"Cost engineering the engineering practice devoted to the project cost management, involving such activities as cost- and control- estimating, which is cost control and cost forecasting, investment appraisal, and risk analysis." "Cost Engineers budget, plan and monitor investment projects. They seek the optimum balance between cost, quality and time requirements."
Skills and knowledge of Cost Engineers are similar to those of Quantity Surveyors.
A cost engineer is "an engineer whose judgment and experience are utilized in the application of scientific principles and techniques to problems of estimation; cost control; business planning and management science; profitability analysis; project management; and planning and scheduling."
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