Recommended Practices for Risk Analysis & Cost Contingency Estimating, AACE Transactions (2009)

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This article reviews AACE's Recommended Practices for these topics, and shows why the most common method in use invites disaster.

Escalation Estimating: Lessons Learned in Addressing Market Demand, AACE Transactions (2008)

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This article is a followup to the 2007 paper on Escalation Estimating. It describes recent experience with the consultant's unique method.

The Monte-Carlo Challenge; A Better Approach, AACE Transactions (2007)

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This article describes a best-practice risk analysis and contingency estimating method that addresses systemic and project-specific risks.

Escalation Estimation; Working with Economics Consultants, AACE Transactions (2007)

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This article describes a best practice method for estimating escalation using the forecasts of economics consultants, and adjusting for capex market effects.

Competency and Career Path Modeling for an Estimating Professional, AACE Transactions (2006)

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This article describes the basic practices for competency and career path modeling.

Cost Engineering's Vital Role in Strategic Management, ICEC-IPMA Transactions (2006)

To be available from 1st ICEC-IPMA

This article makes the case that cost engineers are more more important to business management than project management when it comes to improving company profitability (return on assets).

Best Owner Practices for Project Control, AACE Transactions (2002)

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This was originally presented at the AACE Annual meeting in 2002. It summarizes IPA research of best owner project control practices.

A Planned Way for Smooth, Quick Startups, Cost Engineering Magazine (July 2002)

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This short article, co-authored with Greg Jones, summarizes IPA research findings regarding the project startup phase.

Controlling Project Costs, Chemical Engineering Magazine (Novermber 2001)

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This article, co-authored with Edward Merrow, owner and CEO of IPA, summarized IPA's research of best project control practices.

The Total Cost Management (TCM) Framework, Cost Engineering Magazine (March 2001)

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This article, co-authored with Wesley R. Querns, summarizes the TCM Framework for which the introductory chapters were approved by AACE International in 2001.

A New Look at Total Cost Management, Joint Cost Management Proceedings (1998)

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 This presentation outlined progress on the TCM Framework development.

The Evolution of Estimating Systems at Kodak, AACE Transactions (1996)

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This article, co-authored with Larry R. Dysert, CCC, summarized the development of Kodak's robust capital project cost estimating systems.

Project History-Closing the Loop, AACE Transactions (1995)

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This article outlines a process to manage project historical data; a process that is not well covered in the industry literature.

A Parametric Building Cost Estimating System, AACE Transactions (1994)

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This article describes an estimating system developed by John Hollmann. An interactive java-script version of this model is now available for use on www.aacei.org.

Development of Conceptual Estimating Support Systems at Kodak, AACE Transactions (1989)

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This article, co-authored with Larry R. Dysert, summarizes efforts at Kodak to develop estimating systems designed to support strategic investment decision analysis.