What You'll Learn
Week 1: Residential Builder Developer Basics
Foundational concepts in construction, real estate, and development roles. Covers terminology, project cycle, stakeholder roles, and construction stages.
Week 2: Residential Builder Developer Basics Part 2
Continuation of Part 1 with focus on risk, environmental considerations, code compliance, and basic field layout and logistics.
Week 3: Building Technology
Introduction to building materials, systems, and processes. Includes sustainable design, blueprint reading, and technical specifications.
Week 4: Business Finance
Budgeting, cost control, estimating, pro formas, and interpreting basic financial statements relevant to small-scale development.
Week 5: Project Management
Covers timelines, Gantt charts, RFPs, change orders, and subcontractor coordination. Emphasis on field implementation.
Week 6: Sales & Marketing
Strategies for marketing properties, negotiating, customer experience, and branding small-scale projects.
Week 7: Safety
OSHA 30 principles, job site safety protocols, field PPE, incident reporting, and contractor liability.
Week 8: Capstone / Residency Week
Students apply skills at a real-world project site under supervision. Required to complete field tasks, present a final budget, and deliver a development summary.
