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Construction Management Simulator

Welcome to the Construction Management Simulator by Matterhorn Business Solutions.

The city has zoned the land, the developer has provided the plans to Borger Earthworks to level the land. Borger Underground has completed all the deep utilities and shallows. The lots are ready with a new foundation. You just need to manage your company.

In Construction Management Simulator, you are not overly concerned with your crew - that's the foreman's job. You aren't even concerned with your foreman, that's the supervisor's job. Your focus is growing the company, understanding the financials, dealing with your VP of Operations, your CFO, marketing, HR, and I.T.

Construction Management Simulator, is not a construction simulator, there are no dozer or crane controls, no blueprints, just management. One of the reason's so many construction companies fail is that the owners are construction guys, not managers. When they start their own company, construction guys - or gals, are forced in to the manager role - often with disastrous results.

Currently, we are in Version 0.9 of Construction Management Simulator so there are many elements not yet activated. When this simulator is completed you will fully understand how all the events within your company hit the balance sheet. You'll know what information you get from as Income Statement, or a Statement of Shareholders Equity.

This simulator is based on David Howse's time as a consultant for several construction companies in Calgary, Alberta. He has seen the good times and the bad.

Construction Operations Tips

  1. All work must be profitable.
  2. Revenue is vanity, profits are a reality - cashflow is a necessity.
  3. Entering new geographic locations have an entrance costs that requires you to be prepared for - it will surprise you.
  4. Never let fear and commence sense hold you back.
  5. Construction isn't for sissies.
  6. Performing a project that is 3 times larger than anything you have bid before is extremely high risk. Doing 10 one story buildings is not the same as doing 1 ten story building. The 10-story building is 10x more complex.
  7. If you are going to work and not make money then don't work too hard. If you are going broke don't work at it.
  8. Your team in the field makes the difference between profit and loss.
  9. Safety needs to be the highest priority.
  10. There is no good job that is a loss or when the customer can't afford to pay their bills.
  11. You have no business unless you have repeat business.
  12. Silos are for grain - all divisions working together will crush a company whose divisions are not working together efficiently.
  13. Your ultimate success requires you to make and execute swiftly on the tough decisions
  14. Ego is the enemy.
  15. We don't need anymore practice - only do profitable work.