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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Atallah, Patricia W.
Building a successful construction company: create a strategy, organize your business, protect your bottom line / Patricia W. Atallah.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN 13: 978-1-4195-2811-8

ISBN 10:

1. Construction industry Management. 2. New business enterprises Management. I. Title.
HD9715.A2A85 2006
624.068 ?4 dc22

2006012336

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