Broken Buildings, Busted Budgets - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Broken Buildings, Busted Budgets write by Barry B. LePatner. This book was released on 2008-09-15. Broken Buildings, Busted Budgets available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Addressing the out-of-control delays and cost overruns of construction projects across the nation, prominent construction attorney LePatner builds a powerful case for change in an industry that consumes $1.23 trillion and wastes at least $120 billion each year.
Too Big to Fall
Too Big to Fall - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Too Big to Fall write by Barry B. LePatner. This book was released on 2010. Too Big to Fall available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. A comprehensive overview of the shocking state of our nation's infrastructure and what must be done to fix it
Building Lean, Building BIM
Building Lean, Building BIM - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Building Lean, Building BIM write by Rafael Sacks. This book was released on 2017-12-06. Building Lean, Building BIM available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Building Lean, Building BIM is the essential guide for any construction company that wants to implement Lean Construction and Building Information Modelling (BIM) to gain a strategic edge over their competition. The first of its kind, the book outlines the principles of Lean, the functionality of BIM, and the interactions between the two, illustrating them through the story of how Tidhar Construction has implemented Lean Construction and BIM in a concerted effort over four years. Tidhar is a small-to-medium-sized construction company that pioneered a way of working that gave it a profit margin unheard of in its market. The company's story serves as a case study for explanation of the various facets of Lean Construction and BIM. Each chapter defines a principle of Lean and/or BIM, describes the achievements and failures in Tidhar's implementation based on the experiences of the key people involved, and reviews the relevant background and theory. The implementation at Tidhar has not been a pure success, but by examining their motives alongside their achievements and failures, readers will learn about what pitfalls and pinnacles to expect. A number of chapters also compare the experience of Tidhar with those of other companies who are leaders in their fields, such as Skanska and DPR. This book is highly relevant and useful to a wide range of readers from the construction industry, especially those who are frustrated with the inefficiencies in their companies and construction projects. It is also essential reading for Lean and BIM enthusiasts, researchers and students from a variety of industries and backgrounds.
Other People's Money
Other People's Money - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Other People's Money write by Charles V. Bagli. This book was released on 2014-03-25. Other People's Money available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. A veteran New York Times reporter dissects the most spectacular failure in real estate history Real estate giant Tishman Speyer and its partner, BlackRock, lost billions of dollars when their much-vaunted purchase of Stuyvesant Town–Peter Cooper Village in New York City failed to deliver the expected profits. But how did Tishman Speyer walk away from the deal unscathed, while others took the financial hit—and MetLife scored a $3 billion profit? Illuminating the world of big real estate the way Too Big to Fail did for banks, Other People’s Money is a riveting account of politics, high finance, and the hubris that ultimately led to the nationwide real estate meltdown.
The Commercial Real Estate Revolution
The Commercial Real Estate Revolution - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Commercial Real Estate Revolution write by Rex Miller. This book was released on 2009-07-08. The Commercial Real Estate Revolution available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. As it currently operates, the commercial real estate construction industry is a disaster full of built-in waste. Seventy-percent of all projects end over budget and late. The buildingSMART Alliance estimates that up to fifty-percent of the process is consumed in waste. Almost every project includes massive hidden taxes in the form of delays, cost overruns, poor quality, and work that has to be redone. Building new structures is a fragmented, adversarial process that commonly results in dissatisfied customers and frequently ends in disappointment, bitterness, and even litigation. The industry must change—for its own good and that of its customers. But while the industry has tried to reform itself, it can’t do it alone. Real change can only come from business owners and executives who refuse to continue paying for a dysfunctional system and demand a new way of doing business. The Commercial Real Estate Revolution is a bold manifesto for change from the Mindshift consortium—a group of top commercial real estate industry leaders who are fed up with a system that simply doesn’t work. The book explains how business leaders can implement nine principles for any project that will dramatically cut costs, end delays, create better buildings, and force the industry into real reform. The Commercial Real Estate Revolution offers a radically new way of doing business—a beginning-to-end, trust-based methodology that transforms the building process from top to bottom. Based on unifying principles and a common framework that meets the needs of all stakeholders, this new system can reform and remake commercial construction into an industry we’re proud to be a part of. If you’re one of the millions of hardcore cynics who work in commercial construction, you probably think this sounds like pie in the sky. But this is no magic bullet; it’s a call for real reform. If you’re an industry professional who’s sick of letting down clients or an owner who’s sick of cost overruns and endless delays, The Commercial Real Estate Revolution offers a blueprint for fixing a broken industry.
