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Broken buildings, busted budgets [[electronic resource] ] : how to fix America's trillion-dollar construction industry / / Barry B. LePatner, with Timothy Jacobson and Robert E. Wright



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Autore: LePatner Barry B Visualizza persona
Titolo: Broken buildings, busted budgets [[electronic resource] ] : how to fix America's trillion-dollar construction industry / / Barry B. LePatner, with Timothy Jacobson and Robert E. Wright Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Chicago, : University of Chicago Press, 2007
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (240 p.)
Disciplina: 338.4/76900973
Soggetto topico: Construction industry - United States - History
Construction industry - United States - Management
Soggetto non controllato: construction, 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
Altri autori: JacobsonTimothy C. <1948->  
WrightRobert E <1969-> (Robert Eric)  
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 187-215) and index.
Nota di contenuto: 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.
Sommario/riassunto: 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 120 billion each year. With three decades of experience representing clients that include eminent arc
Titolo autorizzato: Broken buildings, busted budgets  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-281-96581-2
9786611965815
0-226-47270-1
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910782444403321
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