John
U. Wheeler, Project Manager
I have a degree in Building Construction, along with many post graduate
courses, member of Home Builders Association (40+ years) and a Chamber
of Commerce member. I have designed and built over 1,000 homes.
Many
people build their own homes to save money and I think the idea is a
good one. There are many areas that people may not be experienced in
such as the following items:
-
Site
the home including setting elevations.
- Excavation
- 1 day, 2 day's or more?
- Footings
- Including properly set rebar and concrete quantities.
- Footing
Drains - To daylight? Sump pit? Most important item to be supervised
to have a dry basement.
- Radon
Mitigation - Proper installation through roof will save potentially
thousands down the road.
- Foundation
- Rebars, openings, heights and of course quantity of concrete.
- Supervision
of backfill and insure not over budget costs. This would include ROB
backfill material for outside and garage area.
- Framing
- All phases including headers, trusses, doubles, opening sizes, heights,
stair order, window and exterior door order.
- Roofing
- Proper installation, material cost, labor costs.
- Siding
- Proper installation, material cost, labor costs.
- Stone/Stucco
- Proper installation, material cost, labor costs.
- P/H/E
- Quotes with complete hook ups of each trade.
- Insulation
and Sheetrock - Quotes, schedule and inspect.
- Trim,
oak, ceramic, kitchen, painting, carpet with cost quotes and supervision.
I
can save you literally thousands of dollars above my flat fee. I will
be on the job at each critical point to insure the work is being done
properly. I will schedule subcontractors, material deliveries and check
quantities. I will review and approve all bills for the work in process.
I will meet with customer to go over any questions or concerns while home
is under construction.
We
keep a summary of the budget sheet and monitor items, both workmanship
and costs. We summarize a C.P.M. which we use to keep the home moving
along in reaching the final C.O.
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