Thomas C. Schleifer PhD

A commentary that urges contractors not to be passive in the face of supply chain problems.

I hear from people who argue that I’m being too negative about the future, that real construction market recovery is just around the corner.

In construction, we can’t solve a global pandemic, but we can protect our contracting companies by keeping overhead flexible in case business declines.

Because construction projects are highly complex, collaborative, interdependent and long-lasting team efforts, the exact final cost is impossible to estimate.

Until now, what it means to be “organized for success” has eluded many contractors. 

There was a conflict between a building contractor and an owner we’d like to tell you about, but not because we want to explain who was right or wrong.