Get Started Right

Learn how to design your project so that it looks right, works right and lasts a long time. Ensure that it complements the rest of your property and provides value per dollar. Create a budget that includes everything it needs to and uses appropriate methods for estimating cost. Understand the importance of permits and the tricky process for navigating the bureaucracy.

Who & What

Discover key components to review in selecting the right sub-contractors and vendors. This is one of the most critical aspects of an enjoyable project and the most likely culprit of a disastrous one. There are thousands of products that go into every building project. The least expensive and most obvious are not always the best. Learn to tell the difference.

Finish Right

Choose the building method that will work best for your project. There is more than one! Learn management techniques and systems to smooth out your project as well as job site strategies to keep the mess and the stress a minimum. Learn to identify quality markers for each trade during the different phases of your project.

How to Build Green

Jonathan Campbell from Green Depot and Wes Wilson with the Eagle Institute will be leading a panel on the practical benefits of sustainable building, alternative power, high performance products and resource management. The information gleaned from these experts will save you money and save the earth. Not to be missed!

How to Build a Horse Barn

If you are a horse person, you need to be at this workshop. Local trainer and facilities expert Rob Zimmerman will be teamed with Cliff Weygandt, a regular with his family on the rodeo circuit. Both are your neighbors in Clark County and will probably be wearing spurs. They will be discussing stall design, feeding and watering issues, cribbing, safety, ventilation, waste management and cleaning.

How to Build a Pole Building

Mark Martin and Sean Kramer, experts in the pole building industry, will be taking you from site prep through framing and cladding to the final touches in the pole building construction process. If you would like to really Do-It-Yourself, this is where you learn how.