by Simplar | Jan 14, 2021 | Financial Management and Risk
Profitability Equals Viability Dateline: Engineering News Record, August 26, 2020, Debra K. Rubin and Peter Reina “…As it moves away from lump-sum contracting, in the wake of project charges and recent quarter losses to focus on higher-margin...
by Simplar | Jan 14, 2021 | Weekly Construction Message
14th Weekly Crisis-era Message to Contractors from: Dr Tom Schleifer Construction Market Downturn’s Impact on Profitability Most industries prosper during growth and many also profit when sales decline. Logic would suggest that if a business makes $X profit while...
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 | Jan 14, 2021 | Weekly Construction Message
Please circulate this widely. It will benefit your constituents. This research is continuous and includes new information weekly as it becomes available. Thank you, Tom 31st Crisis-era Message to Contractors from: Dr Tom Schleifer Profiting During Business Cycles Why...
by Simplar | Nov 14, 2024 | Business, Strategic & Project Planning, Business, Strategic and Project Planning, Financial Management and Risk, Growth, Growth, Leadership, Weekly Construction Message
For many years I have been cautioning about the risk inherent in accelerated growth. Construction professionals, however, have not been listening to these cautions because, unlike all other industries, construction has no ongoing business inertia. Contractors must...
