


Experts Make Money
by Simplar | Jul 7, 2023 | Business Development, Business Development, Business, Strategic & Project Planning, Business, Strategic and Project Planning, Financial Management and Risk, Financial Management and Risk, Financial Management and Risk, Leadership, Leadership, Leadership, Weekly Construction Message
Experts Make Money Thomas C Schleifer, Ph.D. Because too many construction projects are priced through a low-bid auction process, contractors have only minimal control over their selling price. Expense inflation over the extended life of a project is hard to control....
The Secret to Training
by Simplar | Jun 8, 2023 | Business Development, Labor & Labor Issues, Labor & Labor Issues, Leadership, Leadership, Leadership, Leadership, Organizational Change Management, Weekly Construction Message
The Secret to Training Thomas C Schleifer, Ph.D. Apprentice training programs for the construction trades follow a well-established protocol. For the most part apprentices are trained on the job for three or four years before they are considered journeymen or women....
Our Team is Our Business
by Simplar | May 26, 2023 | Built Environment, Facility Management, Labor & Labor Issues, Labor & Labor Issues, Labor & Labor Issues, Leadership, Leadership, Leadership, Leadership, Organization Transformation, Partnering, Planning, PM, Procurement, Weekly Construction Message
Our Team is Our Business Thomas C Schleifer, Ph.D. The Greatest Generation After World War II the construction industry boomed in the U.S. The G.I.s who saved the world from the evils of Hitler, Mussolini, and Hirohito were proud of what they had accomplished but...
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...
Working Capital Engineers
by Simplar | Apr 20, 2023 | Business of Construction, Business, Strategic & Project Planning, Business, Strategic and Project Planning, Weekly Construction Message
Working Capital Engineers Thomas C Schleifer, Ph.D. No sane construction professional would prepare a bid or start a job without input from the estimators, designers and/or engineers, and project managers. After scrutinizing specifications and understanding quality...