books by BuilderBooks (construction partnerships foundations)

books by BuilderBooks

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Basic Construction Management: The Superintendent s Job, Fifth Edition
Leon Rogers

Builderbooks, 2008

Effective construction management can dramatically improve your bottom line. Learn essentials of managing projects well and within budget, from scheduling and jobsite safety to quality and customer service in this long-anticipated revision of Basic Construction Management. Leon Rogers, an experienced builder, author, and educator, offers proven practices for recruiting and keeping the best trade contractors; scheduling that makes sense; ...

Home Builders' Jobsite Codes: A Pocket Guide to the 2006 International Residential Code
National Association Of Home Builders, International Codes Council

Builderbooks, 2007

Jobsite Phrasebook, English-Spanish

3 reviews
Kent Shepard

BuilderBooks, 2003

I've been waiting for this book
One of the nicest things about this excellent book (which also includes a chapter on Insulation) is that the trades and phrases are arranged in the order in which building takes place, which makes it easier to find phrases. The uniqe format with subjects in the margin also helps in finding phrases faster. Mr. Shepard's years in the trades show in the detail and choice of phrases and in the ...

Estimating With Excel: Unlocking the Power for Home Builders
Jay C. Christofferson

Builderbooks, 2003

If you want a simple, step-by-step guide to improve the accuracy and speed of building estimates, Estimating with Microsoft Excel was written for you. Author Jay Christofferson, a recognized expert in computerized estimating, teaches you how to build a fully customized estimating program that addresses your specific estimating needs. Create estimates that are powerful and reliable enough for your most important management decisions. Loaded with ...

Defensive Estimating: Protecting Your Profit

1 review
William Asdal

BuilderBooks, 2006

An especial recommendation to carpenters.
It's happened before - a builder puts out an estimate to add a new addition to a home. The buyer agrees, and the builder gets to work. The money set aside from the estimate drains quickly, and the builder soon is faced with either talking to the customer and telling him the estimate was wrong- making the builder seem like he's greedy and potentially killing the chance of a return client - or ...

Estimating With Microsoft Excel: Unlocking the Power for Home Builders

4 reviews
Jay Christofferson

BuilderBooks, 1999

I thought it was very good
After reading, and practicing with this book, I have built a database where I can change prices to reflect the current market, and estimate jobs quickly and efficiently. There is a lot of information on how to set this up in Excel. Now I don't have to spend hundreds of dollars on an estimating program. This book assumes you are familiar with construction, but unfamiliar with microsoft excel. ...

Land Development, 10th Edition
Daisy Linda Kone

BuilderBooks, 2006

Land developers know that success hinges on knowledge, planning, and experience. Whether you are new to the field or are looking to brush up your knowledge, Land Development is your comprehensive resource to this demanding and exciting industry. Packed with photos, illustrations, checklists, and practical guidance, the 10th edition is an indispensable reference for any developer or builder wanting to understand the essentials of residential ...

Residential Construction Performance Guidelines, Third edition

1 review
National Association of Home Builders

BuilderBooks.com, 2005

good basic information
Remember this is written by builders groups not by home buyers. It seams to be slanted in their favor. The will provide a good meter for what both sides can expect to settle on.

Scheduling for Home Builders with Microsoft Project
David Marchman, Tulio Sulbaran

BuilderBooks, 2006

Control costs, pace construction, and fully utilize resources with Microsoft Project. An organized, well-planned schedule is a builder?s best tool. Scheduling for Home Builders with Microsoft Project provides easy step-by-step instructions to help you master this powerful scheduling program. Every chapter of Scheduling for Home Builders with Microsoft Project helps you learn and practice each new skill. The CD offers sample residential ...

Accounting and Financial Management: For Residential Construction

3 reviews
Emma S. Shinn

Builderbooks, 2008

Good, solid advice
Despite some "sexist" references to everyone being female in this book, it certainly provided me with the information I was looking for in a format that was easily managed and a good read. Since I am not an accounting type, I think Emma really met the challenge when she wrote a book that I found easy to follow.

