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Record ID marc_loc_2016/BooksAll.2016.part34.utf8:124335725:1863
Source Library of Congress
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LEADER: 01863cam a22003374a 4500
001 2007019034
003 DLC
005 20090726081133.0
008 070510s2007 ilua b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2007019034
016 7 $a013823465$2Uk
020 $a9780226472676 (cloth : alk. paper)
020 $a0226472671 (cloth : alk. paper)
035 $a(OCoLC)ocn128236919
040 $aDLC$cDLC$dBAKER$dBTCTA$dUKM$dC#P$dYDXCP$dIXA$dDLC
043 $an-us---
050 00 $aHD9715.U52$bL46 2007
082 00 $a338.4/76900973$222
100 1 $aLePatner, Barry B.
245 10 $aBroken buildings, busted budgets :$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.
650 0 $aConstruction industry$zUnited States$xHistory.
650 0 $aConstruction industry$zUnited States$xManagement.
700 1 $aJacobson, Timothy C.,$d1948-
700 1 $aWright, Robert E.$q(Robert Eric),$d1969-
856 41 $3Table of contents only$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0717/2007019034.html
856 42 $3Publisher description$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0732/2007019034-d.html
856 42 $3Contributor biographical information$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0827/2007019034-b.html