Basic Cost Engineering

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.