Industrial Piping and Equipment Estimating Manual, Second Edition delivers a comprehensive overview of information that engineers, estimators and managers need to develop estimates and create bids. Packed with worksheets covering combined and simple cycle power plants, refineries, compressor stations, ethanol, hydrogen and biomass plants, this reference helps construction engineers and estimators create bids where scope and quantity differences can be identified and project impacts estimated. This updated manual provides a comprehensive, accurate method for compiling piping and equipment man-hour estimates for industrial process plants--including Solar, Geothermal and Biomass Energy. Beginning with an introduction devoted to labor, productivity measurement, estimating methods, and factors affecting construction labor productivity and impacts of overtime, the author then explores equipment through hands-on estimation tables, including sample estimates and statistical applications. Each section contains scopes of work and covers craft labor for the assembly and field erection to put equipment into operation in a process unit. Each section can be used to estimate man-hours to install a specific process plant. The book rounds out with a glossary, abbreviations list, formulas, and metric/standard conversions. This comprehensive, current manual details scopes of work based on process and increased safety in field erection.

Estimating methods and statistical applications reduce errors for estimators to produce accurate estimates, making it an ideal go-to reference for estimators, engineers and managers with a level of detail and equipment breakdown necessary for today's complex industrial operations.