General Contractor School

Flooring 101: Everything You Need to Know Before Choosing and Installing Floors

Flooring 101: Everything You Need to Know Befor...

Flooring is one of the biggest visual decisions you'll make when building or renovating a home. It's also one of the hardest-working materials in the house.

Flooring 101: Everything You Need to Know Befor...

Flooring is one of the biggest visual decisions you'll make when building or renovating a home. It's also one of the hardest-working materials in the house.

Insulation 101: What Every Homeowner Should Know Before the Walls Get Closed

Insulation 101: What Every Homeowner Should Kno...

Insulation is one of the most important components of a comfortable, energy-efficient home — and most of it will never be seen again once the drywall goes up.

Insulation 101: What Every Homeowner Should Kno...

Insulation is one of the most important components of a comfortable, energy-efficient home — and most of it will never be seen again once the drywall goes up.

Foundations 101: Everything You Need to Know Before Your New Home Comes Out of the Ground

Foundations 101: Everything You Need to Know Be...

A good foundation starts long before the concrete truck arrives. Excavation, soil conditions, drainage, elevations, reinforcing steel, formwork, underground services, waterproofing and backfill all have to work together.  

Foundations 101: Everything You Need to Know Be...

A good foundation starts long before the concrete truck arrives. Excavation, soil conditions, drainage, elevations, reinforcing steel, formwork, underground services, waterproofing and backfill all have to work together.  

Demolition 101: Everything You Need to Know Before You Tear It Down

Demolition 101: Everything You Need to Know Bef...

Demolition looks easy from the outside. Bring in an excavator, knock the building down, load it into bins and start building the new house. In reality, demolition is a construction...

Demolition 101: Everything You Need to Know Bef...

Demolition looks easy from the outside. Bring in an excavator, knock the building down, load it into bins and start building the new house. In reality, demolition is a construction...

Talking to Subtrades on Site: Respect Their Time and Get Better Results

Talking to Subtrades on Site: Respect Their Tim...

Talking to Subtrades on Site: Respect Their Time and Get Better Results When you're building or renovating, you’re going to have questions. Lots of them. You’ll want to know why...

Talking to Subtrades on Site: Respect Their Tim...

Talking to Subtrades on Site: Respect Their Time and Get Better Results When you're building or renovating, you’re going to have questions. Lots of them. You’ll want to know why...

Managing Subtrades on Site: How to Keep Your Construction Project Moving When Problems Come Up

Managing Subtrades on Site: How to Keep Your Co...

If you’ve ever built or renovated a home, you already know one thing for certain: something will not go exactly according to plan. That doesn’t mean your project is poorly managed....

Managing Subtrades on Site: How to Keep Your Co...

If you’ve ever built or renovated a home, you already know one thing for certain: something will not go exactly according to plan. That doesn’t mean your project is poorly managed....