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Construction industry

Here are entered works on the construction business, including finance, planning, management, and skills. Works on the skilled trades employed in building construction are entered under Building trades. Works on all types of laborers, both skilled and unskilled, employed in the construction industry are entered under Construction workers.

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Walker's building estimator's reference book (Frank R. Walker Co., 1915), by Frank R. Walker Company (page images at HathiTrust)
Japanese, Korean and Filipino international construction contractors : structure and performance (Australian National University, Development Studies Centre, 1984), by Peter James Rimmer and John Black (page images at HathiTrust)
Building for investment (Reinhold, 1951), by Clinton Harriman Cowgill (page images at HathiTrust)
Housing construction statistics, 1889 to 1964. (U.S. Bureau of the Census, 1966), by United States Bureau of the Census (page images at HathiTrust)
A Competitive assessment of the U.S. international construction industry (U.S. Dept. of Commerce, International Trade Administration :, 1989), by United States. Dept.of Commerce and United States. International Trade Administration. Capital Goods and International Construction Sector Group (page images at HathiTrust)
A Competitive assessment of the U.S. international construction industry (Office of Industry Assessment, Trade Information and Analysis, Assistant Secretary for Trade Development :, 1984), by United States. International Trade Administration. Assistant Secretary for Trade Development and United States. International Trade Administration. Industry Analysis Division (page images at HathiTrust)
Federal home loan bank review. (Federal Home Loan Bank Administration., 1934), by United States. Federal Home Loan Bank Administration and United States. Federal Home Loan Bank Board (page images at HathiTrust)
Construction and building materials : basic industrial data (The Board, 1957), by National Industrial Conference Board (page images at HathiTrust)
Highway contracting : assessing fraud and abuse in FHWA's disadvantaged business enterprise program : report to the chairman, Subcommittee on Water Resources, Transportation, and Infrastructure, Committee on Environment and Public Works, U.S. Senate. (U.S. General Accounting Office, 1988), by Transportation United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Environment and Public Works. Subcommittee on Water Resources and United States General Accounting Office (page images at HathiTrust)
The construction industry and its capital-goods requirements : a ten-year projection. (Center for Economic Projections, National Planning Association, 1963), by National Planning Association. Center for Economic Projections (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
The industrial council for the building industry: the story of a revolution in industrial development; together with the full text of the Foster Report on organised public service in the building industry. (Harrison and Sons, 1920), by Garton Foundation (page images at HathiTrust)
Wenzlick construction cost manual. (Saint Louis, 1955), by Roy Wenzlick & Co, inc. Real Estate Analysts, and Wenzlick (Roy) and Company. Building cost manual (page images at HathiTrust)
Construction cost indexes. Annual indexes, 1915-1953; monthly indexes, Jan. 1949-July 1954. ([Washington, 1954), by United States Bureau of Labor Statistics (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
State Architect's standard mechanical specifications of November 1, 1955. ([Albany, 1956), by New York (State). Department of Public Works. Division of Architecture (page images at HathiTrust)
Public hearing for the purpose of providing information to be used by the Department of Labor in devising definite standards and goals of minority manpower utilization pursuant to the revised Philadelphia plan. (Atlas Reporting Service, 1969), by United States Department of Labor (page images at HathiTrust)
Roadblocks to innovation in the housing industry; a report to the National Commission on Urban Problems (National Commission on Urban Problems, 1968), by Carl Koch, Roger K. Lewis, and United States. National Commission on Urban Problems (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
An assessment of the disadvantaged business enterprise program of the Urban Mass Transportation Administration (U.S. Department of Transportation, Urban Mass Transportation Administration, Office of Technical Assistance, University Research and Training Program ;, 1985), by Larry C. Cooper, Naomi W. Ledé, United States. Urban Mass Transportation Administration. University Research and Training Program, and Texas Southern University. Center for Transportation Training and Research (page images at HathiTrust)
"Buy American" regulations : effects on surface transportation (Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress, 1986), by John W. Fischer and Library of Congress. Economics Division (page images at HathiTrust)
Disadvantaged business enterprise (DBE) program resource manual (U.S. Department of Transportation :, 1985), by Technology Sharing Program (U.S.), United States. Urban Mass Transportation Administration. Office of Grants Management, and Latin American Manufacturers Association (page images at HathiTrust)
Transportation construction management (U.S. Department of Transportation, 1980), by United States. Dept. of Transportation, Urban Consortium for Technology Initiatives. Transportation Task Force, and inc Public Technology (page images at HathiTrust)
An OSHA guide to evaluating your firm's injury and illness experience, 1974 : construction industries. (U.S. Dept. of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, 1976), by United States Bureau of Labor Statistics (page images at HathiTrust)
