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  

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

• Cost Estimating - Resources
  • 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
  • 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.
• Incorporating Environmental Costs and Considerations into Decision-Making: Review of Available Tools and Software
  • This site discusses how environmental accounting gives companies the opportunity to significantly reduce or eliminate environmental costs, improve environmental performance, and gain competitive advantage.
• Business Researcher's Interests
  • 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.

Best Practices/Lessons Learned

Department Of Energy Lessons Learned

• 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

• 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
  • This website allows users to access budget and other financial policy information.
• USAspending.gov
  • This link allows you to access information on DOE contracts.
• Search DOE Hqs. CallUp Directory
  • Search telephone numbers and e-mail addresses for Department of Energy government and contractor personnel.
• FedWorld Home Page
  • 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
  • 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.