


Envisioning The Future
by Simplar | May 11, 2023 | Business of Construction, Business, Strategic & Project Planning, Business, Strategic and Project Planning, Business, Strategic and Project Planning, Business, Strategic and Project Planning, Business, Strategic and Project Planning, Leadership, Leadership, Leadership, Leadership, Weekly Construction Message
Envisioning The Future Thomas C Schleifer, Ph.D. “What do you mean by envisioning the future?” was the first question I received just minutes after posting last week’s message. Whenever a poetic phrase like that occurs to me, I often hesitate to use it because I...
Planning the Present
by Simplar | May 4, 2023 | Built Environment, Business of Construction, Business, Strategic and Project Planning, Business, Strategic and Project Planning, Risk Management, Risk Management, Risk Management
Planning the Present Thomas C Schleifer, Ph.D. Managing working capital during this post pandemic disrupted economy has led to many questions from contractors. I have condensed all the questions on how to plan for the future economy into one synthetic question: Syn Q....
Working Capital Q&A
by Simplar | Apr 27, 2023 | Built Environment, Business of Construction, Partnering, Planning, PM, Project Delivery, Prospering Cyclical Market, Prospering Cyclical Market, Weekly Construction Message
Working Capital Q&A Thomas C Schleifer, Ph.D. Our current series of messages on managing working capital during this post pandemic disrupted economy has ignited questions from every corner of the construction industry. Today I will endeavor to answer a sample and...
What a Crazy Business
by Simplar | Feb 9, 2023 | Built Environment, Partnering, Planning, PM, Risk Management, Risk Management, Risk Management, Weekly Construction Message
What a Crazy Business Thomas C Schleifer, Ph.D. In this year’s opening blog series, we have been discussing the elevated risk level caused by COVID induced cost inflation, labor shortages, supply chain snags, and a potential recession that may result from the Fed’s...
Capital Management
by Simplar | Jan 12, 2023 | Built Environment, Business of Construction, Facility Management, Organization Transformation, Partnering, Planning, PM, Procurement, Project Delivery, Weekly Construction Message
Capital Management Thomas C Schleifer, Ph.D. After New Year’s, prognosticators gave up pretense and predicted recession for 2023. The Fed, they now admit, waited too long to take action and its current aggressive interest rate hikes are pushing the economy into a...