PPG #1: Contracts and Claims,
Fourth edition
James G. Zack, Jr., Editor, AACE International, 2008
Covers: Contract Administration; Management of Construction Schedules; Schedule
Control; Schedule Float Ownership; Cost Control; Management of Change; Cost Impacts;
Productivity Impacts; Management and Analysis of Delay; Concurrent Delay Issues; Pricing
of Delay; Mitigation of Claims; Documentation and Claims Management; Claim Recognition and
Analysis; Claims Management; Negotiation Process; Alternative Dispute Remedy Process;
Litigation and the Cost Engineer; and Project Audits.
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PPG #2: Decision and Risk, Third edition
David C. Brady, P.Eng., Editor, AACE International, 2012
Covers: Supporting Skills and Knowledge (Elements of Cost; Elements of Planning and Scheduling; Elements of Analysis; Enabling Knowledge), Risk Management Skills and Knowledge (Overall Risk Management Terminology/Concepts; Processes and General Practices for Risk Management; Specific Risk Management Practices), Decision Management Skills and Knowledge (Overall Decision Management Terminology/Concepts; Processes and General Practices for Decision Management; Specific Decision Management Practices), Other Functional Skills and Knowledge (Total Cost Management; Planning; Schedule Planning and Development; Estimating and Budgeting; Resource Planning; Value Analysis and Engineering/Value Management; Procurement Planning; Performance Measurement and Assessment; Change Management; Forecasting; Asset Change Management; Historical Database Management; Forensic Performance Assessment)
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PPG #3: Cost Engineering in Aerospace and Aviation
Sarwar A. Samad, Editor, AACE International, 1998
Covers: Aerospace, and Aviation.
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PPG #4: Planning and Scheduling,
Third edition
Trevor X. Crawford CCC, Editor, AACE International, 2011
Covers: Planning; Schedule Development; Schedule
Management/Control; Classics; and Recommended Practices.
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PPG #5: Earned Value, Second
edition
Robert A. Marshall, Editor, AACE International, 2007
Covers: Why Use Earned Value?; Basics of Earned Value; Cost/Schedule Control System
Criteria; Actual Physical Percent Complete; Productivity and Earned Value; Earned Value
Reporting; Applications of Earned Value Project Management; Earned Value and Loss of
Productivity Claims; and Additional Information on Earned Value Management.
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PPG #6: Construction Cost Estimating,
Third edition
Dr.
Douglas D. Gransberg PE CCE FRICS and Dr. Carla Lopez del Puerto
CCC, Editors, AACE International, 2011
Covers: Recommended Practices; Estimating Theory; Order-of-Magnitude Estimating; Estimating Factors and Indices; Estimating Material Costs and Quantity Surveying; Estimating Labor Costs; Estimating Equipment Costs; Subcontracting Costs; Estimating Overhead and Indirect Costs; Profit, Contingencies, and Mark-Ups; Estimating International Construction Costs; Heavy Civil Project Estimating; Estimating Specialty Projects; Scheduling Input to the Estimate and Change Orders; Bidding Decisions; Computer Applications to Construction Cost Estimating; Estimating Using Building Information Modeling; and Estimating Life Cycle Costs.
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PPG #7: Cost Engineering in the Utility Industries,
Second edition
Dennis M. Thompson, Editor, AACE International, 2007
Covers: Auditing, Cost Estimating, Cost Modeling, Cost/Schedule
Control, Generation Power Plant, Natural Gas Industry, Nuclear Power
Plant, Other Energy Related Topics, Planning and Scheduling, Project
Management, Utility Rates, and Utility Property Valuation.
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PPG #8: Contingency, Third
edition
Kul B. Uppal PE, Editor, AACE International, 2010
Covers: General Topics On Contingency; Cost Estimating and Contingency; Risk Analysis and Contingency; Other Related Topics; and AACE International Recommended Practices..
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PPG #10: Project Delivery Methods,
Second edition
Douglas D. Gransberg PE CCE, Tammy L. McCuen, and Keith Molenaar, Editors,
AACE International, 2008
Covers: Design-Bid-Build (DBB) – DBB Estimating, DBB Scheduling, DBB Project
Management; Construction Management (CM) – CM Estimating, CM Scheduling, CM Project
Management; Design-Build (DB) – DB Estimating, DB Scheduling, DB Project Management;
International Project Delivery; Constructability; and Partnering.
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PPG #11: Environmental Remediation
and Decommissioning, Second edition
Richard A. Selg CCE, Editor, AACE International, 2009
Covers: Environmental Remediation Planning and Scheduling Methodology; Cost Estimating, Project Controls, Cost Modeling, and Reporting; Contingency Management, Risk Analysis, and Environmental Regulations; Benchmarking and Lessons Learned; Economics of Environmental and Waste Management; Cost-Effective Waste Minimization and Pollution Prevention; Design, Construction Practices, and Other Related Topics; Standardized Approach to Estimating Decommissioning Cost; Decontamination and Decommissioning Estimating Approaches; Development of Decontamination and Decommissioning Cost Estimating Models; and Decontamination and Decommissioning Estimating Issues and Challenges.
