Class 1 of 5 — Structural Review & Budget Preparation

Purpose:
Ensure framing plans, structural requirements, and material scope are fully understood before ordering.

Key Responsibilities

• Study plans for load paths, heights, spans, and special details

• Identify openings: doors, windows, beams, trusses

• Confirm 25% contingency due to volatile lumber pricing

Action Items

• ✅ Review all structural sheets: shear walls, hold-downs, beams, hardware

• ✅ Verify inspection list for framing phases (rough, shear, nailing)

• ✅ Add all contacts (framers, engineers, suppliers) to Bid Sheet

• ✅ Confirm schedule alignment between framing + windows + MEP starts

• ✅ Upload a Pre-Framing Plan Review to office for approval

Class 2 of 5 — Material Procurement & Verification

Purpose:
Order correctly, reduce jobsite delays, and empower the crew with clarity.

Key Responsibilities

• Build comprehensive lumber + hardware list

• Validate list with installer — they must sign off

• Confirm access for multiple truck deliveries and rooftop loads

Action Items

• ✅ Place order only after double confirmation by installer

• ✅ Schedule boom truck delivery plan with safe lay-down areas

• ✅ Mark the staging map on the Detail Page → avoid blocking workflow

• ✅ Document all receipts + pricing changes

• ✅ Create backup plan for lumber swap-outs (warped / wrong sizes)

• ✅ Verify who calls inspections and when (footings/shear/nailing)

Class 3 of 5 — One-Week-Out Readiness Alignment

Purpose:
Eliminate surprise delays and ensure site prep supports fast, clean framing.

Key Responsibilities

• Verify ALL concrete bearing locations match plans

• Confirm hardware lead times — straps, beams, hangers, sheathing

• Inform stakeholders proactively if anything shifts

Action Items

• ✅ Confirm delivery schedule with suppliers and drivers

• ✅ Check that framers have direct numbers for lumber salesman

• ✅ Perform a House Perimeter Walk:

  • All anchor bolts correct?

  • Sill plates ready?

  • Stem walls aligned?

• ✅ Confirm window order status → align with framing schedule

• ✅ Plan equipment access → forklift, crane, scaffolding

• ✅ Document material condition as it arrives with photos

PM Warning:

If bearing points are wrong → framing destroys your budget.
Confirm, confirm, confirm.

Class 4 of 5 — Framing Day: Execution & Field Coordination

Purpose:
Support workflow, document critical structure, and protect timeline.

Day-Of Responsibilities

• ✅ Confirm all lumber + hardware is onsite

• ✅ Walk framing leader through Detail Page expectations

• ✅ Shoot elevations & record any out-of-level corrections

• ✅ Track structural hardware installation (shear panels, HD anchors)

• ✅ Daily punch list updates → send photos to office

• ✅ Ensure cleanup system so waste doesn’t bury hardware

Communication Prompt:

“If ANYTHING is missing or unclear — tell me NOW. Not tomorrow.”

Class 5 of 5 — Structural Close-Out & Next-Trade Prep

Purpose:
Confirm structure meets design intent and pass inspections before MEP starts.

Close-Out Responsibilities

• ✅ Blue Tape Framing Walk → mark every correction

• ✅ Check:

  • ✔ Plumb walls

  • ✔ Straight studs

  • ✔ Window/door openings sized correctly

  • ✔ Nailing patterns compliant

• ✅ Photo every hold-down, post/beam connection, fire block, and strap

• ✅ Confirm shear + rough framing inspection passed

• ✅ Provide complete punch list to framer with deadlines

• ✅ Schedule next phase handoff → MEP trades

• ✅ Office confirmation + updated budget

Thank you for completing this Session!

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