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A Better Way to Build: A History of the Pankow Companies
Michael R. Adamson
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Description for A Better Way to Build: A History of the Pankow Companies
Hardcover. Num Pages: 460 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: KCM; KN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 36. Weight in Grams: 907.
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 company’s foundation in 1963. In particular, it uses selected projects as case studies to analyse and explain how the company innovated at the project level.
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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 company’s 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 ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Purdue University Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
460
Place of Publication
West Lafayette, United States
ISBN
9781557536341
SKU
V9781557536341
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About Michael R. Adamson
Michael R. Adamson, PhD (UC Santa Barbara, 2000), has taught history at a number of institutions, most recently at California State University, and is an independent historical consultant. Arthur J. Fox Jr. (“Art Fox”) is Editor Emeritus of Engineering News Record, past president of the American Society of Civil Engineers, and the recipient of many other awards and ... Read more
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