02083nam a22003974a 4500001001200000003000800012005001700020006001900037007001500056008004100071010001700112016001800129020003900147020003600186040002100222035002100243043001200264050002700276082002300303090001800326100003100344245018800375260005100563300003200614504006400646505040400710533015201114650005901266650006201325655003401387700004001421700005301461710002201514856013101536999001801667ebr10265919CaPaEBR20260707180857.0m        u        cr cn|||||||||070510s2007    ilua    sb    001 0 eng    z  20070190347 z0138234652Uk  z9780226472676 (cloth : alk. paper)  z0226472671 (cloth : alk. paper)  aCaPaEBRcCaPaEBR  a(OCoLC)646783209  an-us---14aHD9715.U52bL46 2007eb04a338.4/76900973222  c116540d910891 aLePatner, Barry B.916305610aBroken buildings, busted budgetsh[electronic resource] :bhow to fix America's trillion-dollar construction industry /cBarry B. LePatner, with Timothy Jacobson and Robert E. Wright.  aChicago :bUniversity of Chicago Press,c2007.  ax, 229 p. :bill. ;c23 cm.  aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 187-215) and index.0 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.  aElectronic reproduction.bPalo Alto, Calif. :cebrary,d2009.nAvailable via World Wide Web.nAccess may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. 0aConstruction industryzUnited StatesxHistory.9163057 0aConstruction industryzUnited StatesxManagement.9163058 7aElectronic books.2local91901 aJacobson, Timothy C.,d1948-9488951 aWright, Robert E.q(Robert Eric),d1969-91630592 aebrary, Inc.919140uhttp://site.ebrary.com/lib/strathmore/Doc?id=10265919zAn electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view  c116540d91089