What project management software is best for personal home construction?
Several experts I know recommended that you ask your architect or structural engineer to be the general contractor (at least “on paper”) if you do not engage a state-licensed general contractor. There are a lot of legal & liability risks involved in being your own general contractor, and doing the project management. “Should you be your own General Contractor?” http://www.bankrate.com/brm/news/real-estate/20041123a1.asp http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_contractor That said, for a small construction project your choices are limited to either: – “construction”/professional project management software (Microsoft Project, Primavera, …), or – customizing Microsoft Office or OpenOffice to suite your specific requirements; project management revolves around a budget and a schedule, comparing actuals with planned amounts and
