02083nam a22003974a 4500 ebr10265919 CaPaEBR 20260707180857.0 m u cr cn||||||||| 070510s2007 ilua sb 001 0 eng 2007019034 013823465 Uk 9780226472676 (cloth : alk. paper) 0226472671 (cloth : alk. paper) CaPaEBR CaPaEBR (OCoLC)646783209 n-us--- HD9715.U52 L46 2007eb 338.4/76900973 22 116540 91089 LePatner, Barry B. 163056 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. Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2007. x, 229 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. 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. Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2009. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. Construction industry United States History. 163057 Construction industry United States Management. 163058 Electronic books. local 190 Jacobson, Timothy C., 1948- 48895 Wright, Robert E. (Robert Eric), 1969- 163059 ebrary, Inc. 191 http://site.ebrary.com/lib/strathmore/Doc?id=10265919 An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view 116540 91089