Recommended Practices

RPs


The AACE International Recommended Practices (RPs) are intended to be the main technical foundation of our educational, and certification products and services. The RPs are a series of documents that contain valuable reference information that has been subject to a rigorous review process and recommended for use by the Technical Board.

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ID TITLE REV. DATE
10S-90 Cost Engineering Terminology
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 2021/03/23
11R-88 Required Skills and Knowledge of Cost Engineering
[Look Inside]		 2013/06/18
13S-90 Recommended Method for Determining Building Area
[Look Inside]		 1990/11/01
14R-90 Responsibility and Required Skills for a Project Planning and Scheduling Professional
[Look Inside]		 2006/09/19
15R-81 Profitability Methods
[Look Inside]		 2008/07/16
16R-90 Conducting Technical and Economic Evaluations – As Applied for the Process and Utility Industries
[Look Inside]		 1991/04/01
17R-97 Cost Estimate Classification System
[Look Inside]		 2020/08/07
18R-97 Cost Estimate Classification System – As Applied in Engineering, Procurement, and Construction for the Process Industries
[Look Inside]		 2020/08/07
19R-97 Estimate Preparation Costs in the Process Industries
[Look Inside]		 1998/06/19
20R-98 Project Code of Accounts
[Look Inside]		 2003/01/27
21R-98 Project Code of Accounts – As Applied in Engineering, Procurement, and Construction for the Process Industries
[Look Inside]		 2003/01/27
22R-01 Direct Labor Productivity Measurement - As Applied in Construction and Major Maintenance Projects
[Look Inside]		 2004/04/26
23R-02 Identification of Activities
[Look Inside]		 2007/05/03
24R-03 Developing Activity Logic
[Look Inside]		 2004/03/26
25R-03 Estimating Lost Labor Productivity in Construction Claims
[Look Inside]		 2004/04/13
27R-03 Schedule Classification System
Look Inside]		 2010/11/12
28R-03 Developing Location Factors by Factoring – As Applied in Architecture, Engineering, Procurement, and Construction
[Look Inside]		 2006/10/19
29R-03 Forensic Schedule Analysis
[Look Inside]		 2011/04/25
30R-03 Implementing Project Constructability
[Look Inside]		 2021/03/19
31R-03 Reviewing, Validating, and Documenting the Estimate
[Look Inside]		 2009/05/12
32R-04 Determining Activity Durations
[Look Inside]		 2012/01/14
33R-15 Developing the Project Work Breakdown Structure
[Look Inside]		 2016/03/01
34R-05 Basis of Estimate
[Look Inside]		 2014/05/02
35R-09 Development of Cost Estimate Plans – As Applied for the Building and General Construction Industries
[Look Inside]		 2015/02/14
36R-08 Development of Cost Estimate Plans – As Applied in Engineering, Procurement, and Construction for the Process Industries
[Look Inside]		 2019/10/10
37R-06 Schedule Levels of Detail—As Applied in Engineering, Procurement, and Construction
[Look Inside]		 2010/03/20
38R-06 Documenting the Schedule Basis
[Look Inside]		 2009/06/18
39R-06 Project Planning – As Applied in Engineering and Construction for Capital Projects
[Look Inside]		 2011/12/08
40R-08 Contingency Estimating – General Principles
[Look Inside]		 2008/06/25
41R-08 Risk Analysis and Contingency Determination Using Range Estimating
[Look Inside]		 2008/10/27
42R-08 Risk Analysis and Contingency Determination Using Parametric Estimating
[Look Inside]		 2011/05/26
43R-08 Risk Analysis and Contingency Determination Using Parametric Estimating – Example Models as Applied for the Process Industries
[Look Inside]		 2011/12/28
44R-08 Risk Analysis and Contingency Determination Using Expected Value
[Look Inside]		 2012/12/04
45R-08 Scheduling Claims Protection Methods
[Look Inside]		 2009/06/01
46R-11 Required Skills and Knowledge of Project Cost Estimating
[Look Inside]		 2013/01/16
47R-11 Cost Estimate Classification System – As Applied in Engineering, Procurement, and Construction for the Mining and Mineral Processing Industries
[Look Inside]		 2020/08/07
48R-06 Schedule Constructability Review
[Look Inside]		 2009/08/28
49R-06 Identifying the Critical Path
[Look Inside]		 2010/03/05
50R-16 Trending and Forecasting of CPM Schedules
[Look Inside]		 2019/02/27
52R-06 Prospective Time Impact Analysis – As Applied in Construction
[Look Inside]		 2017/05/04
53R-06 Schedule Update Review – As Applied In Engineering, Procurement and Construction
[Look Inside]		 2008/08/14
54R-07 Recovery Scheduling—As Applied in Engineering, Procurement, and Construction
[Look Inside]		 2010/11/19
55R-09 Analyzing S-Curves
[Look Inside]		 2010/11/10
56R-08 Cost Estimate Classification System – As Applied in Engineering, Procurement, and Construction for the Building and General Construction Industries
[Look Inside]		 2020/08/07
57R-09 Integrated Cost and Schedule Risk Analysis Using Risk Drivers and Monte Carlo Simulation of a CPM Model
[Look Inside]		 2019/07/09
58R-10 Escalation Estimating Principles and Methods Using Indices
[Look Inside]		 2011/05/25
59R-10 Development of Factored Cost Estimates – As Applied in Engineering, Procurement, and Construction for the Process Industries
[Look Inside]		 2011/06/18
60R-10 Developing the Project Controls Plan
[Look Inside]		 2011/12/21
61R-10 Schedule Design – As Applied in Engineering, Procurement, and Construction
[Look Inside]		 2013/10/11
