Module 4
The Pre-Construction Blueprint: Mastering Hiring, Contracts, and Financing
This module covers the critical pre-construction phase where most projects go wrong. Learn to find and vet contractors, analyze bids, negotiate contracts that protect you, and set up construction financing before breaking ground.
Lesson 1: Finding, Vetting & Selecting Your Builder
Lesson 2: The Self-GC & Owner's Rep Playbooks
Lesson 3: The Bid Package & Bid Leveling
Lesson 4: Contract Structures & Negotiation
Lesson 5: Securing Your Build — Financing, Insurance & Lien Management
Lesson 6: Setting the Stage — Logistics, Kick-Off & Partnership Rules
Lesson 7: The Master Schedule & Critical Path
Lesson 8: Procurement & Vendor Management
Lesson 9: Managing Cash Flow, Draws, and Milestones
Lesson 10: Quality Assurance & Inspection Readiness
Lesson 11: The Final Go/No-Go: Issuing the Notice to Proceed
Module Four · 11 Sessions
The Pre-Construction Blueprint
Mastering Hiring, Contracts, and Financing.
The single highest-leverage phase of the project, and the one owners most often rush. How to assemble a useful bid package, how to level three bids that are apparently in the same currency but not in the same reality, how to structure a contract that protects you without being adversarial, and how to finance a build through a construction loan without being surprised by the draw schedule.
What’s inside
- Finding, Vetting & Selecting Your Builder
- The Self-GC & Owner’s Rep Playbooks
- The Bid Package & Bid Leveling
- Contract Structures & Negotiation
- Securing Your Build — Financing, Insurance & Lien Management
- Setting the Stage — Logistics, Kick-Off & Partnership Rules
- The Master Schedule & Critical Path
- Procurement & Vendor Management
- Managing Cash Flow, Draws, and Milestones
- Quality Assurance & Inspection Readiness
- The Final Go/No-Go: Issuing the Notice to Proceed
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