The Engineer's cost handbook : tools for managing project costs

Westney, Richard E., 1944- (Added Author).

Summary: Generously illustrated with over 230 drawings, tables, and equations, The Engineer's Cost Handbook is an indispensable day-to-day reference for cost, civil, project control, planning, design, facilities, plant, aeronautical, mechanical, petroleum, construction, and industrial engineers; project, maintenance, resource, production, construction, and quality managers; and upper-level undergraduate and graduate students in these disciplines.

Record details

ISBN: 0824797965
ISBN: 9780824797966
ISBN: 1135547556
ISBN: 9781135547554
ISBN: 1135547513
ISBN: 9781135547516
ISBN: 1135547564
ISBN: 9781135547561
ISBN: 9780203910016
ISBN: 020391001X
ISBN: 9780824746872
ISBN: 0824746872
ISBN: 9780585157931
ISBN: 0585157936
Physical Description: 1 online resource (xxiii, 749 pages) : illustrations
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Publisher: New York : M. Dekker, ©1997.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	The estimating process / A. Larry Aaron -- Estimating methodology / John K. Hollmann -- Estimating engineering costs / William A. Janda -- Estimating engineered equipment costs / Kul B. Uppal -- Estimating bulk material costs / Allen C. Hamilton -- Estimating construction labor and indirect costs / Thomas A. Taylor and William A. Janda --Productivity analysis / James M. Neil -- Cash flow analysis / William S. Speed -- Estimating the cost of escalation / George Stukhart -- Location factor analysis / Bernard A. Pietlock -- Estimating the cost of environmental restoration / Richard A. Selg and Ronald G. Stillman -- Risk and contigency analysis / Sam L. Shafer -- Profitability analysis / Nick Lavingia and Paul Redden -- Investment decision-making / John R. Schuyler -- Cost control systems / Kurt Heinze and Richard E. Westney -- Controlling engineering costs / Sylvester C. Meyers -- Controlling the cost of engineered equipment / Wesley R. Querns -- Controlling the cost of materials / Kenneth R. Cressman -- Applying the principles of value engineering / Douglas N. Mitten -- Controlling the cost of construction labor / Joseph J. Orczyk -- Controlling the cost of quality / Garrison C. Haskins, Clayman C. Meyers, Jr., and Edward A. Condolon -- Controlling the cost of safety / Robert L. Kimmons -- Controlling the costs of shipping / Bruce A. Martin -- Avoiding claims / Gui Ponce de Leon [and others].
Source of Description Note:	Print version record.