62R-11 Risk Assessment: Identification and Qualitative Analysis
[Look Inside]		 2012/05/11
63R-11 Risk Treatment
[Look Inside]		 2012/08/23
64R-11 CPM Schedule Risk Modeling and Analysis: Special Considerations
[Look Inside]		 2012/05/02
65R-11 Integrated Cost and Schedule Risk Analysis and Contingency Determination Using Expected Value
[Look Inside]		 2012/05/02
66R-11 Selecting Probability Distribution Functions for use in Cost and Schedule Risk Simulation Models
[Look Inside]		 2012/08/24
67R-11 Contract Risk Allocation – As Applied in Engineering, Procurement, and Construction
[Look Inside]		 2014/01/14
68R-11 Escalation Estimating Using Indices and Monte Carlo Simulation
[Look Inside]		 2012/05/02
69R-12 Cost Estimate Classification System – As Applied in Engineering, Procurement, and Construction for the Hydropower Industries
[Look Inside]		 2020/08/07
70R-12 Principles of Schedule Contingency Management – As Applied in Engineering, Procurement and Construction
[Look Inside]		 2013/10/16
71R-12 Required Skills and Knowledge of Decision and Risk Management
[Look Inside]		 2013/06/17
72R-12 Developing a Project Risk Management Plan
[Look Inside]		 2013/04/25
73R-13 Establishing Labor Productivity Norms
[Look Inside]		 2014/01/14
74R-13 Basis of Estimate - As Applied for the Software Services Industries
[Look Inside]		 2014/04/02
75R-13 Schedule and Cost Reserves within the Framework of EIA-748
[Look Inside]		 2020/11/19
77R-15 Quality Control/Quality Assurance for Risk Management
[Look Inside]		 2016/06/03
78R-13 Original Baseline Schedule Review - As Applied in Engineering, Procurement, and Construction
[Look Inside]		 2014/10/23
79R-13 Level of Effort Planning and Execution on Earned Value Projects - Within the Framework of EIA-748
[Look Inside]		 2020/08/13
80R-13 Estimate at Completion (EAC)
[Look Inside]		 2019/12/03
81R-13 Required Skills and Knowledge of Earned Value Management
[Look Inside]		 2014/05/01
82R-13 Earned Value Management (EVM) Overview and Recommended Practices Consistent with EIA-748-C
[Look Inside]		 2017/05/04
83R-13 Organizational Breakdown Structure and Responsibility Assignment Matrix
[Look Inside]		 2014/05/01
84R-13 Planning and Accounting for Adverse Weather
[Look Inside]		 2015/09/15
85R-14 Use of Decision Trees in Decision Making
[Look Inside]		 2014/11/14
86R-14 Variance Analysis and Reporting
[Look Inside]		 2015/10/19
87R-14 Cost Estimate Classification System – As Applied in Engineering, Procurement, and Construction for the Petroleum Exploration and Production Industries
[Look Inside]		 2020/08/07
88R-15 Tracking the Procurement Process using a CPM Schedule – As Applied in Construction
[Look Inside]		 2016/12/28
89R-16 Management Summary Schedule
[Look Inside]
 2017/10/18
90R-17 Statusing the CPM Schedule – As Applied in Construction
[Look Inside]		 2018/03/19
91R-16 Schedule Development
[Look Inside]		 2020/08/13
92R-17 Analyzing Near-Critical Paths
[Look Inside]		 2017/10/18
93R-17 Schedule Logs
[Look Inside]		 2018/04/18
94R-18 Cost Control Software Requirements
[Look Inside] 		2019/02/27
95R-18 Construction Photography to Document Project Status
[Look Inside]		 2019/02/27
96R-18 Cost Estimate Classification System – As Applied in Engineering, Procurement, and Construction for the Power Transmission Line Infrastructure Industries
[Look Inside]		 2020/08/07
97R-18 Cost Estimate Classification System – As Applied in Engineering, Procurement, and Construction for the Pipeline Transportation Infrastructure Industries
[Look Inside]		 2020/08/07
98R-18 Cost Estimate Classification System – As Applied in Engineering, Procurement, and Construction for the Road and Rail Transportation Infrastructure Industries
[Look Inside]		 2020/08/07
100R-19 Contract Change Management – As Applied in Engineering, Procurement, and Construction
[Look Inside]		 2020/02/27
101R-19 Roles and Responsibilities of a Project Cost Estimator
[Look Inside]		  2019/07/10
102R-19 Cost Estimate Classification System – As Applied in Engineering, Procurement, Construction, and Qualification for the Pharmaceutical and Related Industries
[Look Inside]		  2020/08/07
103R-19 Project Code of Accounts – As Applied in the Mining and Mineral Processing Industries to Facilitate Benchmarking
[Look Inside]		 2019/10/10
104R-19 Communicating Expected Estimate Accuracy
[Look Inside]		 2021/02/22
105R-19 Estimate Requirements Document – As Applied in Engineering, Procurement, and Construction for the Process Industries
[Look Inside]		 2019/10/11
106R-19 Development of Cost Estimate Basis – As Applied in Engineering, Procurement, and Construction for the Process Industries
[Look Inside]		 2019/10/14
107R-19 Cost Estimate Classification System – As Applied in Engineering, Procurement, and Construction for the Environmental Remediation Industries
[Look Inside]		 2020/08/07
109R-19 Schedule Change Management – As Applied in Construction
[Look Inside]		 2021/01/20
110R-20 Cost Estimate Validation
[Look Inside]		 2020/11/02
111R-20 Estimating for Long-Range Planning - As Applied for the Public Sector
[Look Inside]		 2021/03/19
112R-20 Cost Estimate Classification System - As Applied in Maintenance Turnarounds for the Process Industries
[Look Inside]		 2021/03/19
114R-20 Project Historical Database Development
[Look Inside]		 2021/04/01

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