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.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: BookBookPublication details: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2007.Description: x, 229 p. : illSubject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 338.4/76900973 22
LOC classification:
  • HD9715.U52 L46 2007eb
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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.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 187-215) and index.

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.

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