Leonard "Chuck" Thompson

Chuck Thompson built high-end homes in central Missouri for the better part of a decade. He was a founding partner of LC Thompson Construction Co. in the Jefferson City area, where he ran his own crews and priced the work himself. That is the seat he reads TheFatBook's numbers from. He goes through the cost ranges, negotiation floors, regional adjustments, and contractor markup logic the same way he went through his own bids: line by line, against what the job actually costs to do right. Chuck is retired from the trade now and reviews the methodology on a flat consulting rate, with no equity, no referral arrangements, and no financial tie to any contractor, supplier, or data source the numbers touch.