16/3/2020 Recommended Practices

Published Recommended Practices

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10S-90 Cost Engineering Terminology 2019/10/10
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11R-88 Required Skills and Knowledge of Cost Engineering 2013/06/18
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13S-90 Recommended Method for Determining Building Area 1990/11/01
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14R-90 Responsibility and Required Skills for a Project Planning and 2006/09/19
Scheduling Professional
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15R-81 Profitability Methods 2008/07/16
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16R-90 Conducting Technical and Economic Evaluations – As Applied for the 1991/04/01
Process and Utility Industries
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17R-97 Cost Estimate Classification System 2019/03/06

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18R-97 Cost Estimate Classification System – As Applied in Engineering, 2019/03/06

Procurement, and Construction for the Process Industries
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19R-97 Estimate Preparation Costs in the Process Industries 1998/06/19

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20R-98 Project Code of Accounts 2003/01/27
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21R-98 Project Code of Accounts – As Applied in Engineering, Procurement, 2003/01/27
and Construction for the Process Industries
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22R-01 Direct Labor Productivity Measurement - As Applied in Construction 2004/04/26
and Major Maintenance Projects
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23R-02 Identification of Activities 2007/05/03
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24R-03 Developing Activity Logic 2004/03/26

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25R-03 Estimating Lost Labor Productivity in Construction Claims 2004/04/13

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27R-03 Schedule Classification System 2010/11/12
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28R-03 Developing Location Factors by Factoring – As Applied in 2006/10/19

Architecture, Engineering, Procurement, and Construction
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29R-03 Forensic Schedule Analysis 2011/04/25

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30R-03 Implementing Project Constructability 2009/05/20

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31R-03 Reviewing, Validating, and Documenting the Estimate 2009/05/12
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32R-04 Determining Activity Durations 2012/01/14
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33R-15 Developing the Project Work Breakdown Structure 2016/03/01

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34R-05 Basis of Estimate 2014/05/02
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35R-09 Development of Cost Estimate Plans – As Applied for the Building 2015/02/14
and General Construction Industries
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36R-08 Development of Cost Estimate Plans – As Applied in Engineering, 2019/10/10
Procurement, and Construction for the Process Industries
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37R-06 Schedule Levels of Detail—As Applied in Engineering, Procurement, 2010/03/20
and Construction
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38R-06 Documenting the Schedule Basis 2009/06/18
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39R-06 Project Planning – As Applied in Engineering and Construction for 2011/12/08
Capital Projects
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40R-08 Contingency Estimating – General Principles 2008/06/25
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41R-08 Risk Analysis and Contingency Determination Using Range 2008/10/27

Estimating
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42R-08 Risk Analysis and Contingency Determination Using Parametric 2011/05/26

Estimating
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43R-08 Risk Analysis and Contingency Determination Using Parametric 2011/12/28

Estimating – Example Models as Applied for the Process Industries
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44R-08 Risk Analysis and Contingency Determination Using Expected Value 2012/12/04
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45R-08 Scheduling Claims Protection Methods 2009/06/01
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46R-11 Required Skills and Knowledge of Project Cost Estimating 2013/01/16
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47R-11 Cost Estimate Classification System – As Applied in Engineering, 2019/07/25

Procurement, and Construction for the Mining and Mineral Processing
Industries
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48R-06 Schedule Constructability Review 2009/08/28
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49R-06 Identifying the Critical Path 2010/03/05

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50R-16 Trending and Forecasting of CPM Schedules 2019/02/27
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52R-06 Prospective Time Impact Analysis – As Applied in Construction 2017/05/04
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53R-06 Schedule Update Review – As Applied In Engineering, Procurement 2008/08/14

and Construction
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54R-07 Recovery Scheduling—As Applied in Engineering, Procurement, and 2010/11/19

Construction
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55R-09 Analyzing S-Curves 2010/11/10

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56R-08 Cost Estimate Classification System – As Applied in Engineering, 2019/03/06
Procurement, and Construction for the Building and General
Construction Industries
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57R-09 Integrated Cost and Schedule Risk Analysis Using Risk Drivers and 2019/07/09
Monte Carlo Simulation of a CPM Model
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58R-10 Escalation Estimating Principles and Methods Using Indices 2011/05/25

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59R-10 Development of Factored Cost Estimates – As Applied in 2011/06/18
Engineering, Procurement, and Construction for the Process
Industries
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60R-10 Developing the Project Controls Plan 2011/12/21
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61R-10 Schedule Design – As Applied in Engineering, Procurement, and 2013/10/11
Construction

