Broken buildings, busted budgets how to fix America's trillion-dollar construction industry /

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Main Author: LePatner, Barry B.
Corporate Author: ebrary, Inc
Other Authors: Jacobson, Timothy C., 1948-, Wright, Robert E. (Robert Eric), 1969-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2007.
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245 1 0 |a Broken buildings, busted budgets  |h [electronic resource] :  |b how to fix America's trillion-dollar construction industry /  |c Barry B. LePatner, with Timothy Jacobson and Robert E. Wright. 
260 |a Chicago :  |b University of Chicago Press,  |c 2007. 
300 |a x, 229 p. :  |b ill. 
504 |a Includes bibliographical references (p. 187-215) and index. 
505 0 |a 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. 
533 |a Electronic reproduction.  |b Palo Alto, Calif. :  |c ebrary,  |d 2013.  |n Available via World Wide Web.  |n Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. 
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650 0 |a Construction industry  |z United States  |x Management. 
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