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
Part III : Case Studies
Index