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62R-11 Risk Assessment: Identification and Qualitative Analysis 2012/05/11
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63R-11 Risk Treatment 2012/08/23
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64R-11 CPM Schedule Risk Modeling and Analysis: Special Considerations 2012/05/02
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65R-11 Integrated Cost and Schedule Risk Analysis and Contingency 2012/05/02
Determination Using Expected Value
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66R-11 Selecting Probability Distribution Functions for use in Cost and 2012/08/24
Schedule Risk Simulation Models
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67R-11 Contract Risk Allocation – As Applied in Engineering, Procurement, 2014/01/14
and Construction
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68R-11 Escalation Estimating Using Indices and Monte Carlo Simulation 2012/05/02
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69R-12 Cost Estimate Classification System – As Applied in Engineering, 2019/07/26

Procurement, and Construction for the Hydropower Industries
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70R-12 Principles of Schedule Contingency Management – As Applied in 2013/10/16
Engineering, Procurement and Construction
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71R-12 Required Skills and Knowledge of Decision and Risk Management 2013/06/17
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72R-12 Developing a Project Risk Management Plan 2013/04/25
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73R-13 Establishing Labor Productivity Norms 2014/01/14
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74R-13 Basis of Estimate - As Applied for the Software Services Industries 2014/04/02
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75R-13 Schedule and Cost Reserves within the Framework of ANSI EIA-748 2014/10/24
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77R-15 Quality Control/Quality Assurance for Risk Management 2016/06/03
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78R-13 Original Baseline Schedule Review - As Applied in Engineering, 2014/10/23

Procurement, and Construction
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79R-13 Level of Effort Planning and Execution on Earned Value Projects - 2014/10/24
Within the Framework of ANSI EIA-748
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80R-13 Estimate at Completion (EAC) 2019/12/03

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81R-13 Required Skills and Knowledge of Earned Value Management 2014/05/01
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82R-13 Earned Value Management (EVM) Overview and Recommended 2017/05/04
Practices Consistent with EIA-748-C
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83R-13 Organizational Breakdown Structure and Responsibility Assignment 2014/05/01
Matrix
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84R-13 Planning and Accounting for Adverse Weather 2015/09/15
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85R-14 Use of Decision Trees in Decision Making 2014/11/14

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86R-14 Variance Analysis and Reporting 2015/10/19
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87R-14 Cost Estimate Classification System – As Applied in Engineering, 2019/07/31
Procurement, and Construction for the Petroleum Exploration and
Production Industries
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88R-15 Tracking the Procurement Process using a CPM Schedule – As 2016/12/28

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Applied in Construction
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89R-16 Management Summary Schedule 2017/10/18
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90R-17 Statusing the CPM Schedule – As Applied in Construction 2018/03/19
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91R-16 Schedule Development 2018/03/20
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92R-17 Analyzing Near-Critical Paths 2017/10/18
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93R-17 Schedule Logs 2018/04/18
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94R-18 Cost Control Software Requirements 2019/02/27
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95R-18 Construction Photography to Document Project Status 2019/02/27
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96R-18 Cost Estimate Classification System – As Applied in Engineering, 2019/07/31
Procurement, and Construction for the Power Transmission Line
Infrastructure Industries
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97R-18 Cost Estimate Classification System – As Applied in Engineering, 2019/08/05
Procurement, and Construction for the Pipeline Transportation
Infrastructure Industries
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98R-18 Cost Estimate Classification System – As Applied in Engineering, 2019/03/26
Procurement, and Construction for the Road and Rail Transportation
Infrastructure Industries
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100R-19 Contract Change Management – As Applied in Engineering, 2020/02/27
Procurement, and Construction
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101R-19 Roles and Responsibilities of a Project Cost Estimator 2019/07/10

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102R-19 Cost Estimate Classification System – As Applied in Engineering, 2019/10/10
Procurement, Construction, and Qualification for the Pharmaceutical
and Related Industries
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103R-19 Project Code of Accounts – As Applied in the Mining and Mineral 2019/10/10
Processing Industries to Facilitate Benchmarking
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105R-19 Estimate Requirements Document – As Applied in Engineering, 2019/10/11
Procurement, and Construction for the Process Industries
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106R-19 Development of Cost Estimate Basis – As Applied in Engineering, 2019/10/14

Procurement, and Construction for the Process Industries
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107R-19 Cost Estimate Classification System – As Applied in Engineering,

Procurement, and Construction for the Environmental Remediation
Industries
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