What are the criteria and conditions that each Project Manager hired by a Bigfoot Forestry franchisee must meet?
Bigfoot_Forestry Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
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- 8.2. Project Manager. If you do not adhere to an owner-operator model, you must hire a Person (a "Project Manager") to manage and supervise your Business. The Project Manager must: (a) remain actively and personally involved with the operation of your Business on a full-time basis; and (b) travel to job sites for purposes of providing Bigfoot Forestry Services, managing projects and supervising Service Technicians (if any). The Managing Owner must monitor and supervise the Project Manager to ensure your Business is operated in compliance with this Agreement and the Manual. Any Person you hire as a Project Manager must: (a) be approved by us; (b) satisfy all requirements in §8.3 for Service Technicians; (c) successfully complete all additional training programs we require for a Project Manager; (d) dedicate full-time efforts to your Business; and (e) sign a Confidentiality Agreement. If you own and operate more than three (3) Bigfoot Forestry Businesses, you must hire a Project Manager. The Managing Owner or Project Manager can manage a maximum of three (3) territories. You must hire an additional Project Manager for every three (3) additional territories you open and operate.
Source: Item 23 — RECEIPT (FDD pages 42–162)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
According to Bigfoot Forestry's 2025 Franchise Disclosure Document, a franchisee must hire a Project Manager if they operate more than three Bigfoot Forestry businesses. The Project Manager is responsible for managing and supervising the business, and can manage a maximum of three territories. For every three additional territories, the franchisee must hire another Project Manager.
The criteria for a Project Manager include being approved by Bigfoot Forestry, satisfying all requirements for Service Technicians, and completing additional training programs required for Project Managers. They must also dedicate full-time efforts to the Bigfoot Forestry business and sign a Confidentiality Agreement. The Project Manager must remain actively and personally involved with the operation of the business on a full-time basis and travel to job sites to provide Bigfoot Forestry Services, manage projects, and supervise Service Technicians.
The Managing Owner is responsible for monitoring and supervising the Project Manager to ensure the business operates in compliance with the Franchise Agreement and the Manual. If a franchisee hires a Project Manager, that Project Manager must also serve as a Service Technician. This ensures that the Project Manager is not only managing the business but also actively involved in providing the services offered by Bigfoot Forestry.