1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910825434703321

Autore

Adamson Michael R.

Titolo

A better way to build : a history of the Pankow companies / / Michael R. Adamson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

West Lafayette, IN, : Purdue University Press, 2014

ISBN

1-61249-230-4

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xxv, 470 pages) : illustrations, photographs, charts

Disciplina

338.76624097

Soggetti

Pankow (Firm) - History

Architects and builders - United States

Civil & Environmental Engineering

Engineering & Applied Sciences

Civil Engineering

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Foreword -- Preface -- List of Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Chapter 1: Kiewit Days -- Chapter 2: Executing Design-Build, 1963-?1971 -- Chapter 3: Pankow in Hawaii, 1965-1984 -- Chapter 4: Pankow on the Mainland, 1972-1984 -- Chapter 5: Reorganization, Growth, and Recession, 1984-1991 -- Chapter 6: Promoting Design-Build and Funding Concrete Construction Research -- Chapter 7: Adapting to Market Change, 1991-2004 -- Epilogue -- Conclusion Appendix A: Major Projects Completed on the Mainland, 1963-2004, and in Hawaii after the Retirement of George Hutton, 1992-2004 -- Appendix B: Projects Completed in Hawaii under George Hutton -- Appendix C: The Pankow Companies: Innovations, Adaptations, and Tweaks -- List of Archival Collections -- Notes -- Index.