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Broken Buildings, Busted Budgets

May 24, 2008

  

"Imagine an automobile assembly line where each step along the line is undertaken by a different company with its own financial interest and separate labor union!"

 Moshe Safdie, internationally renowned architect

Broken Buildings, Busted Budgets - How To Fix America's Trillion-Dollar Construction Industry By Barry B. Lepatner

I can't think of a more valid description of the way a typical construction project goes together than the one described above.  Anyone who has spent more than a few weeks in the construction trades has plainly seen this dysfunction but because it seems to be everywhere in the industry we tend to just say...

"It is what it is..."

...and move on with building the project. 

Is this really the only way?  This book goes a long ways into studying the problem and providing some real-world solutions.  It is a must-read for anyone in the industry from crew-leader to executive to project owner. 

Making this book a mandatory read for the submittal process would go a long ways towards helping fix some of the problems we experience on projects! 

Broken Building, Busted Budgets - By:  Barry LePatner

  

More Information About Barry LePatner

 

Barry B. LePatner & Associates LLP
600 Lexington Avenue, 21st Floor
New York, NY 10022

Tel: 212-935-4400
Fax: 212-935-4404
E-mail: mail@lepatner.com

 

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