by Simplar | Sep 18, 2025 | Leadership, Leadership, Risk Management, Risk Management, Weekly Construction Message
Construction is a risky business. A wide variety of risk factors are piled one on another throughout the construction transaction making it almost impossible to manage all construction business risks. Building long term complex projects for a fixed price under the...
by Simplar | May 29, 2025 | Built Environment, Business of Construction, Financial Management and Risk, Financial Management and Risk, Project Selection, Project Selection, Weekly Construction Message
“A rose by any other name would smell as sweet.” As most of my readers I am sure will testify, I don’t often quote Shakespeare. But the confusion around the word profit in the construction industry has driven me to desperate measures. What do we mean...
by Simplar | Feb 6, 2025 | Built Environment, Business Development, Business of Construction, Business, Strategic & Project Planning, Financial Management and Risk, Leadership, Leadership, Organizational Change Management, Risk Management, Risk Management, Weekly Construction Message
Contracting is a risky business that works because contractors are risk takers. Every time we acquire a new project we are leaping into the unknown. No one has ever built this next project, and no one can predict its uncertain outcome. Is there uncertainty that the...
by Simplar | Aug 2, 2024 | Business, Strategic & Project Planning, Business, Strategic and Project Planning, Financial Management and Risk, Financial Management and Risk, Growth, Weekly Construction Message
… Read the rest “Cash is King”
by Simplar | Jul 25, 2024 | Cash Flow (Getting Paid), Financial Management and Risk, Financial Management and Risk, Leadership, Weekly Construction Message
… Read the rest “Inadequate Working Capital”
