• PPG#1 Contracts and Claims, 3rd Edition
• PPG#2 Risk, 2nd Edition
• PPG#3 Cost Engineering in Aerospace and Aviation
• PPG#4 Planning and Scheduling, 2nd Edition
• PPG#5 Earned Value, 2nd Edition
• PPG#6 Construction Cost Estimating, 2nd Edition
• PPG#7 Cost Engineering in the Utility Industries, 2nd Edition
• PPG#8 Contingency, 2nd Edition
• PPG#9 Decommissioning Costs
• PPG#10 Project Delivery Methods, 2nd Edition
• PPG#11 Environmental Remediation
• PPG#12 Construction Project Controls
• PPG#13 Parametric and Conceptual Estimating, 2nd Edition
• PPG#14 Portfolio and Program Management, 2nd Edition
• PPG#15 Life-Cycle Cost Analysis
• PPG#16 Cost Engineering in the Global Environment
• PPG#17: Public Sector Estimating
• PPG#18: Green Building

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PPG #1: Contracts and Claims, third edition (CD)
James G. Zack, Jr., Editor, AACE International, 2004

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: Risk, 2nd Edition (CD)
Kenneth D. Brienzo, PE, Editor, AACE International, 2007

CDictionary; Capital Investments; Cash Flow; Competitive Bidding; Contingency Analysis; Contracts; Cost Engineering; Decision Analysis; Economic Analysis; Escalation; Human Factors; Manufacturing; Research & Development; Safety & Health; Schedule; Technological Risk; and Value Engineering

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PPG #3: Cost Engineering in Aerospace and Aviation (CD)
Sarwar A. Samad, Editor, AACE International, 1998

Covers: Aerospace, and Aviation.

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PPG #4: Planning and Scheduling, second edition (CD)
Trevor X. Crawford, CCC, Editor, AACE International, 2006

Covers: Planning; Schedule Development; Schedule Management/Control; and Classics.

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PPG #5: Earned Value, second edition (CD)
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, second edition (CD)
Douglas D. Gransberg, PE CCE and Carla Lopez del Puerto, CCC, Editors, AACE International, 2006

Covers: Recommended Practices; Estimating Theory; Conceptual, Parametric, and Range 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; and Computer Applications to Construction Cost Estimating.

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PPG #7: Cost Engineering in the Utility Industries, second edition (CD)
Dennis M. Thompson, Editor, AACE International, 2007

Covers: Project Management; Investment and Financial Analysis; Planning and Scheduling; Cost and Schedule Control; Cost Estimating; Risk Assessment; and Case Studies.

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PPG #8: Contingency, second edition (CD)
Kul B. Uppal, PE, Editor, AACE International, 2005

Covers: General Topics On Contingency; Cost Estimating and Contingency; Risk Analysis and Contingency; and Other Related Topics.

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PPG #9: Decommissioning Costs (CD)
Kin Chao, PE CCE, Editor, AACE International, 2001

Covers: 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 #10: Project Delivery Methods, 2nd Ed. (CD)
Douglas D. Gransberg, PE CCE, Tammy L. McCuen, nd 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 Parterning.

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PPG #11: Environmental Remediation (CD)
Richard A. Selg, CCE, Editor, AACE International, 2002

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 Remediation and Waste Management; Cost-effective Waste Minimization and Pollution Prevention; and Design, Construction Practices and Other Related Topics

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PPG #12: Construction Project Controls (CD)
Douglas D. Gransberg, PE CCE, Editor, and James E. Koch, Editor, AACE International, 2002

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, second edition (CD)
Douglas W. Leo, CCC, Editor, Larry R. Dysert, CCC, Editor, and Bruce Elliott, CCC, Editor, AACE International, 2004

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 (CD)
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 (CD)
Carla Lopez del Puerto, CCC and Dr. Douglas D. Gransberg, PE CCE, Editors, AACE International, 2007

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; amd Life-Cycle Cost Analysis in the International Context

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PPG #16: Cost Engineering in the Global Environment (CD)
Kul B. Uppal PE, Editor, AACE International, 2007

Covers: 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 (CD)
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 (CD)
Joseph L. Macaluso CCC, Editor, AACE International, 2008

Covers: Recognition of Affects and Economic Costs on the Environment; Formulating Ways of Addressing Green Building Strategies and Associated Economic Costs; Specific Green Building Strategies and Project Costs; Budgeting and Justifying the Cost Sustainable Practices; Evaluating Competing Sustainable Strategies: Using Value Engineering; Evaluating Competing Sustainable Strategies: Other Techniques.

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