by Simplar | Jan 14, 2021 | Weekly Construction Message
4th Crisis-era Message to Contractors from: Dr Tom Schleifer Time is Not on Our Side Last week in this crisis message series I said time is not on our side. Three weeks back I said that prudence suggests a reduction in overhead sooner rather than later. Unfortunately,...
by Simplar | Jan 14, 2021 | Weekly Construction Message
1st Crisis-era message to Contractors From: Dr Tom Schleifer We’ve never been here before, the new normal, so we need to take a unique and longer-term view about how to react. A health crisis turned immediately into an economic crisis and we can’t know how long it...
by Simplar | Jan 14, 2021 | Business Failure
Current Construction Recovery Top Line vs. Bottom Line Since 2012 the construction industry has been enjoying a robust recovery. In this blog I have been alerting contractors to the business risks hidden in the euphoria of construction market upswings. Now that we...
by Simplar | Jan 14, 2021 | Weekly Construction Message
11th Weekly Crisis-era Message to Contractors from: Dr Tom Schleifer The Ripple Effect of this Economic Disruption Sending employees home from work, limiting the size of business and social gatherings and wearing protective masks has a lot of people wondering about...