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Project Evaluation: Operating Cost Estimating Combo Course - October-2016

Project Evaluation: Operating Cost Estimating Combo Course

AIChE

Take advantage of a four-day immersion in Project Evaluation and other cost estimation and financial analysis skills.

This AIChE course is a combination of Conceptual Development & Capital Cost Estimating (CH139) and Project Evaluation: Operating Cost Estimating and Financial Analysis (CH140).

This course will be taught by one of the instructors listed below.

Instructor(s) 

John A. Williams, PE

John A. Williams, PhD, P.E., CFEI, MBA, ASA, is the Founder and General Manager of EPS, Inc. He conducts technology assessments and appraisals, as well as financial analyses for renewable and conventional energy technologies and facilities in the oil and gas, refining, biofuels, biomass, solar, wind, geothermal, coal, chemicals, steel, and power sectors. He has more than 35 years of industrial experience in technology development and implementation, and he is an Accredited Senior Appraiser by the ASA. He earned an MBA in finance from the Univ. of Chicago, MS and PhD in chemical and fuels...Read more

Ted J. Williams

Theodore (Ted) J. Williams, PhD, ASA, is a Principle at EPS, Inc. He has technical expertise in process design and optimization, multiphysics modeling and simulation, numerical analysis, product development and analysis, control system design, software development, data acquisition, forensic services, cost engineering, financial analysis, and technology appraisals for mechanical and energy technologies. He has a MS and PhD in mechanical and aerospace engineering from the Univ. of Notre Dame, as well as a BA in physics from Wabash College. Williams is an Accredited Senior Appraiser by the...Read more

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AIChE Members $2,195.00
AIChE Grad Student Members $1,097.50
AIChE Undergrad Student Members $1,097.50
30.00

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Day One (CH139)

Part I: Cost Estimation Basics

  • Estimating Terminology & Concepts
  • Types of Project Estimates

​Part II: Conceptual Development

  • Scope Development
  • Project Development

Part III: Conceptual Estimating

  • Equipment Costs
  • Installation Factors
  • Factored Estimates
  • Cost Escalation
  • Scaling Methods
  • Contingency Applications

Day Two (CH139)

Part IV: Detailed Cost Estimating

  • Project Management Costs
  • Project Related Costs
  • The Detailed Estimating Process
  • Methodology of Detailed Estimating
  • Mechanical Estimating Methods

Part V: Summary

Day Three (CH140)

  • Financial Terminology
  • Working Capital
  • Allocation of Shared Fixed Capital
  • Costing of Raw Materials
  • Energy Costs
  • Labor and Support Services
  • Plant Overhead, Allocation of Corporate and Other Shared Expenses
  • Estimating Revenue, Market Potential and Penetration

Day Four (CH140)

  • Value-in-Use
  • Required Selling Price
  • Measuring Profitability
  • Return on Investment Techniques
  • Cash Flow Analysis Techniques
  • Decision Making
  • Sensitivity Analysis
  • Risk Analysis
  • Investment Equivalents

Day One (CH139)

Part I: Cost Estimation Basics

  • Estimating Terminology & Concepts
  • Types of Project Estimates

​Part II: Conceptual Development

  • Scope Development
  • Project Development

Part III: Conceptual Estimating

  • Equipment Costs
  • Installation Factors
  • Factored Estimates
  • Cost Escalation
  • Scaling Methods
  • Contingency Applications

Day Two (CH139)

Part IV: Detailed Cost Estimating

  • Project Management Costs
  • Project Related Costs
  • The Detailed Estimating Process
  • Methodology of Detailed Estimating
  • Mechanical Estimating Methods

Part V: Summary

Day Three (CH140)

  • Financial Terminology
  • Working Capital
  • Allocation of Shared Fixed Capital
  • Costing of Raw Materials
  • Energy Costs
  • Labor and Support Services
  • Plant Overhead, Allocation of Corporate and Other Shared Expenses
  • Estimating Revenue, Market Potential and Penetration

Day Four (CH140)

  • Value-in-Use
  • Required Selling Price
  • Measuring Profitability
  • Return on Investment Techniques
  • Cash Flow Analysis Techniques
  • Decision Making
  • Sensitivity Analysis
  • Risk Analysis
  • Investment Equivalents

Day One (CH139)

Part I: Cost Estimation Basics

  • Estimating Terminology & Concepts
  • Types of Project Estimates

​Part II: Conceptual Development

  • Scope Development
  • Project Development

Part III: Conceptual Estimating

  • Equipment Costs
  • Installation Factors
  • Factored Estimates
  • Cost Escalation
  • Scaling Methods
  • Contingency Applications

Day Two (CH139)

Part IV: Detailed Cost Estimating

  • Project Management Costs
  • Project Related Costs
  • The Detailed Estimating Process
  • Methodology of Detailed Estimating
  • Mechanical Estimating Methods

Part V: Summary

Day Three (CH140)

  • Financial Terminology
  • Working Capital
  • Allocation of Shared Fixed Capital
  • Costing of Raw Materials
  • Energy Costs
  • Labor and Support Services
  • Plant Overhead, Allocation of Corporate and Other Shared Expenses
  • Estimating Revenue, Market Potential and Penetration

Day Four (CH140)

  • Value-in-Use
  • Required Selling Price
  • Measuring Profitability
  • Return on Investment Techniques
  • Cash Flow Analysis Techniques
  • Decision Making
  • Sensitivity Analysis
  • Risk Analysis
  • Investment Equivalents
RCEP
English
CH758
4 days
Intermediate

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