Description
Volume 1 of this 2-part series covers a wide range of strategies for working engineers. This PDF provides actionable guidance to improve project management and support cost engineering/cost estimation within diverse facilities throughout the CPI.
Project-management articles offer tutorial-style discussions on engineering and personnel-related issues, including training, leadership, defining roles, managing cultural issues, and performance reviews — all of which can influence worker productivity and project success.
Cost engineering and cost-estimation articles cover topics such as gathering and projecting cost data, evaluating and using competing estimation tools, benchmarking for success, and more.
Features & Benefits
- 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
Audience
- 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
Details
Type: PDF
Pages: 102
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