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Applied Cost Engineering: Third Edition
Forrest D. Clark; A. B. Lorenzoni1996
Part 1 Cost estimating: estimate accuracy; estimation approaches/classes; estimating methods; computerized estimating; labour productivity; indirect costs; data collection and management; estimate coding and documentation; predicting future escalation; contingency a provision for uncertainties; estimating a revamp project. Part 2 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 labour; cost control during construction - items other than direct field labour; 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. Part 3 Case studies.
MARCEL DEKKER - TAYLOR & FRANCIS & FRANCHISBN: 0824798007   PGS: 460List: 104.95     YOUR PRICE: 99.70
Basic Cost Engineering, Third Edition, Revised and Expanded
K. K. Humphreys; P. Wellman1995
Part 1 Capital cost estimates: capital cost estimating - an overview; classification of capital cost estimates; organizing the capital estimate; conceptual estimating using master-format; retrofitting and expansion of existing plants; labour estimates; importance of the capital estimate; sources of international cost data. Part 2 Operating and manufacturing cost estimates: operating and manufacturing cost estimating - an overview; estimating operating and manufacturing costs; transition - construction to operation. Part 3 Financial analysis and reporting: profitability analysis - an overview; life cycle costing and sensitivity analysis; the finished report (and final problem); appendix a - cost engineering terminology; appendix b - design and costing specifications for equipment; appendix c - discrete compound interest tables; appendix d - bibliography; appendix e - answers to selected problems.
MARCEL DEKKER - TAYLOR & FRANCIS & FRANCHISBN: 0824796705   PGS: 360List: 93.95     YOUR PRICE: 89.25
Chemical Process Industries Infrastructure, Function and Economics
James R. Couper; O. Thomas Beasley; Wili2000
Basic economics; accounting and financial statements; input-output analysis; products and companies of the CPI; specific chemical products; specific companies; general characteristics of the CPI; international aspects of the CPI; future prospects - threats and opportunities. Appendices: SIC codes for chemicals and allied products; chemical companies listed on the New York, American and Over-the-Counter exchanges.
MARCEL DEKKER - TAYLOR & FRANCIS & FRANCHISBN: 0824704355   PGS: 644List: 289.95     YOUR PRICE: 275.45
Computer-Organized Cost Engineering:
G. Samid1990
Providing a sequence of steps for matching cost engineering needs with helpful computer tools, this reference addresses the issues of project complexity and uncertainty; cost estimation, scheduling, and cost control; cost and result uncertainty; engineering and general purpose software; utilities th
MARCEL DEKKER - TAYLOR & FRANCIS & FRANCHISBN: 0824783395   PGS: 455List: 249.95     YOUR PRICE: 237.45
Computerized Management of Multiple Small Projects: Planning, Task and Resource Scheduling, Estimating, Design Optimization, and Pr
Richard E. Westney1992
Defining the Problem and Elements of the Solution The Big Problem of Small Projects Basic Concepts of Small Project Management Planning, Scheduling, and Estimating the Single Small Project Planning the Small Project Providing the Resources to Do the Work Cost Estimating for Small Projects Defining Contingency, Accuracy, and Risk of Cost Overruns Managing Multiple Small Projects Multiple Project Resource and Task Scheduling Assignment Modeling: A New Method for Multiple-Project Resource Management Organizing for Multiple Small Projects Executing the Small Project Optimizing the Design Management Reporting: The Key to Project Control Measuring Progress and Performance Forecasting and Control of Cost, Time, Resources, and Quality Computer Applications for Multiple Project Management Information Systems for Managing Multiple Small Projects Using a PC for Managing Multiple Small-Projects: Guidelines for Software Selection and Implementation
MARCEL DEKKER - TAYLOR & FRANCIS & FRANCHISBN: 0824786459   PGS: 385List: 99.95     YOUR PRICE: 94.95
Computerized Project Control:
F. Drigani1988
Highlights advantages, disadvantages, and future trends of computerization to project control activity. Stresses identification of when computerization is needed and explores how to convert. Covers fundamentals of project control theory, software technology, and labor and cost analysis. Includes glo
MARCEL DEKKER - TAYLOR & FRANCIS & FRANCHISBN: 0824778677   PGS: 253List: 199.95     YOUR PRICE: 189.95
Cost Management of Capital Projects:
K. Heinze1996
Project initiation; the cost plan; cost control; cost reporting; productivity; problem solving for management. Appendices: cost management terminology; metric (SI) units in cost management.
