Reminder: New Study from New Horizons Foundation and Colorado State University

Project aims to address the Project-Level Cash Flow challenges that exist in our industry – specifically for sheet metal and mechanical contractors.

This year, the New Horizons Foundation and Colorado State University are teaming up to address the Project-Level Cash Flow challenges that exist in our industry – specifically for sheet metal and mechanical contractors. The nature of our work, our contracts, and our internal procedures all impact cash flows – and this significant issue causes profit margin erosion and high levels of failures each year.

They are reaching out to industry experts to better understand the challenges related to project-level cash flow, as well as the managerial strategies and solutions used to address them. Perspectives from across the organization are welcome - including executives, project managers, controllers, and project accountants. Participation from all regions and from companies of all sizes - large, mid-sized, and small - is essential.

The goal of this effort is to use the data collected to design a specific, in-person training curriculum that can be used to strengthen the knowledge, skills, and abilities of your project managers.

What's Next?

Contractors can click on the link below to share their contact and background information:  https://colostate.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_7Wdj7dhyEovl15k

Participants will receive follow-up questions via email and can reply by email or schedule a Teams call.

How Can You Help?

Please help us get the word out to your contractor members about this unique opportunity and encourage them to participate!

If you have any questions about this project, please contact:
Jon Elliott,  jon.elliott@colostate.edu or John Killingsworth,  jkillingsworth@colostate.edu

 

 


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