1st Edition

A Practical Guide to Cost Engineering

By Helber Macedo Copyright 2024
230 Pages 149 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

230 Pages 149 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

230 Pages 149 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

A Practical Guide to Cost Engineering aims to show you how to work as a cost engineer out in the real world. Written by an experienced cost engineer and training program developer, this book introduces the practical side of cost management (cost estimation, cost reduction, and cost control) through real cases and realistic examples from a diverse range of engineering-based projects. With... Read more
1. Introduction 2. Basic Concepts 3. Cost Estimate – Quick Methods 4. Cost Estimate – Detailed Method 5. Probabilistic Cost Estimate 6. Economic Costs 7. Economic Feasibility Study 8. Cost Control 9. Additional Topics 10. Sustainability and Cost Annex

Biography

Helber Macedo is a Costing Manager at Baker Hughes working with Subsea Projects in the oil and gas industry in the UK. He has worked as a cost engineer in the oil and gas industry for over 15 years. He is the author of a number of technical papers and developed and taught a variety of in-house cost estimating, construction, planning, and industrial assembly courses for Petrobras.