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9780471513247

Construction Contractors' Survival Guide

by Schleifer, Thomas C.
  • ISBN13:

    9780471513247

  • ISBN10:

    0471513245

  • Edition: 1st
  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 1991-01-16
  • Publisher: Wiley-Interscience
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Summary

The turnover rate for companies in the construction industry is high. This book identifies the ten key elements of contractor failure and shows how to avoid them. Each element of failure is defined, illustrated by real examples, and ways are discussed to avoid or minimize the risks involved. The final chapter shows how to bring all these elements together to develop a positive and workable management strategy. This survival guide should prove invaluable to the 1.4 million individual construction-industry businesses in this country.

Author Biography

THOMAS C. SCHLEIFER, Ph.D. has 45 years of industry experience and was founder and President of the largest international consultancy firm serving the contract surety industry. He was an Eminent Scholar and Research Professor at the Del E. Webb School of Construction at Arizona State University. Dr. Schleifer, is known as "a turnaround" expert because of the number of companies that he has rescued from financial distress.

Table of Contents

Managing with Confidence.
Elements of Contractor Failure.
Increase in Project Size.
Change in Geographic Location.
Change in Type of Construction.
Replacing Key Personnel.
Managerial Maturity.
Accounting Systems.
Evaluating Contract Profitability.
Equipment Cost Control.
Billing Procedures.
The Use and Misuse of Computers.
Other Industry Concerns.
Glossary.
About the Author.
Index.

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