LEADER 03439nam 22006494a 450 001 9910782444403321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-281-96581-2 010 $a9786611965815 010 $a0-226-47270-1 024 7 $a10.7208/9780226472706 035 $a(CKB)1000000000578135 035 $a(EBL)408197 035 $a(OCoLC)436097127 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000115203 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11117279 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000115203 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10010809 035 $a(PQKB)11654859 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC408197 035 $a(DE-B1597)524899 035 $a(OCoLC)1058942395 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780226472706 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL408197 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10265919 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL196581 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000578135 100 $a20070510d2007 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aBroken buildings, busted budgets$b[electronic resource] $ehow to fix America's trillion-dollar construction industry /$fBarry B. LePatner, with Timothy Jacobson and Robert E. Wright 210 $aChicago $cUniversity of Chicago Press$d2007 215 $a1 online resource (240 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-226-47267-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 187-215) and index. 327 $aIntroduction -- 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. 330 $aAcross 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 120 billion each year. With three decades of experience representing clients that include eminent arc 606 $aConstruction industry$zUnited States$xHistory 606 $aConstruction industry$zUnited States$xManagement 610 $aconstruction, home improvements, schools, hospitals, delays, cost overruns, management, supervision, regulation, developers, corporation, engineers, architects, technology, investment, production, building, contracts, remodel, industry, nonfiction, urban, development, government, workers, unions, innovation, consolidation, spending. 615 0$aConstruction industry$xHistory. 615 0$aConstruction industry$xManagement. 676 $a338.4/76900973 700 $aLePatner$b Barry B$01502337 701 $aJacobson$b Timothy C.$f1948-$01502338 701 $aWright$b Robert E$g(Robert Eric),$f1969-$0286277 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910782444403321 996 $aBroken buildings, busted budgets$93730029 997 $aUNINA