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Contract-It-Yourself
Two Day Workshop
This is a two-day intensive workshop designed to make attendees comfortable with the construction process, design process, and project management from human relations to contracts. The theme is how to work a la carte with Designers, Contractors and Carpenters to create a house within your budget that reflects your major concerns: energy, environment long and short term, site sense, codes/covenants and regulations, legal and insurance, time line, personal priorities. We’ve designed a series of workshops and lectures to ensure that you are prepared to weigh the pros and cons of the myriad of decisions involved with a building project.
| Day One |
| 9:00 |
Introduction |
| 9:15 |
Legal Contract Review |
| 10:30 |
10-15 Min.BREAK |
| 10:45 |
Drafting: creating a working knowledge of drafting and creating plans to scale with pencil and paper |
| 12:30 |
One Hour LUNCH |
| 1:30 |
CAD |
| 2:00 |
Physical Systems of the Home |
| 2:30 |
Site Orientation |
| 2:50 |
10-15 Min.BREAK |
| 3:00 |
Site Prep |
| 4:00 |
Foundation and Frame Engineering |
| 5:30 |
Pot Luck Dinner at the Hennin Farm |
| Day Two |
| 8:30 |
The Contractor’s Perspective |
| 9:30 |
Ordering Materials: your choices and their prices |
| 10:00 |
10-15 min. BREAK |
| 10:15 |
Wiring & Plumbing |
| 12:30 |
LUNCH |
| 1:30 |
Windows, Doors, Insulation, Roofing Siding, Moisture & Mold |
| 2:45 |
Where’s The Money Honey: Financing |
| 3:45 |
10-15 min. BREAK |
| 4:00 |
Avoiding the Ordinary: Slideshow of Ideas to help make your house as unique as you are |
| 5:00 |
How to do a self assessment for decision-making: thinking about your involvement. |
| 5:45 |
Graduation |
TENTATIVE SCHEDULE: SUBJECT TO CHANGE |
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