Applied Cost Engineering
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Applied Cost Engineering

  1. 440 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Applied Cost Engineering

About this book

This thoroughly rewritten and updated third edition offers comprehensive coverage of cost engineering, emphasizing capital projects and focusing on both estimating and cost control. Maintaining and enhancing the style of presentation that made the previous editions so popular, Applied Cost Engineering, Third Edition furnishes an entirely new and cost-effective approach to estimating and controlling contingency, a new chapter on systems and computer applications, a new chapter on bulk material control, expanded coverage of the factors that affect estimate accuracy, an introduction to the concept of estimate and schedule classification, additional end-of-text case studies, and much more.

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Introduction 
to 
Cost 
Engineering
13
SUMMARY
Cost 
engineering 
as 
discipline 
covers 
the 
areas 
of 
cost 
estimation, 
cost 
control, 
and 
profitability. 
In 
this 
text, 
we 
will 
be 
concentrating 
on 
cost 
estimating 
and 
cost 
control.
CEs 
should 
be 
involved 
in 
all 
phases 
of 
project 
life 
cycle, 
from 
initial 
planning 
and 
evaluation 
to 
the 
start-up 
of 
the 
plant 
after 
construc-
tion.
An 
estimate 
is 
prediction 
of 
the 
manner 
in 
which 
project 
will 
be 
executed.
The 
single 
largest 
potential 
for 
variation 
in 
an 
early 
estimate 
is 
the 
design 
and 
execution 
basis. 
Finalizing 
the 
design 
and 
execution 
basis, 
con-
sequently, 
has 
dramatic 
effect 
on 
estimate 
accuracy.
There 
are 
owner 
or 
client 
CEs, 
and 
there 
are 
contractor 
CEs, 
with 
some-
what 
different 
roles 
to 
play 
but 
the 
same 
end 
purpose: 
completing 
project 
for 
the 
lowest 
possible 
cost 
consistent 
with 
the 
overall 
pro-
ject 
objectives.
major 
responsibility 
or 
the 
CE 
is 
to 
ensure 
that 
the 
requirements 
of 
the 
three 
D’s—Definition, 
Documentation, 
and 
Discipline—are 
being 
met.
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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half Title
  3. Series Page
  4. Title Page
  5. Copyright Page
  6. Dedication
  7. Contents
  8. Preface to the Third Edition
  9. Preface to the Second Edition
  10. Preface to the First Edition
  11. 1. Introduction to Cost Engineering
  12. Part I: COST ESTIMATING
  13. Part II: COST CONTROL
  14. Part III: CASE STUDIES
  15. Index