Broken buildings, busted budgets: how to fix America's trillion-dollar construction industry / Barry B. LePatner, with Timothy Jacobson and Robert E. Wright.
LePatner, Barry B.; Jacobson, Timothy C., 1948-; Wright, Robert E. (Robert Eric), 1969-
2007
HD9715.U52 L46 2007
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Title
Broken buildings, busted budgets: how to fix America's trillion-dollar construction industry / Barry B. LePatner, with Timothy Jacobson and Robert E. Wright.
Author
LePatner, Barry B.
ISBN
9780226472676 (cloth : alk. paper)
0226472671 (cloth : alk. paper)
Publication Details
Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2007.
Language
English
Description
x, 229 p. : ill.
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HD9715.U52 L46 2007
Dewey Decimal Classification
338.4/76900973
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (p. 187-215) and index.
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Jacobson, Timothy C., 1948-
Wright, Robert E. (Robert Eric), 1969-
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Introduction
Overbudget and overdue
The economic context of construction
False starts and frustrated beginnings: a history of the industry
Asymmetric information: the big barrier to change
Minor blemishes: unions, workers, and government
Fixing the construction industry: consolidation, intermediaries, and innovation
Practical advice to owners for getting started now
Notes.

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