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PDF: Detroit Owners Role in Construction Improvement

Download 11 times Source: www.cif.org // Topic: Construction Jobs File Size: 9.13 kb // Total of Page: 2 Page(s) Last download by immo712000 Last download on: 9 months ago Share this info: Sample of page (click to enlarge) Short Desciption: Most important, the current Detroit construction boom should be generating new. construction jobs for Detroit residents, who are grossly underrepresented in ... Content Inside: Detroit Owners Role in Construction Improvement1 By Robert I. Carr, Ph.D., P.E. 2 Professor of Civil Engineering Construction Engineering and Management University of Michigan Major Detroit owners are the most important and powerful players in Detroit construction, because as buyers of construction services they decide what to construct, they provide the funding, they control design and construction contract documents, and they select contractors. As continuing buyers and users of construction, major Detroit owners are also the players who would benefit most from a young, highly skilled, safe, diverse, well-paid, innovative Detroit construction work force, because it would provide higher quality, more cost effective facilities and it would build a more stable Detroit economic base. Through their projects, Detroit owners have the power to change construction to benefit themselves and Detroit as a whole. However, like owners elsewhere, Detroit owners say they are not in the construction business, and each focuses on its