Log Home Project Planner: Your Complete Workbook for Managing a Log Home Construction Project

Book Description
The only complete workbook with instructions, forms and worksheets for managing any log home project from start to finish. Includes forms for requesting bids, preparing a detailed cost estimate, and scheduling construction activities. Ideal for owner-builders and those with limited construction management experience. Written by Jim Cooper, former general contractor and author of best-selling log home construction book, Log Homes Made Easy.

From the Inside Flap
The Log Home Project Planner is a comprehensive workbook to help you plan and direct building your log home. It contains the following: Cost Detail Sheets for all stages of building, Log Home Cost Summary Sheets,Request for Quotation Forms for subcontractors, Worksheets for estimating/bidding materials, Bid/log for tracking bid/estimate status, Useful Tables and Formulas, Daily Site Report, Complete Construction Calendar

About the Author
Jim Cooper’s involvement in log homes spans more than 15 years. He has been a log home general contractor, builder and construction consultant, sales and marketing vice president for a major log home company and a writer/photographer on the topic of log homes and log home construction. As a builder, his first log home project won an Award for Excellence from the local chapter of the National Association of Home Builders. The home was featured in the April-May 1990 issue of Log Home Living. In 1998, his book Log Homes Made Easy: Contracting and Building Your Own Log Home was the top-selling book in the home planning category at Amazon.com. His column "Brass Tacks" has appeared regularly in Log Home Living magazine since 1992. His articles and photographs have appeared in Log Homes Illustrated, Country’s Best Log Homes and Log Home Design Ideas. He has also spoken and written about log homes for the Log Homes Council of the National Association of Homebuilders. In addition to acting as a construction consultant on log projects, Jim currently conducts workshops on How To General Contract Your Own Log Home and other log home-related topics. He is also President of Three Creeks Interactive, Inc., developer of Log Home Plans Online, which is currently developing other online tools to assist log home purchasers and owners.


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