CEP – Certified Estimating Professional (AACE -USA)

CEP – Certified Estimating Professional (AACE -USA)

Teachers
Mr. Eid Ashry
Category:
Cost Engineering Course/ Project Management/
estemating
Duration: 40Hrs
Lectures: 20
Certification On Compeletion

COURSE DESCRIPTION

AACE International’s Certified Estimating Professional (CEP) certification program is designed to establish credentials for those individuals working in the estimating field. This certification program will give professionals a means to validate their skills and knowledge. CEP certification will distinguish you as a Certified Estimating Professional who has the knowledge and skills that impact the bottom line.

AACE’s CEP certification provides an exam and experience validation that lets employers identify those who meet the program’s competency standards.

About AACE International

AACE’s Certifications have been a mark of distinction for over 30 years. As the industry leader, AACE’s certifications provide exam and experience validation that lets employers, clients, and colleagues identify those who meet the program’s competency standards. With AACE Certification, you demonstrate that you have met the highest professional standard available in the industry.

For more information, log on to www.aacei.org

Course Objectives

AACE International’s Certified Estimating Professional (CEP) certification program is designed to establish credentials for those individuals working in the estimating field. This certification program will give professionals a means to validate their skills and knowledge. CEP certification will distinguish you as a Certified Estimating Professional who has the knowledge and skills that impact the bottom line.

What is the target audience?

This is a highly recommended program for all construction industry  professionals, viz., Project Managers, Engineers, Consultants, Cost Estimators, Controllers, Accountants, Quantity Surveyors or anyone who leads, manages or supports project planning and execution.

Benefits of Attending

  • Manage uncertainty in your project through an effective Risk Management Plan
  • Be familiar with Contract Management
  • Gain an in-depth knowledge in Total Cost Management framework
  • Be familiar with “Skills and Knowledge of Cost Estimating “
  • Learn comprehensive tools & techniques in Cost Estimating and Control
  • Improve your project management skills: Effective Planning and Scheduling

CURRICULUM

  • This intensive course is designed to quickly and efficiently give you information, skills, strategies, and techniques to lead to successful preparation for your certification exam.
  • 40 Hours of exam focused Intensive Training CEP Certified Instructors with industry experience
  • Examination practice questions, exercises, flash cards etc.
  • Full support from applying for AACE International membership to certification exam and recertification Free Re-training for non-pass student.
  •  CEP Certification will distinguish you as a Certified Estimating Professional who has the knowledge and skills that impact the bottom line of an organization.
  • Today’s ever changing business environment requires new approaches to cost engineering management, which has become an important tool for dealing with time to market, resources limitations, downsizing and global competition.

Exam and Certification Criteria

To qualify for the CEP you must have at least 8 full years of professional experience, of which up to 4 years may substituted by a college/university degree. Related degrees include: engineering, building construction, construction technology, business, economics, accounting, construction management, architecture, computer science, mathematics, etc.

Exam Details

Exam Details

The CEP exam contains two components: the multiple choice written exam and written memo question..

Both components must meet the minimum overall score of 70% in order to successfully pass the exam.

Multiple Choice Exams

The exam is delivered through computer based testing (CBT) and is comprised of multiple-choice and compound, scenario questions. The topics covered in the exam are: Basic Cost Engineering Skills & Knowledge, Economic Analysis, Project Management, and Cost Estimating and Control.

About Instructors

Mr. Eid Ashry
Mr. Eid Ashry, (PMP,PMI-RMP, PMI-SP,PMI-ACP,PSP,CCP,PPPM,MPM,LEED) has a BSC. Civil Engineering, – Faculty of Engineering, Cairo University, EGYPT. He has working experience for more than 15 years, he Started his career as a Planning and Cost Control Engineer, and then moved to Project Management. (Currently his main focus is on Training and Consultation services in management fields). Mr. Eid delivered many training courses and presentations in GCC, the courses delivered are in project management. Experience • Manage the planning department for some projects. • Coordinate with all subcontractors’ planners regarding projects schedule, planning requirements and schedule updates. • Identify the internal and high quality replica watchesexternal relationships and dependency between the various parties (Client, Contract 1 works, Subcontractors, Municipality services… etc.) to develop a detailed time schedule. • Incorporate all subcontractors and internal schedules into one detailed schedule cost and resource loaded and monitor the progress. • Attend the weekly progress meeting with the client to discuss the progress of the work and to raise the schedule area of concerns. • Chair the weekly planning meetings with the subcontractors. • Monitor the long lead material approval, purchase, manufacture and delivery. • Report the progress, planned v.s actual to the project manager and top management. • Prepare the client weekly, monthly reports as per SBG & ACC standards. • Highlight any potential or existing risks / issues and escalate them to project manager. • Perform cost control to selective activities. • Update and monitor the manpower histogram planned v.s actual. • Analyze the time claims from individual subcontractors, record all delay events and prepare an Extension of Time to the client due to late commence and work progress interruptions by others. • Further to the detailed schedule in primavera, prepare a spread excel sheets with additional details for the two weeks look ahead schedule and long lead activities fully automated to draw the bar chart based on planned and actual dates, calculating the planned value, planned manpower and planned quantities in daily. • Develop risk / issue register and log to highlight any potential or existing risks / issues.

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