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Awning for sale
I have some higher end retractable awning instock I want to get rid of....50% off https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D0zU0OsijMs
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Awning for sale
Small structure builder.
I run an awning installation business for 7 yrs. I just finished 1st year of a 2 year residential construction course. I'm looking for a small build to work on ideally a cottage or boat house. I can offer building structures in BIM Build Information Modeling to structure out material cost required. info@installersofcoolness.com
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Soft Plan architecture software
In construction college. Just wanted to share some work I did in Blue Print class.
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New comment Jun 13
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I did all the design work... I used my 3d animation graphic skills ( used to be a computer animator for 26 yrs)
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These comments are really cool. This is just a college assignment that I really got into with a former 26yrs career in computer animation. This was kinda me just learning the software while I'm in a blue print course. Your feed back is awesome.
Hiring a custom home builder for part of the work. Hybrid GC approach. Thoughts?
Here's my story. We bought a home in South Burlington 3 years ago. There were tenants but the seller bought them out to vacate because our builder said we'd be building in months. We started working with a builder who is a build plus builder. After we took possession the builder said we'd be building in a few months. Never happened. They gave us the name of a planner who dropped the ball and never filed the minor variance (after we learned 9 months later). We disconnected all the utilities as per the builder's request. Eventually when we got the variance approved in December 2022 the butterflies in my stomach were saying that we can't continue with this builder. Things didn't add up to this point so we basically gave them notice (we're looking at our legal options but that's another story). We decided to put our property up for sale and rent simultaneously to maximize our options. We didn't get the offers I wanted. So we are back at considering build again but the quotes we've got are significantly above budget. I talked to a homeowner who got a custom build done that suggested I hire subcontractors to do the kitchen, bathrooms, tiles, flooring, painting and get a builder to demolish, pour the concrete, frame, drywall, doors, windows, plumbing, electrical, etc and to postpone building the basement for 2 years. He found significant savings this way (eg. painting for $3000 + cost of paint vs $30,000). We're not looking to have $600 taps in our home (frankly, from our experience proved to be far less reliable than many other common brand names). Above ground (2 storey) total square footage is 3800 square feet. Basement estimated at 2100 sq feet. I'm trying to get in a total cost of $1.4 million. Question: If we take the approach suggested above ie. builder builds up to the point of inside finishes what would the estimated cost be?
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New comment Apr 5
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With all respect to Ahmand. Its business, yes, builder aren't into it to save the client money . Any good builder is just waisting time if there not making money. Remember the builder has a budget to. That said, to my understanding, the more the investor take charge, by sourcing matterial and contrubiting to labour, is when the investor can really gain savings. However, do you want to save money by investing time or do you want to gain time by investing money? You have three varibles: - on time - on budget - quality work. >>>You can only get two out of three<<< Example On time, on budget off quality On budget, on quality, off time. On quality, on time, off budget.
Newbie Contractor to help WIN-WIN
Hey everybody, my name is Jacques and I am looking for an opportunity to help. I run a successfully awning installation business for the last 7 years . Last fall I enrolled into Durham College Carpentry Construction Techincian course. This course is designed to teach everything for residential home builds from designing/ estimating to managing full builds. I want to spread my wings and looking for an opportunity to work toward my own builds but in the mean time I want to CG. If this interest you, I am will to negotiate pricing being a student CG.
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New comment Mar 27
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info@installersofcoolness.com Contact me here. Not sure how to private message here.
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Jacques A Bruyns
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Jacques Bruyns, Owner operator of Installers Of Coolness Construction

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