Broken buildings, busted budgets : how to fix America's trillion-dollar construction industry / Barry B. LePatner, with Timothy Jacobson and Robert E. Wright.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

LePatner, Barry B.

Contributor:

Jacobson, Timothy C., 1948-

Wright, Robert E. (Robert Eric), 1969-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Construction industry--United States--History.

Construction industry.

Construction industry--United States--Management.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (240 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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 Budgets, prominent construction attorney Barry B. LePatner builds a powerful case for change in America's sole remaining "mom and pop" industry—an industry that consumes 1.23 trillion and wastes at least 120 billion each year. With three decades of experience representing clients that include eminent arc

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.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 187-215) and index.

ISBN:

9786611965815

9781281965813

1281965812

9780226472706

0226472701

OCLC:

436097127