by Simplar | May 15, 2025 | Business, Strategic & Project Planning, Cash Flow (Getting Paid), Financial Management and Risk, Financial Management and Risk, Growth, Growth, Leadership, Weekly Construction Message
Last week we discussed the irony of the construction industry’s traditional low-bid acquisition system. It seems you can’t win the game of making money if you pick up all your work by being the cheapest price. On the other hand, you can’t even play...
by Simplar | Dec 18, 2024 | Built Environment, Business of Construction, Weekly Construction Message
My final thoughts for 2024. As this year nears its end, I am quite surprised. It may be my age, but I feel as if 2024 slipped away almost unnoticed. I thought we might pause, take a breath, and review what we have shared this year. Overview It is my … Read the...
by Simplar | Dec 5, 2024 | Built Environment, Business of Construction, Leadership, Leadership, Weekly Construction Message
Entrepreneurs Contractors begin as entrepreneurs. Entrepreneurs generally set out to turn random opportunities into viable organizations that create value. It is our mission to assist construction professionals to develop their own approaches, guidelines, and skills...
by Simplar | Jan 4, 2024 | Business of Construction, Weekly Construction Message
Let me begin 2024 by saying thank you to everyone who participated in our construction business management dialogue in the last eight years. We began the Weekly Construction Message with a few construction industry professionals and academics debating business...
by Simplar | Dec 7, 2023 | Financial Management and Risk, Growth, Growth, Weekly Construction Message
Over my career as a contractor, educator, and consultant to the construction industry I have worked with hundreds of different contractors that were as dissimilar as chalk and cheese. They were short or tall, large or trim, but they were all self-confident. No one...