MARCEL DEKKER - TAYLOR & FRANCIS & FRANCHISBN: 0824797833   PGS: 683List: 319.95     YOUR PRICE: 303.95
Effective Project Management Through Applied Cost and Schedule Control:
J. A. Bent; K. K. Humphreys1996
The relationship and impact of project skills: introduction and authors' mission statement; benchmarking - the technical core of TQM; the impact of personnel skills on company culture and bottom line. Cosy and schedule baselines: estimating keys - establishing a realistic baseline (typical and standard schedules); value management; economic evaluation in the process industries; keys to controlling and reducing environmental costs. Project control: contracting - front-end risks (key contract administration and cost-schedule considerations); cost and schedule trend analysis-forecasting of baselines; change control and risk analysis; range estimating; contracting - claims and extras (excluding genuine scope changes); managing small, shutdown, retrofit, or outrage projects; project closeout-lessons learned and historical data. Project management keys and interface: project management fundamentals - key elements; managing the feasibility study - pre-project planning; front-end planning and project organization (FEPPO); managing engineering-project control keys/interfaces; management procurement - project control keys/interfaces; managing construction-project control keys/interfaces.
MARCEL DEKKER - TAYLOR & FRANCIS & FRANCHISBN: 0824797159   PGS: 490List: 174.95     YOUR PRICE: 166.20
Encyclopedia of Chemical Processing and Design, Volume 21 - Expanders to Finned Tubes, Selection of
John J McKetta1984
Expanders, A. R. Valdes Extraction, Liquid-Liquid, P. J. Bailes, C. Hanson, M. A. Hughes, and M. W. T. Pratt Extraction, Liquid-Liquid, Equipment Choice, K.-H. Reissinger and Jürgen SchrOeter Extraction, Liquid-Liquid, Packed Tower Design, John S. Eckert Facilities Planning for Chemical Plants, Hayes A. Chapin Fans, Correction for Temperature and Pressure, F. Caplan Fans, Motor Sizing, F. Caplan Fans, Motors and Accessory Costs for Dust-Laden Gases, William M. Vatavuk and Robert B. Neveril Fats and Fatty Acids, Charles Morris and Glen Lichtenwalter Feldspar Supply-Demand Relationships, John J. McKetta Fertilizer Components: Ammonium Nitrate, Lawrence M. Fodor and Joseph F. Wilson Fertilizer Components: Ammonium Sulfate, Joseph R. Kenton Fertilizers, Mixed, Roland D. Young Fiber Spinning Technology, Richard G. Griskey Fiberglass, M. J. Kwasowski Field Construction Cost Estimates, Kenneth E. Lunde Filter Aid, Use in Filtration, C. W. Cain, Jr. Filters, Baghouse, Cost and Sizing, William M. Vatavuk and Robert B. Neveril Filtration, Pressure Systems, C. A. Jahreis Filtration, Submicron, Peter R. Johnston Filtration, Vacuum Systems, Donald A. Dahlstrom Finned Tubes, Arrangement, V. Ganapathy Finned Tubes, High Fins in Air Coolers, William F. Berg Finned Tubes, High Fins for High Temperature Uses, Robert D. Reed Finned Tubes, Low Fins in Shell-and-Tube Exchangers, John A. Moore Finned Tubes, Pressure Drop Calculations, Chris Weierman Finned Tubes, Selection of, Chris Weierman
MARCEL DEKKER - TAYLOR & FRANCIS & FRANCHISBN: 0824724712   PGS: 520List: 309.95     YOUR PRICE: 294.45
ENGINEERING ECONOMY: Applying Theory to Practice
ESCHENBACH2002
