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Author

LePatner, Barry B.

Title 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.

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Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2007.

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Available to Pittsburg State University patrons only.

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Location	Call No.	OPAC Message	Status
Axe ProQuest E-Book	Electronic Book	---	Available

Description	x, 229 p. : ill.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (p. 187-215) and index.
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.
Reproduction	Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Subject	Construction industry -- United States -- History.
	Construction industry -- United States -- Management.
Genre/Form	Electronic books.
Added Author	Jacobson, Timothy C., 1948-
	Wright, Robert E. (Robert Eric), 1969-
	ProQuest (Firm)
ISBN	9780226472676 (cloth : alk. paper)
	0226472671 (cloth : alk. paper)