Title: Applied Cost Engineering, 3rd Edition Author: A. B. Lorenzoni, Forrest D. Clark ISBN: 0824798007 / 9780824798000 Format: Hard Cover Pages: 432 Publisher: Marcel Dekker Year: 1997 Availability: 2 to 3 weeks.
Description
Contents
Offers comprehensive coverage of cost engineering emphasizing capital projects and focusing on estimating and cost control-providing an entirely new and cost-effective approach to estimating and controlling contingency. Second Edition contains a new chapter on systems and computer applications, a new chapter on bulk material control, expanded coverage of the factors that affect estimate accuracy, and more.
Preface to the Third Edition
Preface to the Second Edition
Preface to the First Edition
Chapter 1 : Introduction to Cost Engineering
Part I : Cost Estimating Chapter 2 : Estimate Accuracy Chapter 3 : Estimating Approaches/Classes Chapter 4 : Estimating Methods Chapter 5 : Computerized Estimating Chapter 6 : Labor Productivity Chapter 7 : Indirect Costs Chapter 8 : Data Collection and Management Chapter 9 : Estimate Coding and Documentation Chapter 10 : Predicting Future Escalation Chapter 11 : Contingency-A Provision for Uncertainties Chapter 12 : Estimating a Revamp Project
Part II : Cost Control Chapter 13 : Introduction to Cost Control Chapter 14 : The Cost Engineer as Part of Project Management Chapter 15 : Cost Control During Conceptual Engineering Chapter 16 : Cost Control During Detailed Engineering: Introduction to the Problem Chapter 17 : Cost Control During Detailed Engineering: Engineering Costs Chapter 18 : Cost Control During Detailed Engineering: Equipment Purchases Chapter 19 : Cost Control During Detailed Engineering: Bulk Materials Chapter 20 : Project Changes Chapter 21 : Subcontract Development, Administration, and Control Chapter 22 : Cost Control During Construction: The First Three Steps Chapter 23 : Cost Control During Construction: Forecasting Direct Field Labor Chapter 24 : Cost Control During Construction: Items Other Than Direct Field Labor Chapter 25 : The Monthly Cost Report and Cost Control Meetings Chapter 26 : Systems and Computer Applications Chapter 27 : The Cost of Cost Control Chapter 28 : Selecting a Contractor for a Reimbursable-Type Contract Chapter 29 : Control of Bulk Materials