by Simplar | Nov 11, 2021 | Contracting Methods, Contracting Methods, Leadership, Leadership, Leadership, Leadership, Weekly Construction Message
Unstable Market Factors #1 INFLATION Schleifer’s Laws of Market Dynamics Contractors Thrive During Stable Markets There is No Such Thing as a Stable Construction Market Only Profitable Growth is Good Inflation Murders Contractor Profitability Construction is the...
by Simplar | Nov 4, 2021 | Business Development, Business Development, Business Development, Business, Strategic and Project Planning, Business, Strategic and Project Planning, Leadership, Leadership, Leadership, Leadership, Prospering Cyclical Market, Weekly Construction Message
Stable Markets: Where All Profits Reside Two weeks ago, I ended the message by expounding Schleifer’s First Law: Contractors Thrive During Stable Markets Today, I begin with Schleifer’s Second Law of Market Dynamics: There is No Such Thing as a Stable...
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. ...
by Simplar | Oct 14, 2021 | Business, Strategic & Project Planning, Business, Strategic and Project Planning, Business, Strategic and Project Planning, Business, Strategic and Project Planning, Current Events/Interests, Leadership, Leadership, Leadership, Leadership, Weekly Construction Message
My interest in corporate cultures began with a productivity research project that brought to light the impact of the attitude of workers putting in the footings for a new project. We were trying to determine if the workers’ understanding of what they were...
by Simplar | Sep 16, 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, Labor & Labor Issues, Leadership, Leadership, Leadership, Weekly Construction Message
The Project Selection Tool is designed to aid contractors in picking projects that are most suitable to their firm’s expertise and have the most likely prospects of success for all stakeholders. But what about owners and designers? Historically many have limited...
by Simplar | Sep 7, 2021 | Business, Strategic & Project Planning, Business, Strategic and Project Planning, Business, Strategic and Project Planning, Business, Strategic and Project Planning, Leadership, Leadership, Leadership, Weekly Construction Message
“The success of your business is a result of your choices. If you are dissatisfied with the outcomes, make different choices.” Engineering News Record, August 24, 2021, Richard Korman “Big design-build infrastructure projects often turn out to be...
