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Taught by someone who's done every job on the site.

Milé Neckoski has spent over 10 years running residential builds across Melbourne, in every role an owner-builder takes on: site supervisor, site manager, contracts administrator, project manager and senior project manager. He has trained people in those jobs too. The course is what works on a live site, not theory.

Milé Neckoski in a hard hat and hi-vis vest.
Milé NeckoskiProject manager · Melbourne
10+ yrs
Running Melbourne residential builds
50+
Homes built, start to finish
13 mo
$10M Toorak home, slab to handover
7
Project managers he led as a senior PM
Where the method comes from

One owner-builder, one person in every role, and a faster build.

In 2024 an owner-builder in Toorak hired Milé to run their $10M home as the only manager on the job: project manager, site manager, contracts administrator and everything in between.

The three-level, 750 m² house went from slab to handover in 13 months. Jobs like it usually take 18 months to two years. With one person holding the budget, the programme, the site and the paperwork, there were no hand-offs and no waiting on someone else's answer, across 52 trade contracts.

That's when he saw it. One person in every role was more efficient than the usual split team, and the way of working could be taught.

On an owner-build, that one person is you. You already make the decisions. Learn how each role works and you can do what a builder's team does, because you are the team.

The Three Hats Method

Milé turned that job into a way of building you can learn: the project manager's, the site manager's and the contracts administrator's work, taught in the order your house gets built. It's what the course teaches.

PMSMCASee the 6 sessions →
Steel reinforcement laid out for the concrete slab.
Slab
Timber frame going up on the upper floor.
Frame
Framed walls with insulation and ducting during services rough-in.
Services
A plastered room ready for fit-out.
Fit-out
The finished living room, furnished.
Handover
Every job on the site

He's done the jobs he teaches.

In the order he did them. Each one is a job you'll do yourself as an owner-builder.

  1. 2016–17Contracts administrator and site foremanCASM

    Scopes, quotes, contracts, orders and cash flow on two small townhouse projects with an owner-builder, then on site as foreman while they were built.

  2. 2017–18Site managerSM

    Ran a 25-apartment site through the basement and structure: lookahead programmes, deliveries, safety, quality checks and fixing defects.

  3. 2018–19Contracts administrator and junior project managerCAPM

    Tendering, buying, trade contracts and progress claims on a $33M project of more than 100 homes.

  4. 2019–23Project managerPM

    Five projects from start to finish, from 4 to 20 townhouses each: programmes, budgets, contracts, variations and handover. One of them won an HIA award for Best Affordable Housing in 2023.

  5. 2023–24Senior project managerPM

    Led a team of seven project managers across 12 jobs, setting the programme, margin and cash-flow targets for each.

  6. 2024–26Senior project managerAll 3

    Ran a $10M custom home in Toorak for an owner-builder, as project manager, contracts administrator and site manager in one, from slab to handover in 13 months.

  7. 2026–nowProject managerPM

    Running a $20M-plus home in Toorak.

Teaching

He's trained project managers. Now he trains owner-builders.

As a senior project manager, Milé led a team of seven project managers. Before that, he managed and mentored the contracts administrators and site managers on his own jobs.

The course is that same training, rebuilt for people building their own home: what happens in what order, what to check, and what to get in writing.

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What you get from it

The parts the government test leaves out.

Live classes start 12 Jan

Learn to run your own build.

Six weeks, one evening a week live on Zoom (Tuesday or Thursday group), or online at your own pace. Live from A$1,999, online from A$999, and every level comes with the build pack.

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