Many large Process, Petrochemical, Mechanical and Electrical Projects have been estimated using the Chief Estimator Software. These projects are often too complicated to accurately define the scope of work early on in the project.

Complex Work-breakdown Structures (WBS), must be prepared to organize the project into distinct procurement packages that can be tendered out to specialty sub-contractors. The International Project Estimating System allows Project Managers to create multi-level breakdowns as well as sort the estimate by Procurement Bid Package, Workgroup and Location.

The Bid Closing module within the system also allows users to compare and award tenders on individual items or complete packages. The system also allows these packages to be entered in their currency of origin.

Industrial Projects are often designed in modules. These modules can be saved and imported into other estimates that require similar assemblies that can be updated to reflect the productivity, resource rates and the currency of the current project.

We have worked closely with several of the largest pertochemical contractors in the Middle East to implement their cost data for use with the Chief Estimator Software.

Richardson Process Plant Construction Cost Data

We are pleased to partner with Richardson Cost Data and to offer their full Process Industry Cost Database fully integrated into the Chief Estimator Software to assist our users in estimating Industrial Process, Mechanical,Electrical and Instrumentation Projects. The database includes the full complement of process equipment costs.

The cost data covers the following for Process Plant related activities and equipment;

• Plant Concrete, Masonry and Structural Steel
• Carpentry, Doors, Windows and Finishes
• Mechanical, Electrical and Instrumentation
• Conveyors and Size Reduction Equipment
• Material Feeders, Screens and Classification Equipment
• Dry and Liquid Agitators, Blenders and Mixers
• Dust Collection, Filters and Liquid Solid Separation Equipment
• Dryers and Flakers
• Boilers, Feedwater Heaters, Fired Heaters and Tank Heating Coils
• Heat Exchangers, Fuel Oil Heaters, Evaporators, Condensers and Coolers
• Air and Gas Compressors, Pulsation Dampeners and Air Dryers
• Pumps, Vacuum Pups and Accessories
• ASME Section VIII Pressure Vessels
• Storage Tanks, Water Treatment Equipment, Wastet Treatment Equipment
• Pollution Detection, Monitoring and Measuring Equipment