BOOK ABOUT COST ENGINEERING RECOMENDATION 1

[adpollo]

HI!
CAN SOMEBODY RECOMMEND ME A GOOD BOOK ABOUT COST ENGINEERING?
I'M BEGINING A PROJECT RELATED TO THAT AND I'M NOT AN EXPERT, SO I'D LIKE TO HAVE SOME LITERATURE ABOUT IT TO CONSULT.

EVEN BETTER, IF YOU KNOW ONE THAT IS AVAILABLE IN MEXICO!

THANKS!

 

[owg]

Check out

http://www.icoste.org/index.htm#icec

They have some good book recommendations and reviews. Also some good papers for download.

HAZOP at

http://www.curryhydrocarbons.ca

 

[briley47]

I don't know if this is too late, but try this website:

http://www.aacei.org/

I am a member of this organization, and their monthly publication regularly includes helpful book recommendations.

There is a bookstore link on the homepage.

Hope this helps.

 

[MfgProcessEng]

J. Wiley Publications

http://www.wiley.com/WileyCDA/

has a large number of reference manuals in regards to cost estimation, look up the website, and do a product search for "estimating" and you should find 10 or so titles available. I've used the "Cost Estimator's Reference Manual, 2nd Edition", which has some good data but is quite wordy.

 

[k2h]

Marcel Dekker, Inc. has a whole series of excellent books on cost engineering. See their web site at

http://www.marceldekker.com.

In particular look at Basic Cost Engineering (Humphreys) and Applied Cost Engineering (Clark & Lorenzoni). The leading university text on the subject is Jelen's Cost and Optimization Engineering published by McGraw-Hill. All three of these books are also available through AACE International at

http://www.aacei.org.

 

[25362]

Preliminary Chemical Engineering Plant Design by Wiliam D. Baasel- Van Nostrand Reinhold, New York, may be helpful.

 

[rotweg161]

I like a book that is generic and detailed enough for many applications, especially for a design engineer in an E&C company:
"Analysis, Synthesis and Design of Chemical Processes"
by Turton, Bailie, Whiting and Shaeiwitz
published by Prentice Hall PTR, Upper Saddle River, New Jersey 07458

http://www.prenhall.com

it also includes a CD-ROM with the CAPCOST Program

I paid $ 85.- four years ago