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PPG #12: Construction Project Controls,
Second edition
Dr. Douglas D. Gransberg, PE CCE FRICS, and Eric Scheepbouwer, Editors, AACE International, 2010
Covers: Introduction to Construction Project Controls; Cost Control; Schedule Control;
Quality Control; Document Control; Computer Applications; and International Project
Controls
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PPG #13: Parametric and
Conceptual Estimating, Third edition
Larry R. Dysert, CCC CEP, Bruce G. Elliott, CCC, and Todd W. Pickett, CCC CEP, Editors, AACE International, 2012
Covers: Parametric/Conceptual Estimating Overview; Estimate Classification; Parametric/Conceptual Estimating Methodology; Capacity Factoring; Parametric/Conceptual Estimating in the Process Industries;
Parametric/Conceptual Estimating in the Non-Process Industries; and Parametric/Conceptual Estimating Systems.
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PPG #14: Portfolio and Program
Management, Second Edition
Randy R. Rapp PE CCE, Editor, AACE International, 2007
Covers: Enterprise Management: General Imperatives and Concerns; Asset Requirements Elicitation and Analysis; Asset Planning and Investment Decision-Making; Asset Performance Assessment and Change Management; and Program Management.
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PPG #15: Life-Cycle Cost Analysis, Second edition
Dr. Carla Lopez del Puerto, CCC, and Dr. Douglas D. Gransberg, PE CCE, Editors, AACE International, 2012
Covers: Life-Cycle Cost Theory; Life-Cycle Cost Calculation Methods; Determining Discount Rate; Estimating Capital Cost of Design and Construction; Estimating Operations Costs; Estimating Salvage/Residual Value; Estimating Sustainability; Life-Cycle Cost Risk Analysis; Life-Cycle Cost Case Studies; and Life-Cycle Cost Analysis in the International Context
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PPG #16: Cost Engineering in the Global Environment, Second edition
Kul B. Uppal PE CEP, Editor, AACE International, 2011
General Topics on International Projects; Applicable AACE International Recommended Practices; Cost Estimating Methodology; Risk and Contingency; and Miscellaneous Topics
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PPG #17: Public Sector Estimating
Joseph L. Macaluso CCC, Editor, AACE International, 2007
Covers: Basis of Estimates; Labor Costs; Overhead and Profit; Soft Costs; Bid/Estimate Reconciliation; and Change Orders
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PPG #18: Green Building, Second Edition
Joseph L. Macaluso, CCC, Editor, AACE International, 2012
Covers: Understanding Green Building; Analyzing Green Building and Associated Costs; Evaluating Competing Issues Sustainable Strategies; Implementing Green Building; and Case Studies and Specific Green Strategies
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PPG #19: Leadership and Management of People
John J. Jannon CEP, Editor, AACE International, 2008
Covers: Leadership; Teams; Leadership Roles; Motivation; and Ethics.
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PPG #20: Forensic Schedule Analysis
James G. Zack, Jr. CFCC, Editor, AACE International, 2008
Covers: Recommended Practice No. 29R-03 Forensic Schedule Analysis; Synopsis of Recomended Practice; Basics of Schedule Delay Analysis; MIP-Observational/Static/Gross; MIP-Observational/Static/Perodic; MIP-Observational/Dynamic/Contemporaneious As-is; MIP-Observational/Dynamic/Contemporaneous/Split; MIP-Observational/Dynamic/Modified or Recreated; MIP-Modeled/Additive/Single Base; MIP-Modeled/Additive/Multiple Base; MIP-Modeled/Subtractive/Single Simulation; Non-CPM Schedule Delay Analysist Techniques; and General Schedule Analysis Articles.
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PPG #21: Cost Engineering in the Process Industries
Kul B. Uppal, PE CEP, Editor, AACE International, 2009
Covers: General Topics on Process Industries; Cost Estimating Methodology; Project Management; International Projects; Scheduling; Construction Activities; Risk Management; Project Controls; and Applicable AACE International Recommended Practices..
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The AACE International Professional Practice Guides (PPGs)
are reference CDs containing the most worthwhile existing contributions
to the cost engineering field and the advancement of total cost
management. Intended to be comprehensive, well organized, and timely,
each PPG title is a collection of selected articles from Cost
Engineering journal, AACE International Transactions, and other sources
to which AACE has rights, covering a particular technical topic area, or
industry segment. The PPGs provide an excellent source of reference
material and is a welcome addition to any reference library.
