The Prospects For Building Construction In American Cities

Author : Leonard P. Ayres
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781332225255
Total Pages : 48 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (252 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Download or read book The Prospects for Building Construction in American Cities (Classic Reprint) written by Leonard P. Ayres and published by . This book was released on 2015-08-05 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Prospects for Building Construction in American Cities Since the outbreak of the war in 1914 a great shortage of building construction has been accumulating in this country. When war was declared, in the summer of 1914, business was depressed and less than the normal amount of new building was being done. In 1915 business recovery was under way and the amount of building construction increased in that and the following year, but not in sufficient volume to meet current needs. The country was entering upon a period of great war-time prosperity for commerce and industry, and available funds went into industrial production rather than into general building. Then came our own entry into the war, and in even greater measure the money and energy of the nation were diverted to the production of war supplies and munitions and necessary military construction, instead of going into the normal building of homes, stores, office buildings, factories, schools, and other peace-time structures. As the war progressed the building deficit increased, for the Government stepped in and prevented all save the most essential building operations. After the armistice the shortage still continued to accumulate, for building wages and the costs of material mounted to such heights in 1919 and 1920 as to discourage the undertaking of new construction projects. As a result of these restraining influences this country has not constructed in the past few years as many new buildings as it would have in ordinary times. The present publication is the report of a study carried through with the object of finding how great the existing building shortage probably is and where it is most acute. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.