Samuel C. Florman was in his first week on the job when he was told to prepare a bid for a bridge repair job. His company won the job, but it quickly began to look like a big loser for his company.
Then, an errant tugboat in a New York river destroyed the project, and an insurance claim provided a happy ending to what could have been a tale of woe.
Florman's book is "Good Guys, Wiseguys and Putting Up Buildings: A Life in Construction."