Estimating Home Construction Costs, 2nd Ed.
Jerry Householder with Emile Marchive III

BuilderBooks.com, 2006

Custom builder Jerry Householder can help you improve your estimating abilities and discover better ways to do a quantity takeoff, whether you prefer to use pen and paper or estimating software. This second edition provides a new, larger sample floor plan and new elevations, work sheets, checklists, a comprehensive glossary, plus a list of resources and recommended reading. It has all you need to quickly come up to speed with the concepts ...

Marketing and Selling to Generation X: A Unique Generation of Home Buyers
Ashley Christofferson-Cunningham, David Cathey

Builderbooks, 2002

Get the inside scoop on what motivates GenX home buyers. Two GenXers share their insight into this new market niche. They show builders, sales and marketing directors, and sales associates how to use GenX hot buttons to attract them to and sell new homes. This great new book helps improve sales by serving the needs of this new generation of home buyers.

Home Builder Contracts & Construction Management Forms, 2nd Ed.

1 review
NAHB Business Management & Information Technology

BuilderBooks.com, 2006

Good enough
This is a good book if you're looking for help with construction forms. It doesn't provide all the various forms you will need but its a good start. Most of the explanations are adequate but a few are lacking. I would recommend the book, but plan to get the remaining forms you need from other sources.

Sweet Success in New Home Sales: Bill Webb, MIRM, on Selling Strong in Changing Markets
Bill Webb

BuilderBooks, 2005

Bill Webb shares his secrets of success in this book so you can win big with them. Bill?s bold and inspirational strategies for profitable sales techniques ring true to buyers and will work as competition heats up and sales become harder to achieve. Sweet Success in New Home Sales provides you with the most powerful techniques ever devised for selling more homes and making more money while enjoying your professional life. Builders - ...

NAHB-OSHA Jobsite Safety Handbook, English-Spanish
NAHB Labor Safety & Health Services

BuilderBooks, 2001

This popular handbook is now also available in the English-Spanish Edition. This easy-to-use handbook contains the complete English and Spanish text side by side to facilitate communication in a straightforward manner.The English-Spanish Edition of the NAHB/OSHA Jobsite Safety Handbook will help you easily convey important safety information to ALL of your employees.This handbook is an essential tool for builders, contractors, and construction ...

Building Partnerships: How to Work with Trade Contractors
Bob Whitten

BuilderBooks, 1999

This book shows how to increase the professionalism and loyalty of the trades by treating them as an extension of your building team. Techniques include finding and evaluating contractors, effective scheduling, ensuring quality performance, and negotiating and writing effective trade contractor agreements.

Close Every Sale Without Fail
Myers Barnes, Shirley Mozingo

BuilderBooks, 2003

Basic Business Management: A Guide for Small Volume Home Builders
Dorn Fowler

BuilderBooks, 1998

Learn how to obtain financing, control costs, ensure consistent quality standards, and more effectively manage your employees and trade contractors. You?ll find out how to identify market and industry trends that will yield business opportunities. Whether you are just starting your small-volume building business or you want to refine your current business practices, Basic Business Management will provide you with management guidance you can use ...

Right House, Right Place, Right Time: Community and Lifestyle Preferences of Boomers and Silents
Margaret, Ph.D. Wylde

BuilderBooks.com, 2008

Right House, Right Place, Right Time: Community and Lifestyle Preferences of the 45+ Housing Market will help you determine the right designs, home features, and amenities to attract the boomer buyers in your market. Discover preferences for location, home site, and community type, community amenities that will help sell your homes, and how to meet or exceed 45+ consumer expectations. With keen insight honed by more than 20 years of experience ...

Residential Foundations
Jim K. Carr

BuilderBooks, 1999

Foundations must be designed for the specific site conditions and floor plans. This comprehensive guide describes all major foundation types and provides step-by-step instructions on how to plan and construct stable, safe, efficient foundations, with topics ranging from soil conditions and estimating, to using precast panels and planning for water control.