Contents: Making Economic Decisions; Time Value of Money; Equivalence-A Factor Approach; Geometric Gradients;Present Worth; Equivalent Annual Worth; Rate of Return; Benefit Cost RAtios and Other Measures; Constrained Project Selection; Mutually Exclusive Alternatives; Replacement Analysis; Depreciation; Income Taxes; Public Sector Engineering Economy; Inflation; Estimating Cash Flows; Sensitivity Analysis; Uncertainty and Probability; Mutliple Objectives
OXFORDHISBN: 0195152611   PGS: 594List: 85.00     YOUR PRICE: 85.00
ENGINEERING ECONOMY: Applying Theory to Practice, 2nd Ed
TED ESCHENBACH2003
Contents: CD ROM Included: Making Economic Decisions; Time Value of Money; Equivalence - A Factor Approach; Spreadsheets and Economic Analysis; Parenth Worth; Equivalent Annual Worth; Internal Rate of Return; Benefit/Cost Ratios and Other Measures; Mutually Exclusive Alternatives; Replacement Analysis; Constrained Project Selection; Depreciation; Income TAxes; Public Sector Engineering Economy; Inflation; Estimating Cash Flows; Sensitivity Analysis; Uncertainty and Probability; Multiple Objectives
OXFORDHISBN: 0195161521   PGS: 591List: 105.00     YOUR PRICE: 99.75
ESSENTIALS OF ENGINEERING ECONOMIC ANALYSIS: Second Edition
Newnan, Lavelle & Eschenbach2002
OXFORD UNIV.HISBN: 0195150015   PGS: 663List: 79.95     YOUR PRICE: 75.95
Estimating and Costing for the Metal Manufacturing Industries:
Robert C. Creese; M. Adithan; B. S. Pabl1992
Cost estimation; costing; analysis of overhead expenses; break-even analysis; depreciation, taxes, cash flow, and time value of money considerations; costing for materials with design considerations; conceptual cost estimating techniques; basic costing for machining processes; basic costing for welding processes; basic costing for casting processes; basic costing for forging processes; cost indexes, cost capacity factors, and improvement curves; facility capital cost estimation and the estimation of operating costs. Appendix: a generalized metal cutting economics model for single-pass cutting in turning, drilling, shaping, and milling operations.
MARCEL DEKKER - TAYLOR & FRANCIS & FRANCHISBN: 0824787129   PGS: 306List: 113.95     YOUR PRICE: 108.25
Estimating Building Costs
Calin M. Popescu; Kan Phaobunjong; Nunta2003
This volume analyzes the principles, practices, and techniques involved in estimating building costs. It tailors its content to meet the needs of students or busy professionals adapting to metrication in the U.S. as a result of direct involvement in international and governmental projects. The first domestic book on the estimation of building costs to be completely written in metric units, the book is equipped to meet various professional and academic objectives. Estimating Building Costs provides an introduction to the metric system and its applications in quantity measurements in building construction projects, techniques to estimate job overhead costs, tips for bid preparation and more. TOC:
MARCEL DEKKER - TAYLOR & FRANCIS & FRANCHISBN: 0824740866   PGS: 768List: 174.95     YOUR PRICE: 166.20
Handbook of Polypropylene and Polypropylene Composites, Second Edition, Revised and Expanded
Harutun G. Karian2003
