Rate of GrowthMeasurement of the performance of a construction company is complicated by differences insales from year to year and requires careful attention to the impact that volume fluctuations have on financial performance. If a company’s market is not growing, growth is obviously moredifficult, but in a reasonable market construction companies are almost always growing at somerate. The author’s research indicates that growth for a construction enterprise at a rate of more than 15 percent in a year should be considered substantial. Sustained growth over more than a couple of years compounds quickly. At 15 percent a company doubles in five years and triples in seven; at 25 percent it doubles in three years and triple in five; and at 50 percent it doubles in 20 months and is five times larger in four years.