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Record ID marc_loc_updates/v35.i23.records.utf8:18505290:1528
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LEADER: 01528cam a22003018a 4500
001 2007019034
003 DLC
005 20070601083059.0
008 070510s2007 ilu b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2007019034
020 $a9780226472676 (cloth : alk. paper)
020 $a0226472671 (cloth : alk. paper)
040 $aDLC$cDLC$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,$cc2007.
263 $a0711
300 $ap. cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references 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