by Simplar | Jan 14, 2021 | Business, Strategic & Project Planning, Business, Strategic and Project Planning, Business, Strategic and Project Planning
Best Value Construction’s Six Sigma In the 1980s, 37% of all construction projects reported major defects. 37%!!! No manufacturing company would survive a 37% defect rate. By the 1990s, the construction industry suffered 33% of construction projects over budget and...
by Simplar | Jan 14, 2021 | Contracting Methods, Contracting Methods
Customer Anti-Relations In construction, the customer is often seen as an adversary. Contractors have a contentious relationship with owners, architects, and designers and most owners see contractors as potentially problematic vendors that bear watching. This...
by Simplar | Jan 14, 2021 | Scheduling, Scheduling
Schedule Busting By: Anthony Perrenoud, Assistant professor, University of Oklahoma No one expects construction projects to be completed on schedule. Neither contractors nor owners believe the schedule they themselves have agreed on will actually come to pass. This...
by Simplar | Jan 14, 2021 | Risk Management, Risk Management, Risk Management
Another Low-Bid Loophole by Jake Smithwick, Assistant Professor, University of North Carolina at Charlotte Within the construction industry, the heavy/civil sector consists of site development and infrastructure projects, such as those related to earthwork, bridges,...
by Simplar | Jan 14, 2021 | Business Development, Business Development
The Yin & Yang of Construction If blue was the only color, there would be no blue. Without sound there is no silence. “In ancient Chinese philosophy, yin and yang is a concept of dualism describing how seemingly opposite or contrary forces may actually be...
by Simplar | Jan 14, 2021 | Proposal Writing, Proposal Writing
Beyond “Low Bid” What Now? The idea that always choosing the low bidder on a construction contract would protect budgets and prevent corruption has run its course. It is now almost an axiom of the construction industry that the hidden cost of broken schedules and...
