Cost Estimation and Project Management Volume 1: Plant Operations - electronic book

• 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

• 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

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