| Description |
1 online resource (x, 229 pages) : illustrations |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 187-215) and index. |
| Contents |
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. |
| Summary |
Across the nation, construction projects large and small?from hospitals to schools to simple home improvements?are spiraling out of control. Delays and cost overruns have come to seem?normal,? even as they drain our wallets and send our blood pressure skyrocketing. In Broken Buildings, Busted Budgets, prominent construction attorney Barry B. LePatner builds a powerful case for change in America?s sole remaining?mom and pop? industry?an industry that consumes 1 .23 trillion and wastes at least 1 20 billion each year. With three decades of experience representing clients that include eminent a. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Construction industry -- United States -- History.
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Construction industry. |
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United States. |
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History. |
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Construction industry -- United States -- Management.
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Management. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Jacobson, Timothy C., 1948-
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Wright, Robert E. (Robert Eric), 1969-
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| Other Form: |
Print version: LePatner, Barry B. Broken buildings, busted budgets. Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2007 9780226472676 0226472671 (DLC) 2007019034 (OCoLC)128236919 |
| ISBN |
9780226472706 (electronic book) |
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0226472701 (electronic book) |
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1281965812 |
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9781281965813 |
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9780226472676 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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0226472671 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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