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Barry B. LePatner with Robert E. Wright and Timothy C. Jacobson

Broken Buildings, Busted Budgets

How to Fix America's Trillion-Dollar Construction Industry

With Robert E. Wright and Timothy C. Jacobson
240 pages, 7 line drawings  5-1/2 x 8-1/2  © 2007

Cloth $25.00

ISBN: 9780226472676   Published October 2007

Paper $17.00

ISBN: 9780226472690   Published October 2008

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ISBN: 9780226472706

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List of Figures
Acknowledgements
Introduction

ONE
Overbudget and Overdue

TWO
The Economic Context of Construction

THREE
False Starts and Frustrated Beginnings: A History of the Industry

FOUR
Asymmetric Information: The Big Barrier to Change

FIVE
Minor Blemishes: Unions, Workers, and Government

SIX
Fixing the Construction Industry: Consolidation, Intermediaries, and Innovation

SEVEN
Practical Advice to Owners for Getting Started Now

Notes
Index
Subjects


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