Applied Cost Engineering

Contents

• Introduction to Cost Engineering
  
• Cost Estimating
  
• Estimate Accuracy
  
• Estimation Approaches Classes
  
• Estimating Methods
  
• Computerized Estimating
  
• Labor Productivity
  
• Indirect Costs
  
• Data Collection and Management
  
• Estimate Coding and Documentation
  
• Predicting Future Escalation
  
• Contingency A Provision for Uncertainties
  
• Estimating a Revamp Project
  
• Cost Control
  
• Introduction to Cost Control
  
• The Cost Engineer as Part of Project Management
  
• Cost Control During Conceptual Engineering
  
• Cost Control During Detailed Engineering: Introduction to the Problem
  
• Cost Control During Engineering: Engineering Costs
  
• Cost Control During Detailed Engineering: Equipment Purchases
  
• Cost Control During Detailed Engineering: Bulk Materials
  
• Project Changes
  
• Subcontract Development, Administration, and Control
  
• Cost Control During Construction: the First Three Steps
  
• Cost Control During Construction: Forecasting Direct Field Labor
  
• Cost Control During Construction: Items Other Than Direct Field Labor
  
• The Monthly Cost Report and Cost Control Meetings
  
• Systems and Computer Applications
  
• The Cost of Cost Control
  
• Selecting a Contractor for a Reimbursable-Type Contract
  
• Control of Bulk Materials
  
• Case Studies