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Cost Engineering Links

Definition Of Cost Engineering

Cost engineering is concerned with problems of cost estimation, cost control, and business planning and management science, including problems of project management, planning, scheduling, and profitability analysis of engineering projects and processes. The cost engineer is a qualified professional dedicated to total cost management over the life cycle of a project, facility, or manufacturing operation.

Source: International Cost Engineering Council  You are exiting the EM Web Server when you select this link.

Any non-DOE sites listed here are not endorsed by the DOE, but are listed here to help implement cost engineering functions at your site.

Cost Engineering Tools/Resources

  • LANL/ETCAP Environmental Project Cost Database You are exiting the EM Web Server when you select this link.
    • The Environmental Technologies Cost-Savings Analysis Project (ETCAP) at Los Alamos National Laboratory produced and maintains the Compendium of Cost Data for Environmental Remediation Technologies. The Compendium is a searchable online document that provides a representative sample of cost information for environmental remediation technologies. All data, technical and cost, is from actual commercial or pilot-scale remedial projects. All cost data are site-specific and as reported in the original source documentation. By using this Compendium, managers can access a compilation of different scenarios to compare costs and performance of remedial action alternatives.
  • Environmental Costs - Available Tools and Software You are exiting the EM Web Server when you select this link.
    • This site presents profiles of available software to help guide Business and Federal Facility Managers in incorporating environmental costs and considerations into decision- making.
  • Business Researcher's Interests You are exiting the EM Web Server when you select this link.
    • The Business Researcher's Interests is a searchable knowledge map of Contemporary Business, Management and Information Technology issues. It contains thousands of resources on some of the hottest issues of interest to Business, Technology and Information professionals.
  • Cost Estimating - Resources You are exiting the EM Web Server when you select this link.
    • The Parametric Cost Estimating Reference Manual developed by NASA, acts as a directory of cost estimating resources on the Internet, including resources from books, Government reports, and periodicals to software and technical reports.
  • Cost Tools, Models, & Research Related Sites You are exiting the EM Web Server when you select this link.
    • This site provides information on Cost Tools, Models, & Research Related Sites from other federal agencies such as the DoD, Air Force, Army, Navy, Nasa, and from various commerical companies.
  • Contracts Directorate Parametric Cost Estimating Handbook You are exiting the EM Web Server when you select this link.
    • This site maintained by the Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) Headquarters Contracts Directorate, provides a downloadable version of the Parametric Cost Estimating Handbook. You can download chapters at a time, or the whole handbook at once if you prefer. (all files are in MS-Word Format)
  • Incorporating Environmental Costs and Considerations into Decision-Making: Review of Available Tools and Software You are exiting the EM Web Server when you select this link.
    • This site discusses how environmental accounting gives companies the opportunity to significantly reduce or eliminate environmental costs, improve environmental performance, and gain competitive advantage.
  • Electronic College of Process Innovation You are exiting the EM Web Server when you select this link.
    • This site acts as an electronic repository of documents with topics ranging from Benchmarking, BPR, Aquisition Reform, Cost & Functional Economic Analysis, Quality/TQM, and much more.
  • Technologies for Competitive Advantage You are exiting the EM Web Server when you select this link.
    • This NASA based website contains information on how organizations can reach a competitive advantage in their field by maximizing the use of technology. Technologies included in this document range from Business Technologies, Cost Technologies, Quality Technologies, Systems Technologies, as well as many more technologies.

Best Practices/Lessons Learned

Department Of Energy Lessons Learned You are exiting the EM Web Server when you select this link.
  • This site provides information regarding the facilitation of sharing organizational, programmatic, and project related information while focusing on improving safety, achieving cost savings, and maximizing effectiveness. Lessons Learned Sources include: DOE Organizational Activities, DOE Contractor/Sub-Contractor Activities, and other Government & commercial activities.
Acquisition Best Practices You are exiting the EM Web Server when you select this link.
  • The Aquisitions Best Practices site allows you to search and retrieve the aquisition/ procurement best practices collected over the past year.

Other Useful Links

  • Department of Energy - Chief Financial Office's Homepage You are exiting the EM Web Server when you select this link.
    • This website allows users to access budget and other financial policy information.
  • 1996 Baseline Environmental Management Report  
    • This website presents the 1996 Baseline Environmental Management Report and discusses cost estimating assumptions and lessons learned compared to the 1995 Base Case estimate.
  • Waste Management Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement (PEIS) Bulletin Board
    • The Wm PEIS bulletin board allows the public and DOE decision makers to make comparisons of the impacts of various potential configurations for the management of DOE waste.
  • PADS Database You are exiting the EM Web Server when you select this link.
    • This link allows you to access information on DOE contracts.
  • Search DOE Hqs. CallUp Directory You are exiting the EM Web Server when you select this link.
    • Search telephone numbers and e-mail addresses for Department of Energy government and contractor personnel.
  • The Reference Shelf You are exiting the EM Web Server when you select this link.
    • The Reference Shelf provides useful information on information resources (both at the National and DOE Headquarters Level), Training, Information Management, DOE Directives, DOE Aquisition Regulations and Contract Clauses, Plans and Reports, Work for Others, Non- Federal Work for Others, and DOE Strategic Alignment Initiatives.
  • FedWorld Home Page You are exiting the EM Web Server when you select this link.
    • The FedWorld Information Network provides General Information Services, links to FedWorld-Hosted Web Sites, and further information regarding U.S. Government Information Services.
  • GPO Access You are exiting the EM Web Server when you select this link.
    • The Superintendent of Documents' Home Page on the U.S. Government Printing Office Web Site provides free access to Electronic Government Information Products, links to Federal Web Sites hosted by GPO Access and the Federal Depository Library Program.
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