GLOBAL TRENDS FOR POLYPROPYLENE M.J. Balow POLYPROPYLENE: STRUCTURE, PROPERTIES, MANUFACTURING PROCESSES, AND APPLICATIONS W.J. Kissel, J.H. Han, and J.A. Meyer CHEMICAL COUPLING AGENTS FOR FILLED AND GR-PP COMPOSITES D. Roberts and R.C. Constable STABILIZATION OF FLAME-RETARDED POLYPROPYLENE R.E. Lee, D. Hallenbeck, and J. Likens RECYCLING OF POLYPROPYLENE AND ITS BLENDS: ECONOMIC AND TECHNOLOGY ASPECTS A.A. Adewole and M.D. Wolkowicz IMPACT BEHAVIOR OF POLYPROPYLENE, ITS BLENDS AND COMPOSITES J. Jancar METALLOCENE PLASTOMERS AS POLYPROPYLENE IMPACT MODIFIERS T.C. Yu and Donald K. TALC IN POLYPROPYLENE R.J. Clark and W.P. Steen GLASS FIBER-REINFORCED POLYPROPYLENE P.F. Chu FUNCTIONALIZATION AND COMPOUNDING OF POLYPROPYLENE USING TWIN-SCREW EXTRUDERS T.F. Bash and H.G. Karian ENGINEERED INTERPHASES IN POLYPROPYLENE COMPOSITES J. Jancar MEGA-COUPLED POLYPROPYLENE COMPOSITES OF GLASS FIBERS H.G. Karian CHARACTERIZATION OF LONG-TERM CREEP-FATIGUE BEHAVIOR FOR GLASS FIBER-REINFORCED POLYPROPYLENE L.E. Campbell MICA REINFORCEMENT OF POLYPROPYLENE L.A. Canova USE OF COUPLED MICA SYSTEMS TO ENHANCE PROPERTIES OF POLYPROPYLENE COMPOSITES J. Antonacci PERFORMANCE OF LAMELLAR HIGH PURITY SUBMICRON AND COMPACTED TALC PRODUCTS IN POLYPROPYLENE COMPOUNDS W. Schober and G. Canalini AUTOMOTIVE APPLICATIONS FOR POLYPROPYLENE AND POLYPROPYLENE COMPOSITES B. Flowers WOLLASTONITE REINFORCED POLYPROPYLENE R. Beck, D. Columbo, and G. Phillips PART SHRINKAGE BEHAVIOR OF POLYPROPYLENE RESINS AND POLYPROPYLENE COMPOSITES H>G. Karian POLYPROPYLENE NANCOMPOSITE G. Qian and T. Lan
MARCEL DEKKER - TAYLOR & FRANCIS & FRANCHISBN: 0824740645   PGS: 624List: 279.95     YOUR PRICE: 265.95
Hazardous Waste Cost Control
R. A. Selg1993
Hazardous Waste Cost Control Management, Richard A. Selg Environmental Regulations Impacts and Agency Negotiations, William A. Zbitnoff Innovative Claims and Disputes Avoidance, Gui Ponce de Leon, Timothy C. McManus, and Gerald P. Klanac Assessment and Remedial Cost/Schedule Baseline Development, Gary E. Thompson and Marc A. Zocher Estimating the Remediation of Hazardous Waste Sites, Ronald G. Stillman Cost Drivers for Hazardous Waste Projects, Donald J. Cass Contingency Estimating for Environmental Projects, R. F. Shangraw, Jr. Decisions in the Marketplace, Kenneth R. Cressman and Bruce A. Martin Appendix A: Acronyms and Abbreviations Appendix B: Glossary Appendix C: Regulatory Agency References
MARCEL DEKKER - TAYLOR & FRANCIS & FRANCHISBN: 0824788915   PGS: 296List: 199.95     YOUR PRICE: 189.95
Planning, Estimating, and Control of Chemical Construction Projects, Second Edition, Revised and Expanded
Pablo F. Navarrete; William C. Cole2001
The project; the integrated team/the venture manager; project goals/choosing the right project; initial involvement and plan of action; process design - phase 0/phase 1; regulatory compliance; risk analysis; project execution plan/master project schedule; estimating; contracting; detailed engineering; procurement; construction management; project control; contracts administration; communications; plant start-up; semi-detailed estimating system; appendices - recommended reading, glossary, typical coordination procedure, estimate checklist, execution plan/MPS for case study, technical evaluation criteria example, in-house construction progress monitoring system example, construction progress monitoring - case study, forecasting final subcontract cost, heat tracing models, field indirects checklist, semi-detailed estimate example - case study, accuracy of the modified TFCF for conceptual and check estimates, offshore estimating example, plant testing, acceptance and commissioning.
