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

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Bibliographic Details
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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Table of 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.