Cost Engineering not only has experience in greenfield and brownfield projects. Over the years we have also successfully managed many turnaround and maintenance projects. From the tendering process to select the best contractors, to the cost control during execution, Cost Engineering brings the expertise needed for these complex and time driven projects.

1. Cost Engineering

2. Topics
> Who is Cost Engineering?
> Tendering and Contract Strategies
> Showcase Tendering
> Questions & Answers
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3. Added value in Cost Engineering
> Expertise
> Cost Data Development
> Education
> Professional Services
> Software solutions
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4. Expertise
> Preparing and validating estimates during the complete project
life cycle
> Developing and supervising contract strategies
> Benchmarking
> Asset Validation / Verification
> Location factors surveys
> Planning, cost control, quantity surveying
> Risk Assessment
> Value management
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5. Cost Data Development
> Standard cost data for your estimates for onshore and offshore
> Multi-disciplinairy
> Various industries and geographical areas
> Based on DACE labour norms (Western Europe)
> Based on Vendor information, historical project data
> Well documented data qualifications
> Yearly maintenance updates possible
> 3rd Party sources:
> Richardson data
> DACE Price Booklet
> Reed business (Dutch civil)
> Van Leeuwen Buizen Pipe & Tube
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6. Academy
> Based on knowledge and experience
> Individual attention in small groups
> Courses to suit managers as well as estimators
> From introducing terminology to estimating and cost management
> Company specific cost engineering programs
> Cost engineering software tools
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7. Cleopatra Enterprise
> The cost engineering tool for fast and accurate
estimates for the complete project life cycle
> Thorough needs analysis
> Optimized implementation
> Customized training
> Global support
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8. References
> Bulk storage
> Construction industry
> EPC(M)
> Food and Nutrition
> Government
> Gas industry
> Heavy industry
> Pharmaceutical industry
> Petro-/chemical industry
> Power industry
> Mining & Minerals
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9. Tendering and Contract Strategies
with Cleopatra Enterprise

10. Tendering & Contract Strategies
> What:
>Manage purchase of materials and
services on a project basis or long
term relationship
> Who:
>Purchase department
>Project managers, Project leaders
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11. What needs to be controlled?
> Control of scope (changes)
> Standardization of labour norms
> Prices, rates and margins
> Cube should stay within
your budget
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12. Tendering & Contract Strategies
> How:
> Choose the right contract strategy:
> Project contract
> Long term contract
> Clearly define scope and scope changes
> Apply unit-rates
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13. Purpose of estimating with unit rates
> Cost calculation, budgeting and cost-
control
> Qualifying and Quantifying of loss sources
> Capacity- and period planning
> Objectivity and deviation planning
> Effectiveness evaluation (management
tool)

14. Unit-Rate
> General description
> Direct hours
> Activity
> Rate
> Productivity
> Indirect
> Profit and risk
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15. Optimizing the Tendering process
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16. Cleopatra Enterprise & Tendering
> Bidding phase:
> Develop a request for quotation (RFQ) database with
norms/unit-rates to familiarize Contractors with the
Owner’s strategy and data.
> Create reference estimate which defines the scope
> Receive market quotes in Excel format from different
vendors
> Update reference estimate with quotes
> Compare the various Bids
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17. Cleopatra Enterprise & Tendering
> Estimating & Execution phase:
> Setup a contract database (knowledgebase) with
unit-rates
> Compare estimates with contract knowledgebase
> Update contract database with new unit-rates
> Input for cost control
> Input for ERP system
> Quantity surveying
> Analyze price development for long term contracts
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18. Cleopatra Enterprise’s Added Value
> Fast and accurate estimating
> The whole tendering process in one program
> From request for quotation to final contract bid
> Use reference estimates to build new bids quickly
> Import quotes by suppliers
> Update estimate against new quotes
> Use standard cost data based on DACE Labour Norms
> Interface with 3D engineering and other software
> State of the art technology
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19. Cleopatra Enterprise’s Added Value
> Cost estimates as business tool
> All investment information at your fingertips
> Enhance your business intelligence by
> Knowing your exact cost
> Knowing the effects on cost of scope changes
> Including allowances in estimates
> Including indirect cost in estimates
> Use Cleopatra Enterprise for:
> Procurement
> Tendering
> Contracting
> Estimating
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20. Cleopatra has been awarded
‘Winner Champion of Excellence’ by
cutting construction costs with 23%
for Shell
[ref. Chemicals Quarterly]

21. Questions ?
Cost Engineering
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