The additional growth then requires more overhead, creating temporary losses and the immediateneed for even more volume. This spiral has caused numerous construction business failures.Rapid growth will also put a strain on the company's key people and systems, and sustainedgrowth doesn't allow for a reasonable training period. Of even greater concern, continued growthdoesn't give a contractor a chance to test new people or systems before the next new people areput on and systems added. If performance or profit starts to deteriorate during growth, it isalways discovered after additional volume and people are taken on, and corrective measures aremore difficult with everyone already stretched out. Overworked managers will be coping withthe largest volume the company has ever handled and some companies don't recover from thisscenario. Some contractors have pursued continuous growth with no measurement ofperformance right up to failure.