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Building a Successful Construction Company | 
 enlarge | Author: Patricia W. Atallah
Publisher: Kaplan Business
Category: Book
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Rating:  3 reviews
Sales Rank: 32981
Media: Paperback
Pages: 256
Number Of Items: 1
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Dimensions (in): 8.8 x 7.2 x 0.6
ISBN: 1419528114
Dewey Decimal Number: 624.0684
EAN: 9781419528118
ASIN: 1419528114
Publication Date: August 28, 2006
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Product Description
Building a Successful Construction Company by Patricia W. Atallah is a straightforward, conversational guide that emphasizes how strategic thinking is essential for starting and running a construction company today. With over 10 years of experience consulting on construction business practices, Atallah has worked with hundreds of companies and knows the tricks of the trade that continually prove successful. In Building a Successful Construction Company, the 2.7 million new and experienced contractors in the U.S. alone will welcome a practical, easy-to-read book that lays out the facts needed to get started, provides valuable resources and interactive tools, offers insightful anecdotes from top experts in the field, and helps them incorporate much-needed strategy and structure into their businesses. Armed with a real appreciation for the challenges that contractors face every day, Atallah has developed practical tools and advisory services aimed at helping contractors avoid the pitfalls and build a solid, stable, and profitable business. And, unlike other books, Building a Successful Construction Company is written to all commercial, institutional and residential contractors.
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Required reading October 12, 2006
L. Tukell (Brooklyn, N.Y.)
21 out of 21 found this review helpful
If you are considering starting a construction business or trying to grow an existing contracting firm, this book offers hard won experience in a well written format. It is like having a conversation with a personal construction industry business coach.
The book lays out the numerous details you must be mindful and does not sugar coat the potential pitfalls you will probably come across. The appendices alone are a valuable compilation of resources that include a Strategic Business Plan Workbook, useful industry government website addresses, and sample forms and templates.
I previously worked with some of the top construction industry leaders in the New York City region developing courses for small contractors. I am confident that the instructors I retained from both the public and private sectors would be impressed with this comprehensive document. The book deserves to be incorporated into any construction and business management course curriculum directed to small contractors.
Robert Seidel
A Wonderfully Informative Read November 18, 2006
Joe H.
18 out of 18 found this review helpful
Building a Successful Construction Company contains very valuable advice; advice that people pay consultants dearly for when they need it. The writing style is very direct and user friendly. The depth of knowledge and the sophisticated writing style make this book fun to read. Despite its size, the book reads like a crash course in economics, marketing, finance, accounting, and entrepreneurship. The author displays a brilliant command of these disciplines and more, in addition to her thorough knowledge of the construction industry. The book is very detailed for its size and includes a wealth of informational resources that should prove very useful for the busy CEO. What makes this book extremely useful is that it applies to any geographical area and to all types of construction.
This book should find its place on the SBA's list of reference books and be placed on the book shelf of every chamber of commerce and trade association in every major city. It should be required reading for anyone studying to obtain a contractor's license as well as for those who are already managing their construction businesses.
Joe Halim,
Senior Professor,
Devry University
Author's Comment on Berman Review January 24, 2007
Patricia W. Atallah
2 out of 16 found this review helpful
Mr. Berman's review tells me that he did not read my book. Most would agree with me that he is doing a great diservice to contractors who could
benefit from reading it.
Tricia Atallah
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