Home Building Process: Project Planning
3 Comments | Posted by armchairbuilder in Build Your Own Home, Owner-Builder
The home building process can be complicated. It involves a great deal of planning and design prior to digging the hole for the foundation. By getting the key players involved early on, your project will be built exactly how you want it and will provide years of trouble free enjoyment. Here are some tips for the project planning phase for your home building process.
Pre-planning Participants:
- Architect
- Key Subcontractors: Plumbing, HVAC, Insulation, and Rough Carpenter
- Builder Consultant (for owner-builders) or General Contractor
- Green Building Advisor/LEED AP
- You (of course)
- Products (which are best to obtain your desired outcome: energy efficiency, cost for materials and installation, availability, green considerations)
- Design Considerations (house orientation, window sizes and locations, wall thicknesses and insulation types, HVAC design,…etc.)
- Coordination/Scheduling (discuss product lead times and workflow = who does what and when)
- Installation Requirements (specific details for each product and design detail)
3 Comments for Home Building Process: Project Planning
Paul Martin | March 1, 2012 at 5:50 am
Cheryl | March 22, 2012 at 11:10 am
Just to echo what Paul said, materials is an important part of this step as well.
Very interesting that you get sub contractors involved so early on; but as I ponder, it makes a lot of sense. “buy in” would be important for this group as well, not just your building contractor!!
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I think it is also important to consult your builder to find out what local materials can be used, you will see with the older house in your area, traditional materials that carry a lot of history, something that I think is very important to any new construction project.