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9780824797966

The Engineer's Cost Handbook: Tools for Managing Project Costs

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  • ISBN13:

    9780824797966

  • ISBN10:

    0824797965

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 1997-02-26
  • Publisher: CRC Press

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Summary

This hands-on reference offers comprehensive coverage of each important step in the engineering cost control process-from project justification to life-cycle costs. Describes different cost control systems and shows how to apply the principles of value engineering.

Table of Contents

Preface v(8)
Contributors xiii(4)
About the Contributors xvii
Part I: Estimating Project Costs 1(354)
1. The Estimating Process
1(40)
A. Larry Aaron
2. Estimating Methodology
41(70)
John K. Hollmann
3. Estimating Engineering Costs
111(16)
William A. Janda
4. Estimating Engineered Equipment Costs
127(10)
Kul B. Uppal
5. Estimating Bulk Material Costs
137(16)
Allen C. Hamilton
6. Estimating Construction Labor and Indirect Costs
153(36)
Thomas A. Taylor
William A. Janda
7. Productivity Analysis
189(30)
James M. Neil
8. Cash Flow Analysis
219(20)
William S. Speed
9. Estimating the Cost of Escalation
239(20)
George Stukhart
10. Location Factor Analysis
259(18)
Bernard A. Pietlock
11. Estimating the Cost of Environmental Restoration
277(78)
Richard A. Selg
Ronald G. Stillman
Part II: Evaluating Risk and Return 355(92)
12. Risk and Contingency Analysis
355(20)
Sam L. Shafer
13. Profitability Analysis
375(28)
Nick Lavingia
Paul Redden
14. Investment Decision-Making
403(44)
John R. Schuyler
Part III: Controlling Project Costs 447(292)
15. Cost Control Systems
447(34)
Kurt Heinze
Richard E. Westney
16. Controlling Engineering Costs
481(12)
Sylvester C. Meyers
17. Controlling the Cost of Engineered Equipment
493(34)
Wesley R. Querns
18. Controlling the Cost of Materials
527(26)
Kenneth R. Cressman
19. Applying the Principles of Value Engineering
553(62)
Douglas N. Mitten
20. Controlling the Cost of Construction Labor
615(22)
Joseph J. Orczyk
21. Controlling the Cost of Quality
637(26)
Garrison C. Haskins
Clayman C. Meyers, Jr.
Edward A. Condolon
22. Controlling the Cost of Safety
663(20)
Robert L. Kimmons
23. Controlling the Costs of Shipping
683(26)
Bruce A. Martin
24. Avoiding Claims
709(30)
Gui Ponce de Leon
Timothy C. McManus
Gerald P. Klanac
John R. Knoke
Index 739

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