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Dedicated to training entry-level professionals

the fundamentals of construction project management

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What We Do

Train entry-level management professionals:

  • Construction terminology and assemblies

  • Print reading

  • Specification reading

  • Project management document administration

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Enable project managers to take on bigger and more complicated projects earlier in their careers

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How We Do It

In-depth print and specification reading as the backbone to understanding construction vocabulary and building assemblies across all divisions

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Step-by-step walk through and life-cycle analysis of:

  • RFIs

  • Submittals

  • Change Orders

  • Cost Tracking & Cost Projections

  • Subcontracts & Purchase Orders

  • Job Start-up, Close-in, and Close-out

  • Meeting Minutes

  • Pay Applications

  • Critical Path Scheduling

  • Structured discussions of real life “intangibles” at the core of best business practices

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What to Expect

  • Trained personnel that have learned the core fundamentals of construction project management, earlier and faster, with a high predictability of outcome

  • Employees with construction management document administration skill sets that are used throughout a career

  • Focused training up front that enables project managers to take on bigger and more complicated projects earlier in their careers

  • Predictable growth patterns

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This is the only construction management program available that teaches construction paperwork administration and documentation specific to this industry.

SERVICES

THE RESULT - Predictability of Outcome

Trained personnel that can:

  • Navigate, interpret, and extract information from contemporary residential and commercial prints and specifications; pinpoint missing / inaccurate information

  • Recognize and articulate residential and commercial building assemblies across all divisions

  • Comprehend Civil, Architectural, and Structural plans

    • Geometric, Grading, & Utility (plans and details)

    • Foundation plans

    • Floor plans

    • Interior / exterior Architectural elevations, sections, and details

    • Roof plans

    • Room finish schedules

    • Door & hardware schedules

    • Window schedules

    • Electrical & Mechanical drawings / schedules

    • Photometric & Security

    • Landscape drawings

  • Create, process, and track:

    • Job Start-up Checklists, RFIs, Submittals, Change Orders, Subcontracts, Job Close-in Checklists, Cost Logs & Cost Projections, Meeting Minutes, Pay Applications, Punch List / Closeout Checklists, Critical Path Scheduling

  • Understand real-world best practices that are directly applicable to construction Project Management and Estimating

THE RESULT
MATERIAL COVERED

 Print & Specification Reading 

  Estimating
(Fall 2022) 

  Project Management  

  Best Practices  

12

 Print & Specification Reading Lessons

15

Estimating & Take-off Lessons

(Coming Fall 2022)

10

Project Management Lessons

22

Live Best Practices Discussions

How to Work With Us

WORK WITH US!

Inquiries

For any inquiries, questions, or commendations, please call: (415) 939-1994 or fill out the following form

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Head Office

San Francisco, CA

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buildingfuturestoday@gmail.com

Tel: (415) 939-1994

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Enrollment

Enrollment is easy.  Please contact us for a quick Q&A.  It only takes 3-5 minutes to sign up at Building Futures, and we will provide everything needed to get going.

Get a quote: (415) 939-1994

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