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100 1 _aLePatner, Barry B.
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245 1 0 _aBroken buildings, busted budgets
_h[electronic resource] :
_bhow to fix America's trillion-dollar construction industry /
_cBarry B. LePatner, with Timothy Jacobson and Robert E. Wright.
260 _aChicago :
_bUniversity of Chicago Press,
_c2007.
300 _ax, 229 p. :
_bill. ;
_c23 cm.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 187-215) and index.
505 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.
533 _aElectronic reproduction.
_bPalo Alto, Calif. :
_cebrary,
_d2009.
_nAvailable via World Wide Web.
_nAccess may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
650 0 _aConstruction industry
_zUnited States
_xHistory.
_9163057
650 0 _aConstruction industry
_zUnited States
_xManagement.
_9163058
655 7 _aElectronic books.
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700 1 _aJacobson, Timothy C.,
_d1948-
_948895
700 1 _aWright, Robert E.
_q(Robert Eric),
_d1969-
_9163059
710 2 _aebrary, Inc.
_9191
856 4 0 _uhttp://site.ebrary.com/lib/strathmore/Doc?id=10265919
_zAn electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view
999 _c116540
_d91089