by Simplar | May 25, 2021 | Business Development, Business Development, Leadership, Leadership, Leadership, Weekly Construction Message
Engineering is a science and contractors tend to think like scientists. Tangible, measurable metrics speak to us contractors. Opinions, feelings, and guesses get less attention. Some construction professionals think that construction industry academics like myself...
by Simplar | Mar 31, 2021 | Labor & Labor Issues, Labor & Labor Issues, Weekly Construction Message
How to Engage and Develop Construction Employees “What do you mean, engagement?” That’s the response I get from most construction CEOs when I introduce the concept of employee engagement and development. As I mentioned last week, contractors do not...
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
10th Weekly Crisis-era Message to Contractors from: Dr Tom Schleifer The Construction Market: Recovery, Timing, Profit If you did the exercise recommended last week in the ninth Crisis-era Message and determined to your own satisfaction that the US economy and the...
by Simplar | Jun 25, 2020
CONSTRUCTION RESOURCES CONSTRUCTION ARTICLES ENGINEERING NEWS RECORD PUBLISHED ARTICLES When to Avoid Costly Conflicts – Originally published in ENR – October 22, 2018 Recognizing Growth Risk – Originally published in ENR – April 1, 2019...
