4 thinkers, books, and ideas connected to this field.
American construction engineer and writer — author of Construction Physics newsletter — the most technically rigorous writer on why construction productivity has stagnated for 50 years and what could change it.
American industrialist who built the Hoover Dam, launched Kaiser Shipyards that produced Liberty Ships at revolutionary speed during WWII, founded Kaiser Permanente, and built Kaiser Steel — one of the most diversified and prolific builders in American industrial history.
Swedish construction and holding company founded by Ivar Kreuger and Paul Toll — which became the financial vehicle for Kreuger's match empire — and which collapsed in 1932 with the revelation of the fraud.
Brian Potter's Substack newsletter analyzing the construction industry's productivity stagnation and the economic and regulatory causes behind the housing crisis.