by Simplar | Jan 14, 2021 | Leadership, Leadership
O Captain My Captain Cruise Ship The Captain/Master of a large ocean liner does not steer the ship; that’s the Helmsman. He doesn’t navigate; that’s the First Officer. He doesn’t manage the deck staff; that’s the Bosun, or Boatswain. He doesn’t maintain the engines;...
by Simplar | Jan 14, 2021 | Risk Management
“Pride goes before destruction, and haughtiness before a fall.” (Proverbs 16:18) A Personal Note One of the reasons I have loved my lifelong career in the construction industry is the people I have been privileged to work with. They’re my kind of people;...
by Simplar | Jan 14, 2021 | Change Orders, Change Orders
A Change Order by Any Other Name Designers, owners, and most contractors consider Change Orders a bad thing. Research indicates that overall project performance and contractor profitability is better on jobs with fewer COs than those with many. Even when Change Orders...
by Simplar | Jan 14, 2021 | Weekly Construction Message
Third Crisis-era Message to Contractors from: Dr Tom Schleifer Why a Measured Response and When? We are all in this together and doing our part to stem the spread of the virus. Most fear that this is not a pause but a tsunami. Which it is, in that the effects …...
by Simplar | Jan 14, 2021 | Business Development, Business Development
Stop the Madness A subcontractor’s Perspective Construction projects are highly complex, collaborative, interdependent, long-lasting, team efforts whose exact final cost is, in point of fact, impossible to estimate. It has never been a matter of skullduggery or...
