by Simplar | Jun 23, 2022 | Built Environment, Business of Construction, Current Events/Interests, Current Events/Interests, Current Events/Interests, Current Events/Interests, Current Events/Interests, Weekly Construction Message
Employee Engagement Dr Thomas C Schleifer Contractors are now recognizing the shortage of skilled labor as their biggest problem. Inflation and supply problems, most believe, are temporary and can be overcome. Not being able to put together a full crew, however, will...
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 | 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 | 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. ...
