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Apr 26, 2012
Marine Construction Cost Estimating — Thinking like a Contractor
Authors: Scott R. Anastasio [email protected] and Stephen A. Famularo [email protected]Author Affiliations
Publication: Ports 2007: 30 Years of Sharing Ideas: 1977-2007
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Construction cost estimates for marine construction and rehabilitation are essential to the owner in planning, authorizing, and financing a project. However, for marine construction there are many issues that make the process more complicated than for typical building and transportation projects. This paper discusses the fundamentals of cost estimating, presents issues to consider in estimating marine projects, and discusses alternative risk-based techniques for evaluating project costs.
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© 2007 American Society of Civil Engineers.
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Published online: Apr 26, 2012
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ASCE Technical Topics:
- Buildings
- Business management
- Construction costs
- Construction engineering
- Construction management
- Construction methods
- Contracts and subcontracts
- Financial management
- Financing
- Owners
- Personnel (type)
- Personnel management
- Practice and Profession
- Project management
- Rehabilitation
- Structural engineering
- Structures (by type)
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Project Engineer-Diver, Ocean and Coastal Consultants, Inc., 35 Corporate Drive, Trumbull, CT, 06611. E-mail: [email protected]
P.E.
Project Manager-Diver, Ocean and Coastal Consultants, Inc., 35 Corporate Drive, Trumbull, CT, 06611. E-mail: [email protected]
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