| Desalination Project Cost Estimating and Management Contributor(s): Voutchkov, Nikolay (Author) |
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ISBN: 0815374143 ISBN-13: 9780815374145 Publisher: CRC Press OUR PRICE: $152.00 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: November 2018 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Technology & Engineering | Environmental - Water Supply - Business & Economics | Development - Sustainable Development - Business & Economics | Project Management |
| Dewey: 628.167 |
| LCCN: 2018031237 |
| Physical Information: 0.7" H x 6.2" W x 9.3" (1.10 lbs) 222 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Desalination Project Cost Estimating and Management examines the key issues associated with the estimation of costs for desalination plants. It covers all aspects of desalination project cost estimating and management: direct and indirect capital costs, fixed and variable operation and maintenance costs, and total costs for water production. In addition, it provides a detailed overview of the factors that influence project costs and discusses the technological and project delivery methods to control and optimize project costs. The book includes cost curves for the most commonly used seawater desalination facilities and numeric examples illustrating how to prepare a budgetary cost estimate for a typical desalination project. Features: -Presents a comprehensive engineering overview of key issues associated with desalination project cost estimating. -Includes cost curves which can be used for budgetary level estimates of capital, and operation and maintenance (O&M) expenditures. -Contains easy to use cost-estimating rules of thumb derived from actual desalination projects. -Includes several numeric examples illustrating the cost estimating process. |