Advanced Cost Engineering

This training on Advanced Cost Engineering provides three days of comprehensive content for industry professionals seeking to capitalise on key cost control strategies during the course of the project lifespan. This training brings forth an enriching experience and fresh take on cost engineering as per the different stages of the project lifecycle. Through the examination of case studies bringing the practical application of different strategies, this intensive training fills a gap in the Middle East market for companies looking to capitalise on advanced cost engineering to manage the ever growing amount of projects.

Attend this training to explore the best techniques and methodologies of analysing project costs, profitability and uncertainties throughout the project lifecycle. Using the combination of unmatched analytical skills, accurate models and thorough knowledge of project parameters, participants will walk away making sound functional and economic decisions

International Facilitator:
Ko Des Bouvrie, Technical Director
Cost Engineering, Netherlands

Ko has more than 20 years of cost engineering experience in consulting various heavy industries such as oil and gas, petrochemical, mining & minerals, chemical, construction, pharmaceutical, government and heavy industry among others. He worked at AMEC as a coordinator for several principals, such as Shell The Hague, DSM Delft and NAM, specialising in cost engineering. He is also involved with all maintenance, activities concerning cost engineering and arbitration business. Since 1992, he has been a member of NAP/DACE and also a member of AACEI, AcostE and different special interest groups related to cost engineering. He teaches cost engineering at the Cost Engineering Academy and has spoken at various international conferences in the related field.

The trainer and his team has been actively involved in several projects which have been executed by Cost Engineering such as asset verification for a large refinery built between the fifties and now for a total value of 9 billion Euros. He was also responsible for various cost engineering projects in partnership with a number of large and smaller engineering firms for projects ranging from millions up to over a billion Euros.

Apart from consulting, the company also has a Cost Engineering Academy that provides training of various levels to those with specific responsibility for cost estimation, cost control and planning in their organisations. Cost Engineering Consultancy has also developed their own multi disciplinary estimating system called Cleopatra Enterprise. Currently, Cleopatra Enterprise is used in several different continents.

Trainer’s previous clients include:
BP / Exxon Mobil / Statoil / Shell / Total / Tullow Oil / Inpex / Nova Chemicals, Netherlands / Qatar Petroleum / Maasvlakte Oil Terminal