Cost Engineering Journal


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Cost Engineering is a bimonthly peer-reviewed journal. It is the official technical publication of AACE, featuring a variety of best-in-field technical articles. The journal is a member-only benefit. For full access to the current issue and archives dating back to 2005, click here or become a member today! Subscriptions are not available.

2025 Issues

July 2025 CE
July/August
IN THIS ISSUE:
  • Daubert Challenge Paper Revisited: The Landscape Two Decades Later
  • Collaborative Projects: The Ultimate Trust Fall Exercise for Both Vendors and Owners
  • An Efficient Approach to Scheduling Repetitive Projects

May 2025 CE
May/June
IN THIS ISSUE:
  • Program and Project Management Insights Gained From an Analysis of Completed Projects
  • Assessing Proposed Risk Mitigation Actions Using Mitigation Scoring
  • Estimating Productivity Adjustments

March/April
IN THIS ISSUE:
  • Tales from the Construction Crypt - Lessons Learned
  • Practical Implementation of AI-Based Risk Analysis on Construction Megaprojects
  • Correcting Out-of-Sequence Logic

January/February
IN THIS ISSUE:
  • Time Impact Analysis: Past, Present, and Future
  • Independent Cost Estimate's Value on Construction Manager/General Contractor Transportation Projects
  • Data Analytics: Reimagining One's Total Cost Management Journey to Enhance Value

Professional Development & Technical Resources

Testimonials

“Being kept up to date with current trends in cost engineering through technical papers in the Cost Engineering journal and Source is enlightening. It improves my project management skills in the area of costing.”

- Zivai Marangarire, CCP
Inspector (Chemical Production Technologist)
Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons
The Hague, The Netherlands