An OSHA guide to evaluating your firm's injury and illness experience, 1974 : manufacturing industries. (U.S. Dept. of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, 1976), by United States Bureau of Labor Statistics (page images at HathiTrust)
A guide to evaluating your firm's injury and illness experience, 1975 : construction industries. (Dept. of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, 1977), by United States Bureau of Labor Statistics (page images at HathiTrust)
Industrial Chicago. (The Goodspeed Publishing Company, 1891) (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Contested procurement : Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority and Everson Electric : briefing report to Congressional requesters. (U.S. General Accounting Office, 1986), by United States General Accounting Office (page images at HathiTrust)
Advantages and disadvantages of wrap-up insurance for large construction projects (The Office, 1999), by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on Transportation and United States General Accounting Office (page images at HathiTrust)
National quality initiative : long-range plan (U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration ;, 1994), by National Quality Initiative Steering Committee (U.S.) and United States. Federal Highway Administration (page images at HathiTrust)
Bautätigkeit und Wohnungsmarkt in Berlin, 1906 bis 1908/1909. (Puttkammer & Mühlbrecht, 1909), by Statistisches Amt der Stadt Berlin (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
The labor factors in engineering construction (1917), by Nicholas Gerten (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Some Stewart structures, James Stewart & company, contractors, St. Louis, New York, Chicago, Pittsburg, New Orleans, Denver, San Francisco, and the Canadian Stewart company, ltd., Montreal. (W. M. Probasco, 1909), by James Stewart & Company (page images at HathiTrust)
Notes on building construction, arranged to meet the requirements of the syllabus of the Council on Education, South Kensington. (Longmans, Green, and co., 1889), by Henry Fidler and Great Britain. Department of Science and Art (page images at HathiTrust)
Annual construction industry report. (U.S. Dept. of Labor, Labor-Management Services Administration, Office of Construction Industry Services., 1980), by United States. Office of Construction Industry Services (page images at HathiTrust)
Das Baugewerbe in Leipzig vom 15. Jahrhundert bis zur Gegenwart (W. Kohlhammer, 1914), by Richard Vockert (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Improper home construction in Delaware: hearings before the Subcommittee on Housing of the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, House of Representatives, Eighty-fourth Congress, second session, on poor construction, deviation from plans and specifications on homes built under the Veterans' administration guaranteed loan program, March 3, 1956, Wilmington, Del., March 21, 1956, Washington, D.C. 1956. (U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1956), by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Subcommittee on Housing (page images at HathiTrust)
A good home for every wage-earner (J. Nolen, in the 1910s), by John Nolen (page images at HathiTrust)
Review of the building situation in Illinois during ... Dec. 1933 - Dec. 1934 (Illinois Dept. of Labor, Division of Statistics and Research, in the 20th century), by Illinois. Department of Labor. Division of Statistics and Research (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Census of construction industries: Puerto Rico (For sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1970), by United States Bureau of the Census (page images at HathiTrust)
A guide to evaluating your firm's injury and illness experience, 1976: construction industries. (Dept. of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, 1978), by United States Bureau of Labor Statistics and United States. Office of Occupational Safety and Health Statistics. Division of Periodic Surveys (page images at HathiTrust)
Drivers of job creation : hearing before the Subcommittee on Economic Policy of the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, United States Senate, One Hundred Thirteenth Congress, second session, on examining the current state of job creation focusing on key sectors spurring job growth as well as the important role of the middle class, May 7, 2014. ([publisher not identified], 2014), by Housing United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Banking and Housing United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Banking (page images at HathiTrust)
The effects of cyclical demand on industry structure and on the rate of technological change : an international comparison of the housebuilding sectors in the United States, Great Britain and France (s.n.], 1984), by Mark Alan Willis (page images at HathiTrust)
Toward equal opportunity in the construction industry : a report of the Rhode Island State Advisory Committee to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights. ([United States Commission on Civil Rights?], 1970), by United States Commission on Civil Rights. Rhode Island State Advisory Committee (page images at HathiTrust)
Terrazzo, tile, marble, and mosaic work special trade contractors, industry 1743 (U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Bureau of the Census :, 1990), by United States Bureau of the Census (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Outlook for construction in 1975 and 2000, United States. ([Washington], 1961), by United States. Business and Defense Services Administration. Construction Industry Division and United States. Study Commission: Southeast River Basins (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Census of construction. (U.S. G.P.O., Supt. of Docs., 1991), by United States. Superintendent of Documents (page images at HathiTrust)

