Description
Cost estimation and project management are essential activities in countless chemical process industries (CPI) operations. This Chemical Engineering guidebook compiles practical, tutorial-style articles from previous issues of Chemical Engineering to provide actionable strategies for budgeting, cost estimating, and project management in complex engineering projects.
The guidebook covers critical topics such as selecting materials of construction, supply chain management, waste management, energy efficiency, process safety, and instrumentation, with additional guidance on pumps, valves, filtration systems, and pilot plants.
Features & Benefits
- Practical strategies for CPI project cost estimation and budgeting
- Guidance on materials selection, energy efficiency, and supply chain optimization
- Coverage of project risk management, contingency estimation, and failure prevention
- Insights on pilot-plant cost estimation and lifecycle-cost analysis
- Support for process safety, instrumentation, and capital project optimization
Audience
- Project engineers and project managers
- Process and mechanical engineers
- Plant operators and maintenance managers
- Financial analysts and cost estimators in the CPI
Articles Include
- Achieving Excellence in Energy Efficiency
- Supply Chain Challenges and Solutions
- Capital Costs Quickly Calculated
- Making Sense of Your Project Cost Estimate
- Engineering for Plant Safety
- Managing SIS Process Measurement Risk and Cost
- Construction-Cost Indices
- The CPI Construction Boom: Project Delivery in a New Landscape
- Avoiding Project Failures
- Improve Your Contingency Estimates for More Realistic Project Budgets
- Competitive Pricing of Process Plants
- Considerations for Estimating the Costs of Pilot-Scale Facilities
- The Next Step Change in Process Safety
- Pilot Plant Cost Estimating: Make Intelligent Use of Contingency
- Seven Tools for Project Success
- Project Optimization Through Engineering
- Control Valve Selection: True Cost Savings Are Available
- The Integral Role of Waste Management in Capital Projects
- Materials Management — Evolving the Process for an Evolving Marketplace
- E&C Projects: Clarifying the Role of the Lead Process Engineer
- Performance Trends of Top Performers in the CPI
- Process Safety and Functional Safety in Support of Asset Productivity and Integrity
- Estimating the Total Cost of Cartridge and Bag Filtration
- Improving the Operability of Process Plants
Details
Type: PDF
Pages: 152
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