Project Management and Cost Engineering: Strategic Planning and Implementation (Volume 1) - electronic book

• Guidance for improving project management in CPI facilities
• Tutorial-style recommendations on leadership, training, performance management, and team roles
• Strategies for cultural issues and employee development
• Comprehensive cost engineering and estimation advice
• Practical tools for benchmarking, lifecycle-cost computation, and capital-cost analysis
• Supports better project planning, execution, and cost control

• Project engineers and managers
• Cost engineers and estimators
• Operations managers
• Plant and facility engineers
• Technical consultants

Articles

• Making Sense of Your Project Cost Estimate
• Target Costing: Compliant facilities, delivered at the lowest possible cost, minimize the risk of failure and maximize ROI
• Capital and Production Costs: Improving the Bottom Line
• How to Prepare a Process Design Basis
• Benchmarking For Success
• Capital Costs Quickly Calculated
• Use Simplified Lifecycle-Cost Computations to Justify Upgrades
• Evaluating Capital Cost Estimation Programs
• Total Cost Analysis Aids Purchasing Negotiations
• Ten Tips For Smart Project Managers
• Leadership of Project Teams
• E&C Projects: Clarifying the Role of the Lead Process Engineer
• Avoiding Project Failures
• Project Success Builds On a Well-Defined Scope
• Operational Excellence Begins Here
• Employee Development: Getting the Information You Need through a 360° Feedback Report
• Updating the Rules for Pipe Sizing
• Process Lead Responsibilities in Design Projects
• Owners and Contractors: Key Metrics Improve Performance

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