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Who We Serve

Whether you oversee building construction for a small rural agency or lead capital improvements for a major metropolitan housing authority, Level Best helps you strengthen the people responsible for delivering your projects.

Professional development
for public housing teams

Housing authorities need people who understand more than the fundamentals of construction. Capital projects can involve planning and needs assessment, procurement, contract administration, documentation, inspections, funding requirements, project closeout, and recordkeeping. Staff need to understand not only what needs to happen, but how their role fits into the larger project lifecycle. Level Best turns those responsibilities into practical, accessible training designed around the realities of public housing.

Level Best complements your agency's existing policies, procedures, required certifications, and HUD guidance with practical professional development your staff can access throughout the year.

For PHA Leadership & Management Teams

Build capacity inside your agency.

A successful capital program depends on more than one experienced employee. Your organization needs a team that understands the process, knows what good project management looks like, and can carry that knowledge forward from one project to the next. Level Best gives Executive Directors, capital program leaders, department directors, and managers a scalable way to develop that capacity.

1. Create More Consistency Across Your Team

Give employees a shared understanding of the project lifecycle, terminology, expectations, and fundamental processes behind public housing capital work. Instead of relying solely on knowledge passed from one employee to another, establish a common training foundation your team can return to.

2. Develop Your Next Generation of Project Leaders

Experienced construction and capital program professionals eventually change roles, retire, or leave the organization. Level Best helps you invest in the employees who will take on greater responsibility next—building their knowledge before they have to learn everything in the middle of a live project.

3. Make Onboarding Easier

When a new construction manager, project manager, procurement professional, or maintenance supervisor joins your team, they shouldn't have to wait months for an outside training session. With on-demand courses, employees can begin learning as part of their onboarding and revisit the material as they gain experience on the job.

4. Make Professional Development Easier to Manage

Train one employee, a department, or your entire organization. Team and organization plans can give leadership a clearer view of enrollment, learner progress, and course completion while allowing employees to work through training on schedules that fit their responsibilities.

5. Extend Training Beyond a Single Event

In-person training can be valuable, but much of that knowledge disappears once the session ends. Level Best gives your organization a standing training resource employees can return to—along with written summaries, checklists, templates, reference guides, and other course materials.

Learn skills you can apply
to your current projects today

Level Best isn't built around abstract project management theory. The training is designed for professionals working in and around public housing capital projects—including:

  • Construction Managers
  • Project Managers
  • Modernization Staff
  • Procurement Professionals
  • Maintenance Supervisors
  • Facilities Staff
  • Operations Teams
  • Emerging Managers

Whether you're new to the role or have years of experience, Level Best helps you understand the bigger picture and become more confident in the decisions you're responsible for making.

  1. 01

    Understand the Entire Project Lifecycle

    See how planning, procurement, construction, documentation, oversight, and closeout work together rather than learning each responsibility in isolation.

  2. 02

    Connect HUD Requirements to the Work

    Learn in the context of public housing and publicly funded capital projects, with training designed to make requirements and processes easier to understand and apply.

  3. 03

    Build Confidence in Your Role

    Know what questions to ask, what documentation matters, what to watch for as a project progresses, and when an issue needs greater attention.

  4. 04

    Learn Without Leaving the Job Behind

    Complete lessons at your own pace instead of losing days to travel or waiting for the next scheduled training. Pause when work demands your attention. Return when you're ready.

  5. 05

    Keep Practical Resources at Hand

    Courses include written lesson summaries, downloadable tools, checklists, knowledge checks, and other resources. Complete to earn a digital certificate.

Built for Agencies of Every Size

Different agencies. The same need for capable people.

Smaller PHAs

A small housing authority may have one person wearing several hats. For smaller PHAs, online self-paced training provides access to specialized compliance and management expertise without the prohibitive cost, scheduling complications, and logistical headaches of bringing an instructor on-site.

Larger PHAs

A large authority may have separate departments for capital planning, procurement, construction, maintenance, and operations. Level Best creates a repeatable training resource that can help standardize critical HUD project knowledge across teams, locations, and new-hire cohorts.

Need a tailored approach? When an off-the-shelf course isn't enough, Level Best can develop custom programs around your agency's policies, projects, compliance needs, and workforce-development goals.

Training grounded in
the work PHAs actually do

Level Best was created by SB Thomas & Associates, a construction management and inspection firm with extensive experience working alongside public agencies. Founder and lead instructor Sheree Thomas has spent more than a decade training housing authority and public-sector professionals while continuing to work directly in construction management, capital planning, and project delivery.

That experience shapes every Level Best course. The goal isn't simply to help your employees finish training. It's to help them do the work better.

Public housing professional reviewing project plans

Give your team
a stronger foundation

Build the knowledge, confidence, and consistency your staff needs to manage public housing capital projects more effectively. Whether you're developing one employee or creating a professional-development program for your entire organization, Level Best gives your team expert-led training they can access when they need it.

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