Building Business
Contracting by Leonard Brunotte; Prentice-Hall, Englewood
Cliffs, N.J.; 1987; 317 pages; $49.95 hardcover.
The jacket of Construction Profit
Management bills it as "the first and
only comprehensive guide to every aspect
of building a successful and
profitable construction business." I
don't know if it's the first, and I hope
it isn't the only one, since it falls far
short of providing the amount of detailed
advice and information you'll
need to stay in business, or even the
"secrets" promised in the subtitle.
Despite Mr. Brunotte's credentials,
which include an MBA in marketing
and finance and a 25-year career in
the construction business, I found
much of his book to be vague, repetitive,
and lacking in practical
examples. I