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6 Reasons Why Construction Companies Fail

  • Perla Irish
  • April 15, 2021
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  1. 1. Inadequate Knowledge Base and Expertise
  2. 2. Inaccurate Estimations
  3. 3. Misinterpreted Project Scope Leading to ‘Scope Creep’ and ‘Project Bleed’
  4. 4. Lack of Communication
  5. 5. Failure to Change
  6. 6. Contingency Situations

Construction and remodeling businesses often start as humble companies with essential tools and mobility services comprising pickup trucks.

Many times with a promising initial beginning, companies rush towards larger business objectives. Here at  All Bay Builders, construction and remodeling projects involve time, money and require careful planning.

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6 Reasons Why Construction Companies Fail

In the absence of either, there is a high chance of projects not achieving desired fruition. Companies may end up going out of business even after a successful beginning.

There are various factors contributing to the reasons why construction companies fail.

1. Inadequate Knowledge Base and Expertise

Business knowledge, industry practice awareness, and a sound business sense are imperative to run a business.

Lack of either of the three can cause a business to suffer and close down in little time. Developing the attributes requires patience and accurate application of the available knowledge to projects at hand.

Completing smaller projects on time by adhering to the correct business practices goes a long way in developing business sense.

It helps to understand the project planning, design, estimations, capturing market trends for relevance, and increasing interaction between the project elements.

Establishing a healthy dialogue between various project elements is the way of expanding the business network.

Construction and modeling are some of the businesses that require a skill set development.

Hence, developing expertise through continuous learning and assimilating the plethora of market information on offer is necessary for business success.

2. Inaccurate Estimations

A construction and remodeling project is a group activity that involves various contractors to complete the project.

Analyzing the project scope and determining the associated budgets are two significant factors that can impact the project’s success.

Underestimating the project scope can lead to costly delays through the mismanagement of interdependent activities.

The delays, directly and indirectly, impact the project budget. Budgets often spiral out from the initial estimates affecting future activities.

Accurate estimation of project scope helps in maintaining the project timeline by meeting deadlines and controlling the financials.


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3. Misinterpreted Project Scope Leading to ‘Scope Creep’ and ‘Project Bleed’

A project requires initial planning be it a brand-new construction project or a remodeling project. A preliminary analysis is necessary to finalize the contractors that best serve the project and its reputation.

Preliminary analysis helps understand the project scope, valuable to select relative contractors to produce a comprehensive agreement.

A comprehensive agreement reflects accurate requirements, deadlines, deliverables, and cost estimations. The absence of a good contract may add requirement inaccuracies plus misaligned deadlines leading to a communication breakdown.

As a result, the project may run into the “Scope Creep” zone where there is a severe mismatch between the original requirement and deliverables, piling up the workload. ‘Project Bleed’ is the next comprising future finances used for the current project needs causing accounting issues.

4. Lack of Communication

Information clarity is necessary to take the project to fruition following the predefined timeline. A construction and remodeling project involved several interdependent activities involving labor and contractors that require clear information flow.

There also needs to be a good understanding between the client and the business to understand the minutiae project requirements.

It requires clear communication and precise ideation to extract the necessary information and relay it to the contractors.

Lack of communication is a hindrance to project success. It imparts divergences in the various stages of the project.

5. Failure to Change

Businesses are increasingly influenced and shaped by the changes in technology and innovations.

The construction and modeling business sector also comprises newer technology and innovations within the construction process, more so material development.

The use of technology impacts the project deadlines. Businesses with better technologies can deliver the project with shorter deadlines.

Similarly, advanced light and durable material can enhance the project quality and also reduce the cost.

Failure to keep up with the changing technology environment relative to the business is one of the significant failure causes.

6. Contingency Situations

No amount of planning can work for an unavoidable situation such as natural calamities, a disaster of an unprecedented level, or just an emergent unmanageable situation spiraling out of hands.

The conditions are far from any form of anticipation and control. Such circumstances may lead to costly delays, unavailability of materials, labor, or technological issues affecting the construction and remodeling project operations.

Having a contingency plan with insurance to support the losses due to delays and possible extended labor costs can minimize the damages and help business sustenance.

Without a contingency plan to handle an emergent situation, the business may suffer irrecoverably.

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