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General Information on Projects
in the Building, Construction,
and Installation Industries
In the building and construction industry, there are many stakeholders:
real estate developers, architects, engineers, contractors, subcontractors,
etc. ere are also many established types of organizations, contracts,
and remuneration. Building/construction is oen a local business, which
means that names, procedures, etc., have developed dierently in dierent
countries and areas. is chapter tries to sort out many of the expressions
and procedures and give them names to be used in this book; they may
vary from those with which the reader is fam ...