Certified Cost Engineer (CCE) Course

There is a growing demand for highly qualified Cost Engineers. Companies acknowledge the need for good estimating, planning and cost control capabilities for the preparation and execution of their capital projects. The Cost Engineer is at the pivot point between technical project requirements and the financial framework in a company. In that role, the Cost Engineer is essential for effective projects, and supports the project manager to deliver projects within schedule and budget. In more general terms, Cost Engineers acquire ever more important roles in the control of entire company operations.

 

 

For many years, DACE has organized the Certified Cost Engineer (CCE) Course, which facilitates the increase in the number of cost engineers in the Dutch-speaking region. As the course is recognized to be very valuable by companies also working outside the Netherlands, the need for an international accessible course was identified. To fulfil this industrial requirement, DACE developed an international version of the CCE course by upgrading and renewing existing course materials in the English language. DACE proudly presents the international version of this successful course.

Certified Cost Engineer Course by Jeroen Suppers

The DACE CCE course is mainly set-up for Cost Engineering in the process industry. So why should a Cost Engineer from a machine-building company even consider to attend it? Well, because despite the differences in fields of application, I have experienced that there are many similarities with our day-to-day challenges!

It all started with the ambition to improve my knowledge about Cost Engineering in order to improve Cost Management within Marel. I successfully finished the course in 2020 and in the 1.5 years it took, the various subjects and group activities provided me both theoretical and practical knowledge, which I could directly apply within my company. It has supported the development of Marel's Global Costing Process to improve the focus of the project team on cost price during our projects. Moreover, I achieved a better view on cost price determination and its uncertainties and have a better understanding of managing target cost prices (budgets) and dealing with changes in time which helps the project team to meet the expected project outcome.

I look back to an intense study period, but the course has given me a lot of personal and work value and broadened my view on Cost Engineering, from food processing machines to chemical processing plants!

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Fokke de Vries en Richard van Tricht volgden de opleiding Certified Cost Engineering van
DACE. De opleiding richt zich op toepassing van Cost Engineering in de procesindustrie
zoals petrochemie, voedsel en dranken aan een breed scala aan ingenieurs. Wat heeft de
opleiding hen gebracht? Van Tricht: “De opleiding heeft mijn loopbaan prima geholpen.
De DACE Cost Engineer-opleiding staat hoog aangeschreven in de industrie.” De Vries:
“Door het denken in kosten en risico’s kan ik nu op verschillende niveaus van gedachten
wisselen en adviezen geven.”
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