E-raamat: Planning, Estimating, and Control of Chemical Construction Projects 2nd edition [Taylor & Francis e-raamat]

Describes the economics and organization of project development, from overall venture management to plant start-up, examining offshore endeavors, risk analysis, and environmental permits and regulations. Coverage includes process design, estimating, contracting, construction management, and project control. This second edition contains new material on choosing the right project and on regulatory compliance, and new case studies of piping, insulation, civil work, instrumentation, and engineering hours assessment. Useful for students, managers of small projects, venture managers, and engineering contractors. Navarette is an independent project consultant; Cole is an engineer in the private sector. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Contains added chapters emphasizing the importance of choosing the correct project and defining project goals. Stresses the need for adequate front end loading (FEL) and outlines the responsibility of the venture manager in project selection. Provides updated case studies and examples on technical evaluation criteria, construction progress monitoring, offshore estimating, and more. The authors discuss such topics as initial involvement and plan of action, process design, regulatory compliance, risk analysis, project execution plan/master project schedule, estimating, contracting, detailed engineering, procurement, construction management, project control, contracts administration, communications, and plant start-up.