Filed under: Construction industry -- Accounting

Construction cost control (The Society, 1951), by American Society of Civil Engineers. Construction Division (page images at HathiTrust)
Record keeping for the small home builder (Housing and Home Finance Aggency, Office of the Administrator, Division of Housing Research, 1952), by Richard Lee Brummet (page images at HathiTrust)
Practical accounting for general contractors (McGraw-Hill book company, inc., 1925), by Harris Denison Grant (page images at HathiTrust)
Labor costs of construction; a reference book for engineers, architects, contractors and builders (Gillette publishing company, 1928), by Frank L. Connor (page images at HathiTrust)
Builder's accounts (Gee & Co., 1904), by John A. Walbank (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Practical accounting and cost keeping for contractors, illustrating and describing in easy understandable language, bookkeeping and accounting systems for contractors, giving complete instructions and examples of the proper methods of keeping time and compiling costs on all classes of construction work (Frank R. Walker company, 1924), by Frank Rabold Walker (page images at HathiTrust)
Practical accounting and cost keeping for contractors, illustrating and describing in easy, understandable language, bookkeeping and accounting systems for contractors, giving complete instructions and examples of the proper methods of keeping time and compiling costs on all clases of construction (Frank R. Walker Company, 1938), by Frank Rabold Walker (page images at HathiTrust)
Builders' account and costs (Sir I. Pitman & sons, ltd., 1924), by Robert G. Legge (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Construction accounting. ([s.n.], 1923), by William Maurice Affelder (page images at HathiTrust)
Accounting and business methods for contractors (McGraw-Hill book Co., 1924), by Charles Francis Dingman (page images at HathiTrust)
Practical accounting for general contractors (McGraw-Hill Book Company, inc., 1922), by Harris Denison Grant (page images at HathiTrust)
Practical cost keeping for contractors, a book giving a system of accurate cost keeping and the methods used for adapting it to all classes of construction work. (Chicago, 1918), by Frank Rabold Walker (page images at HathiTrust)
Practical cost keeping for contractors; a book giving a system of accurate cost keeping and the methods used for adapting it to all classes of construction work. (F.R. Walker, 1916), by Frank Rabold Walker (page images at HathiTrust)
Contractors' accounting practice, with procedure also for owners, architects, and engineers (The Ronald Press Company, 1924), by William Maurice Affelder (page images at HathiTrust)
Auditing in the construction industry. (New York, 1959), by American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (page images at HathiTrust)
"Practical" business methods for contractors (Frank R. Walker Company, 1919), by Frank Rabold Walker (page images at HathiTrust)
Builder's accounts (Gee & Co., 1913), by John A. Walbank (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Builders' accounts (Gee & Co., 1913), by John Arthur Walbank (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Practical cost keeping for contractors a book giving a system of accurate cost keeping and the methods used for adapting it to all classes of construction work. (F.R. Walker, 1916), by Frank Rabold Walker (page images at HathiTrust)
Practical accounting and cost keeping for contractors; a treatise on modern business methods ... (F.R. Walker Co., 1948), by Frank Rabold Walker (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Suggested guide for field cost accounting for building contractors. (Washington, D.C., 1961), by Associated General Contractors of America (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)

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