A text and reference on cost engineering, emphasizing capital projects. Contains sections on estimating and cost control, covering aspects including indirect costs, data collection and management, computerized estimating, and cost control during engineering and construction. This third edition contains new chapters on computer applications and bulk material control, expanded coverage of factors affecting estimate accuracy, and an introduction to estimate and schedule classification, plus additional case studies with problems. For students in cost engineering. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.