Estimating: The First Line of Defense for Profits – NAHB Certificate Course
Registration Deadline: April 25
(In-person or Virtual option available)
The ability to effectively prepare for a project is vital to your success. Project preparation consists of multiple processes that work together and, when performed effectively, increase your efficiency and profitability, improve client satisfaction and enhance team and vendor relationships. Come away with the knowledge and skills to perform one of the critical processes in project preparation: estimating costs.
As a graduate of this course, participants will be able to:
- Illustrate how estimating works to assist in effective project set up
- Identify the fundamentals of estimating to identify the costs (not the selling price)
- Use spreadsheets and packaged estimating systems
- Identify techniques for estimating in an ever changing market
This course qualifies for 3.0 CE for all NAHB Designations except HCCP.
Instructor: Tim Lansford, CGB, GMB, CGR, CGP, CAPS, CGA, CSP, CMP, MASTER CSP, MASTER CGP, MIRM with Blast Seminars & Luxury Homes of Texas
Tim Lansford is a veteran homebuilder, remodeler and real estate broker with 25+ years in the industry. Tim has over three decades of applied leadership experience spanning multiple industries. Tim is a speaker at residential construction industry events, including The International Builders’ Show®. He also conducts regular educational sessions for the National Association of Home Builders’ (NAHB).
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