


A Roadmap to Success
by Simplar | Dec 5, 2024 | Built Environment, Business of Construction, Financial Management and Risk, Leadership, Leadership, Weekly Construction Message
(If you’ve been following our weekly discussions, you can dive right in here. But if you haven’t read last week’s discussion, go back and read it before tackling this week’s message. Last week we left off here: “Your vision of success was...
Experts Make Money
by Simplar | Oct 17, 2024 | Built Environment, Business of Construction, Financial Management and Risk, Weekly Construction Message
Big business starts as small business especially in the construction industry, which is primarily made up of tens of thousands of small and medium sized privately owned companies. Today I am addressing the contractors who are still of a size to be building their...
No/Go Without CFO
by Simplar | Sep 26, 2024 | Built Environment, Business of Construction, Financial Management and Risk, Uncategorized, Weekly Construction Message
I have often said that the first sign that a young contractor is developing business acumen is when they hire their first CFO. If you’re operating any size construction business larger than $5 million annual turnover you must have a professional CFO. Period. No...
Managing Cash Flow
by Simplar | Jul 12, 2024 | Cash Flow (Getting Paid), Financial Management and Risk, Financial Management and Risk, Financial Management and Risk, Uncategorized
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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....Search Past Blogs by Keywords