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Material management is a key to any builders profitability. This is because as much as 65 percent of the cost of your construction is directly tied to the amount of material that your job will require. Overages in costs almost always are linked to a failure to manage materials at some point.

This course will introduce you to the main concepts of construction material management. As the builder, you owe it to yourself, your houses, and most importantly, your profitability to manage your materials wisely if you want to succeed in your business.

Spoiler alert – material management is the builder’s responsibility. You don’t want to miss this course.

Our "Power Punch" frame punch-out course is here to help new homebuilders in building a home.  Builders can use this course as a basis for training and to help create a single company-wide method for frame punch out.  Consumers can use this to make sure that their homebuilder is actually checking the quality of their home.  Anyone that is building their own home - including building as an "owner-builder" can use this to make sure their framer has done a good job before he gets paid.

This is a FREE TRAINING, included with your "Free Level" membership! It is our gift to you and the information in it can help you as you plan your budget an when you bid out your home building project.

If you’re building a home, there’s no way around it - you need a frame lumber takeoff estimate. You’ll need it so that you can request bids from your lumber companies, establish your budget for your lumber, and ultimately so that you can buy the lumber that your framer will use during construction.

In this training:

• I’ll break down what a frame lumber takeoff is and what it’s not.
• You’ll hear about the two types of takeoffs and how you can use them as you build your home. 
• I’ll explain the five different options for getting a takeoff estimate done. 
• I’ll give you tips on how to tell a good takeoff from one that may miss the mark. 
• I’ll show you how to think about your frame lumber takeoff and choose the best process for you and your home.

Before we begin, you need to know that I’ve done more takeoffs in my career than I care to count - literally thousands. In that time, I’ve heard a lot of feedback from clients regarding what has worked for them in their home building businesses as well as what hasn’t. This training will help you understand the ways that you can get a takeoff, so that you can make an informed decision.

Build Better with “The Builder’s Checklist”

The Builder’s Checklist course is based on our own “Builder’s Checklist” quality assurance product. With this training, presented in the form of an educational checklist, you can use to confirm the completion and the quality of your trades, vendors, and suppliers work products. While this training won’t replace your building inspector, it will allow you to be better prepared when building your next home.

Who is this course for?

This course is designed for anyone that is having a home built – whether you’re an experienced professional or new to construction. Even if you’re new to construction, “The Builder’s Checklist” is our premier product and if you’re building a new home, you owe it to yourself to take this class. We’ve incorporated the core knowledge components of the checklist.

• 8 Construction Stages
• 27 Construction Phases
• 56 Construction Checklists

You’ll learn to plan, prepare, and implement the core construction elements so that you’ll stay on-track as you build your dream home.

Introduction:

“Builder’s Checklist” is the same type of construction checklist system that many professional builders have available to ensure that their homes are built to their standards. Now, you have chosen to benefit from the same type of tool – one that will help you build your house – your way.

Professional Home Builders – Use “Builder’s Checklist”:

• As a training tool for your construction staff – Construction Superintendents, Supervisors, Construction Trades, Vendors, and Suppliers.
•  As an attachment or an addendum to vendor contracts to avoid confusion about when a phase is complete and ready to pay.
• To develop consistency among your construction supervisors and how they check their jobs.
• As a paper trail to ensure that jobs are being checked on a regular basis.

Consumers – Use “Builder’s Checklist”:

• To know that your new home is progressing according to an established set of objective quality standards.
• To use as a communication tool with your homebuilder – to avoid miscommunication and misunderstandings about your expectation or quality.
• To ensure that you get the home you’re paying for.
• To find and document construction issues at the earliest possible point to avoid delays dealing with them later.
• To create a ‘paper trail’ and put your builder ‘on notice’ regarding issues you find during construction.

There are so many other benefits to using the “Builder’s Checklist” product that you can quickly see how wise you have been to make the investment. If you use this product on a consistent basis – you will get a better house – period.

“Anything Measured Will Improve”

It’s widely accepted that anything measured will improve. Once your vendors, trades and suppliers know that you will be checking their work every time you walk on site, they will instinctively tighten up. When they get the chance to see the checklist and that it is ‘objective’ and fair, they will see that you are also objective and fair.

“Involve Your Staff”

Let your trades, vendors and suppliers – even your building inspectors know that you will be using the product. Ask for their feedback. Let them help you add to the quality standards and suggest acceptable ‘regional’ changes or other ideas to you using the framework or “Builder’s Checklist”.

Home building specifications can be likened to a blueprint for success. They outline every detail required for constructing a dwelling that meets industry standards and regulatory requirements. These specifications encompass various aspects such as structural design, electrical systems, plumbing installations, and more.

The world of home building plans is a place where architects, designers, homeowners, and home builders come together to turn dreams into reality. But amid this creative process, questions arise about ownership and copyright. So, the question is: “Who truly owns the copyright to these meticulously crafted plans?”