Broken buildings, busted budgets : how to fix America's trillion-dollar construction industry /

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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 Budget...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: LePatner, Barry B.
Otros Autores: Jacobson, Timothy C., 1948-, Wright, Robert E. (Robert Eric), 1969-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2007.
Temas:
Construction industry > United States > History.
Construction industry > United States > Management.
Construction > Industrie > États-Unis > Histoire.
Construction > Industrie > États-Unis > Gestion.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Industries > Service.
Construction industry
Construction industry > Management
United States
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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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