Excerpt from Handbook for Architects and Builders The degree to which the architect is essen tial to the building program approximates the extent to which he will be employed. If the job seems to be able to run without him he is classed as a luxury, to be avoided in the interest of building economy. It is on this plea that the architect's chief competitor, the general contractor, steps in and grabs the bacon. 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.