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 | May 4, 2021 | Business Development, Leadership, Weekly Construction Message
Hold on to Your Hats The Post-Pandemic Economic Recovery is Off and Running The Good News: All Flags Are Up for the Economy Economic output grew at a 6.4% annualized rate in the first three months of the year. Personal consumption grew 10.7% – the second-fastest...
by Simplar | Aug 4, 2022 | Built Environment, Business, Strategic & Project Planning, Business, Strategic and Project Planning, Financial Management and Risk, Weekly Construction Message
Disorderly Markets–A Case Study Thomas C Schleifer, Ph.D. Contractors are used to managing in volatile markets that go up and down in predictable cycles. This post pandemic market, however, is not simply cyclical or volatile. It is disorderly. It veers from...
by Simplar | Jun 10, 2022 | Business of Construction, Current Events/Interests, Current Events/Interests, Current Events/Interests, Current Events/Interests, Current Events/Interests, Current Events/Interests, Current Events/Interests, Weekly Construction Message
Recession Potential Dr Thomas C Schleifer Everyone agrees that the COVID-19 world-wide economic shutdown, interrupted supply chains, Russia’s barbaric invasion of the Ukraine, fuel shortages, and persistent rampant inflation all add up to, at the very least,...
by Simplar | Mar 17, 2022 | Labor & Labor Issues, Labor & Labor Issues, Labor & Labor Issues, Organizational Change Management, Organizational Change Management, Organizational Change Management, Weekly Construction Message
2022 Construction Inflation Alert Many construction industry executives seem to believe that “runaway” inflation is the story of 2021 and not the theme for 2022. Today we are suspending speculation and simply recording the current construction inflation...
