What You Really Need To Know Before You Hire A Contractor (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781419603440)

In his nearly 30 years in the construction industry Charles Marion has acquired a vast store of knowledge through the process of keeping logs of every mistake he has made as a laborer, supervisor, contractor and business owner and by his own admission has made every conceivable mistake a trades person could make. As the Founder, President and CEO of BRICK2BRICK.COM has compiled that knowledge to provide contractors with the resources to avoid the common pit falls of owning operating a contracting company. Brick2Brick is an online contractor certification and referral firm dedicated to helping contractors build a solid business by providing them with training and services necessary to provide consumers with the highest level of skill, professionalism and security. Assist state agencies by acting as a private probation department able to administer disciplinary actions levied on contractors. This prevents contractors with suspended or revoked licenses from slipping through the cracks and going underground. As the owner operator of Rizing Starz Plumbing and Construction he designed, planned, estimated and built Kitchen Bath remodeling and room addition projects, all trades. Personally taking full charge of all staffing, supervision, scheduling, and safety operations. Charles Marion has designed and implemented Code compliance inspections for multi-family residential projects from 20 to 300+ units for developers and owners. His hands on experience in training of new employees, carpentry, plumbing, and electrical, from design, rough to trim out, has given him broad range of exposure to the inner workings of both distressed and successful contracting firms. Charles Marion is currently the Quality Control Program Manager for the Lincoln High School Reconstruction Project in San Diego, California. At approximately $120 million dollars it is one of the largest California, Proposition MM projects to date.