by Simplar | Nov 5, 2026 | Business Failure, Cash Flow (Getting Paid), Growth, Risk Management, Weekly Construction Message
An irony of the construction business is that as a company succeeds and grows, that growth promises opportunity but hides increased risk. Rapid growth becomes dangerous when it outpaces the capital, systems, and leadership capacity needed to support it. In...
by Simplar | Oct 29, 2026 | Business, Strategic & Project Planning, Leadership, Leadership, Leadership, Project Teams, Weekly Construction Message
In past messages I have compared building a winning football team to building a winning construction company team. Although one competes under stadium lights, while the other delivers work on job sites, both depend on the same essential truth: Sustained success comes...
by Simplar | Mar 19, 2026 | Built Environment, Business of Construction, Organization Transformation, Organizational Change Management, Organizational Change Management, Project Delivery, Weekly Construction Message
Contractors are either selling finished buildings (highways, bridges, etc.) to ultimate owners or they are providing owners with construction services. Not both. The legal structure of construction contracts holds the contractor responsible not only for erecting a...
by Simplar | Mar 12, 2026 | Built Environment, Business of Construction, Organization Transformation, Partnering, Planning, PM, Project Delivery, Weekly Construction Message
I closed last week’s blog with a plea to the industry to join me in my 2026 mission to double the construction industry’s net profit margins. Let’s begin by looking back at the double-digit profit margins that the industry enjoyed during the era...
by Simplar | Mar 5, 2026 | Business of Construction, Growth, Labor & Labor Issues, Labor & Labor Issues, Partnering, Planning, PM, Project Delivery, Weekly Construction Message
The NFL Draft The NFL draft is the perfect template for contractors to emulate when building the team of professionals that will eventually manage their construction business. The NFL draft is nothing more than a collection of college players who have demonstrated a...
by Simplar | Feb 19, 2026 | Built Environment, Business of Construction, Facility Management, Organization Transformation, Partnering, Planning, PM, Procurement, Project Delivery, Weekly Construction Message
In the same way a Law Firm is a team of expert attorneys handling legal affairs for clients, a construction company is a team of construction experts providing construction services to clients. The way this team of construction experts is recruited, trained, and...
