by Simplar | Jun 23, 2021 | Business Development, Business, Strategic and Project Planning, Leadership, Leadership, Weekly Construction Message
This blog is the culmination of our series on the CFO’s role in the management of construction companies. I have been attempting to lay out the “Best in Class” management practices that apply to the CFO. The feedback from the accounting profession...
by Simplar | Jan 14, 2021 | Growth
Cash is Slippery For the past few months we have been dealing with the risk factors hidden in growth markets and the risk mitigation techniques that construction management might employ. Now it is time to cut to the chase and identify the mother of all risk –...
by Simplar | Jan 19, 2023 | Built Environment, Facility Management, Financial Management and Risk, Financial Management and Risk, Financial Management and Risk, Financial Management and Risk, Weekly Construction Message
How Much is Enough? Thomas C Schleifer, Ph.D. In this first series of messages for 2023 we’re looking at how to professionally manage a construction firm’s capital position to ensure enough liquidity to see the firm through an inflation/recession economy that can...
by Simplar | Dec 1, 2022 | Built Environment, Business Development, Business Development, Business Development, Business Development, Business of Construction, Weekly Construction Message
Beware DE-flation Thomas c Schleifer, Ph.D. I can hear you. I know what you’re thinking… “DE-flation?!!…I thought we were worried about INFLATION! Rampant cost inflation in materials and wages is the topic du jour – isn’t it? What’s this about DEFLATION?” Let...
by Simplar | May 19, 2022 | Business Development, Business Development, Business, Strategic and Project Planning, Financial Management and Risk, Financial Management and Risk, Financial Management and Risk, Weekly Construction Message
No Guesses – No Surprises, Number Two Dr Thomas C Schleifer Last week we looked at how a construction CFO crafts a cash flow plan, project by project. A cash flow plan is also an essential part of a construction company’s mid-term (six months to a year)...