Landscape Live!

Have trouble estimating? Jim Huston will show you the right way.Some of the topics talked about include: -The six methods of estimating -Overhead budgets -Labor burdens and average wages -Time and Materials -Break-even points (BEP) and Gross & Net Profit MarginsHuston has more than 35 years of diverse business management experience and holds an MBA degree in finance. He is also a member of the American Society of Professional Estimators. He is a Certified Professional Landscape Estimator and he is one of only two such CPLE's in the world.As a captain in the U.S. Marine Corps, he held positions in finance, aviation supply inventory management and procurement. After his tour of duty with the Marines, he became a senior production control analyst for the electronics division of General Dynamics.Since 1987, he has been a management consultant to the Green Industry. Early in his career, he was in charge of the consulting division for Charles Vander Kooi and Associates, Inc. In 1989 he formed J.