The Elements of Building: A Business Handbook For Residential Builders & Tradesmen
Mark Q. Kerson
From The Ground Up Publishing, January 2014

Paperback | 5 x 8 inches | 360 pages | No illustrations | English | ISBN: 978-0991327706 | $37.00

Publisher Description:
The Elements of Building is about the business of residential construction, that is, how to build and run a construction company. It is a must have resource for new and seasoned tradesmen and builders. With 40 years of experience the author details the skill required to run a successful company. This invaluable handbook offers insightful guidance on hiring and working with employees and subcontractors; choosing and working with clients; estimating and bidding; managing money and marketing; and much more.dDAB Commentary: When this "business handbook for residential builders and tradesmen" arrived in the mail, I immediately flipped to the chapter that best applied to me: Designer, part of the Professional section. After all, how could I comment on a book that is geared to someone an architect like me would be working with rather than to myself in particular" So I figured the best way to judge the whole book was to see what it says about designers, what Mark Q. Kerson defines as "one who studies to become certified or licensed to develop the designs and create the documents used to construct a project." He does not use the word "architect" in the ten-page chapter on Designers,...