A Better Way to Build (Hardcover)

Langue : anglais

Edité par Purdue University Press, West Lafayette, 2013

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Hardcover. While architects have been the subject of many scholarly studies, we know very little about the companies that built the structures they designed. This book is a study in business history as well as civil engineering and construction management. It details the contributions that Charles J. Pankow, a 1947 graduate of Purdue University, and his firm have made as builders of large, often concrete, commercial structures since the companys foundation in 1963. In particular, it uses selected projects as case studies to analyse and explain how the company innovated at the project level. The company has been recognised as a pioneer in design-build, a methodology that involves the construction company in the development of structures and substitutes negotiated contracts for the bidding of architects plans. The Pankow companies also developed automated construction technologies that helped keep projects on time and within budget. The book includes dozens of photographs of buildings under construction from the companys archive and other sources. At the same time, the author analyses and evaluates the strategic decision making of the firm through 2004, the year in which the founder died. While Charles Pankow figures prominently in the narrative, the book also describes how others within the firm adapted the business so that the company could survive a commercial market that changed significantly as a result of the recession of the 1990s. Extending beyond the scope of most business biographies, this book is a study in industry innovation and the power of corporate culture, as well as the story of one particular company and the individuals who created it. Key Features: There are many books about architects, but very few about twentieth-century makers. Tells the story behind many iconic buildings, especially in the western half of the US. Charles Pankow was a pioneer in concrete construction and the design-build system. While architects have been the subject of many scholarly studies, we know very little about the companies that built the structures they designed. Extending beyond the scope of most business biographies, this book is a study in industry innovation and the power of corporate culture, as well as the story of one particular company and the individuals who created it. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.…

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Titre
A Better Way to Build (Hardcover)
Auteur
Michael R. Adamson
Éditeur
Purdue University Press, West Lafayette
Année de publication
2013
État de l'article
new
Reliure
Hardcover
Langue
anglais
ISBN à 10 chiffres
1557536341
ISBN à 13 chiffres
9781557536341

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