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The Engineer's Cost Handbook : Tools for Managing Project Costs by Richard E. Westney β€” book cover

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

by Richard E. Westney
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Offers coverage of each important step in engineering cost control process, from project justification to life-cycle costs. The book describes cost control systems and shows how to apply the principles of value engineering. It explains estimating methodology and the estimation of engineering, engineering equipment, and construction and labour costs; delineates productivity and cash-flow analysis; and more.

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Intended for engineers, managers, and upper-level graduate students in engineering, this practical reference offers coverage of each step in the engineering cost control process, from project justification to life-cycle costs. The 24 contributions are divided into three sections: estimating project costs (including estimating methodology for various costs and analysis of productivity, cash flow, and location); evaluating risk and returns (encompassing risk, contingency, and profitability analysis; and investment decision-making); and controlling project costs (covering cost control systems and controlling specific costs such as equipment, materials, construction labor, quality, safety, and shipping; applying the principles of value engineering; and avoiding claims). Includes some 230 drawings, tables, and equations. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

Book Details

Published
February 26, 1997
Publisher
CRC Press
Pages
776
Format
Hardcover
ISBN
9780824797966

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