, Weekly Construction Message
Right Sizing Construction firms grow organically. The start-up contractor hires help as he or she goes along adding overhead as needed to handle the expanding workload. In other words, they are “backfilling” after the work comes in. This is organic growth...