MARCEL DEKKER - TAYLOR & FRANCIS & FRANCHISBN: 0824705165   PGS: 512List: 209.95     YOUR PRICE: 199.45
POLITICAL ECONOMY OF JAPANESE MONETARY POLICY
Cargill, Hutchison, & Ito1997
Contents: Evolution of Central Banking in Japan, Up to the 1950s; Phases of Japan's Monetary-Policy Experience; Exchange Rates, Policy Coordination, & a Yen Currency Area; Bubble Economy & Its Collapse; Asset-Price Deflation - Nonperforming Loans, Jusen Companies, & Regulatory Inertia; Elections, Monetary Policy, & Political Business Cycles; Inflation, Time Inconsistency, & Central-Bank Independence.
MIT PRESSHISBN: 0262032473   PGS: 236List: 42.00     YOUR PRICE: 42.00
Target Costing, Market Driven Product Design
Bradford Clifton; Henry M. B. Bird; Robe2003
Define the product; set the target (product level); set the target (subsystem level); achieve the target; maintain competitive costs; putting target costing into practice; some case histories; wrap-up and conclusion; module A - create a business with a strategy; module B - quantify customers' needs; module C - determine target price and cost (product level); module D - determine cost targets (subsystem level); module E - find paths to achieve the targets; module F - get financial results; module G - optimizing results. Appendix: sample exercise.
MARCEL DEKKER - TAYLOR & FRANCIS & FRANCHISBN: 0824746112   PGS: 216List: 209.95     YOUR PRICE: 199.45
Techniques for Capital Expenditure Analysis
H. C. Thorne; J. Piekarski1995
Part 1 Concepts and Inputs: Projectability Concepts; Evaluation Types and Data Needs; Depreciation and Income Taxes; Comparing Individual Project and Corporate Returns. Part 2 Discounted Cash Flow Calculations: Discounted Cash Flow Techniques; Comparing Alternatives; Handling Inflation; Replacement Cost and Lease Analysis; Risk Analysis by Project Sensitivities; Other Risk Analysis Techniques; Shortcut Techniques for Economic Evaluations. Part 3 Reporting Results: Types of Economic Reports; Postinstallation Appraisals; Case Problem. Appendices: Glossary of Selected Financial Terms; Accounting Financial Statements; Cost of Capital; AACE Classification System for Economic Appraisals; Nondiscounted Techniques; Inflation Theory; Deviation of Shortcut Correlation Equations; Instructions for Preparing an Appraisal Report; Solution to the Case Problem. Discount Factor Tables.
MARCEL DEKKER - TAYLOR & FRANCIS & FRANCHISBN: 0824790847   PGS: 336List: 229.95     YOUR PRICE: 218.45
Value Engineering, Analysis and Methodology
Del L. Younker2003
This invaluable reference teaches effective and practical techniques to improve the overall performance and outcome of design projects in various industries. Value Engineering highlights the application of value methodology to streamline current day operations, strategic planning in company or business segments, and everyday business decisions in the private sector. The book shows how to maximize budgets, reduce life cycle costs, improve project understanding, and create better working relationships. It explains how to gather information for the creation, evaluation, development, and presentation of new project ideas and shows how to design an appropriate task agenda and timeline. TOC:
MARCEL DEKKER - TAYLOR & FRANCIS & FRANCHISBN: 082470696X   PGS: 350List: 157.95     YOUR PRICE: 150.05
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