by Simplar | Aug 5, 2021 | Business, Strategic & Project Planning, Business, Strategic and Project Planning, Business, Strategic and Project Planning, Leadership, Leadership, Weekly Construction Message
“Risk is Measured by What You Choose to do more than How You Choose to do It” In the growth markets we will be approaching, with a housing boom well underway and a $1 trillion infrastructure bill working its way through Congress, enthusiastic contractors are tempted...
by Simplar | Jun 16, 2021 | Business Development, Business Development, Leadership, Leadership, Leadership, Weekly Construction Message
As the world’s economy emerges from pandemic slumber, I’m hearing familiar rumblings from the contractors I talk to every day. Keep in mind that the construction market is not back yet. The Chatter “Material inflation is killing me. The contracts I...
by Simplar | Mar 17, 2021 | Leadership, Weekly Construction Message
“Getting The Work” Quality Based Pricing Best-in-Class Contractor Series March 17, 2021 In our 2021 Best-in-Class Contractor series we began at the beginning – signing and executing contracts. This is the stage in the construction process that most of the risk...
by Simplar | Mar 10, 2021 | Leadership, Leadership, Procurement, Procurement, Weekly Construction Message
ATTENTION OWNERS Look Beyond Low-Bid For the past two years, I have been preaching to contractors the wisdom of looking beyond low-bid. I have been frustrated to receive less than enthusiastic responses from a greater majority of contractors. Their reaction to my...
by Simplar | Mar 3, 2021 | Business, Strategic & Project Planning, Business, Strategic and Project Planning, Weekly Construction Message
Beliefs And Harmful Bias Continuing our Best-in-Class series: Last year we discussed the concept of “unexamined beliefs” and the role they play in the management decision-making process. We talked about how these deeply held beliefs go largely unexamined....
