Management Resources
Residential Project Management: How It Works
Residential Project Management gives homeowners one accountable point of control for scope, schedule, cost, trades and decisions, from planning to closeout.
Management Resources
Management Guides
Articles on managing a home build: residential and builder project management, the risks of acting as your own general contractor, payment disputes with a builder and taking over a troubled project.
Management Articles
Resource Series
Owner general contracting, payment disputes and project takeover: the ConstructionX articles on keeping a build under control.
Management Resources
Builder Project Management: How It Works
Builders bring ConstructionX in to manage complex projects or add management capacity, with defined services delivered remotely, hybrid or on site.
Management Resources
DIY General Contracting Risks for Custom Home Projects
Acting as your own general contractor can look like a way to save money, but custom projects carry coordination, liability, quality, and schedule risks.
Management Resources
Withholding Payment from a Builder: Risks, Documentation, and Safer Next Steps
Withholding payment from a builder can create serious risk. Before acting, owners should review the contract, document issues, understand applicable rules, and get legal advice.
Management Resources
Construction Project Takeover When a Build Has Lost Control
Construction project takeover requires more than a new contractor. It starts with diagnosis, documentation, site stabilization, trade review, budget reality, and a recovery plan.
Resource Pathways
Choose your research path.
Each category groups practical articles: design, building science and build systems, project management, pricing and estimates, and Build Ready home packages.
Design Resources
Design Guides
Articles on planning a custom home, picking a stock, modified or custom design, choosing a design build team, modern home innovation and lighting, before the drawings are fixed.
Build Resources
Build Guides
Building science, energy efficiency and the four build systems, wood, steel, ICF and barndo, including a thirteen article steel framing series.
Management Resources
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Articles on managing a home build: residential and builder project management, the risks of acting as your own general contractor, payment disputes with a builder and taking over a troubled project.
ConstructionX Resources
Pricing and Estimate Guides
Articles on custom home pricing, cost plus contracts, estimates and low bids, so you can judge what a home should cost and what a low number really means.
Build Ready Resources
Build Ready Guides
Articles on Build Ready home packages, the Shell Package and Full Package, and working with your local builder.
Project Readiness
Bring your research into the project conversation.
Use these resources as a starting point, then move into a discovery meeting when your site, region, design intent, budget, and project questions are ready for review.
