AACE Great Lakes Section
May 2022 AACE Meeting
Joint Session with ASPE
Cost Estimating in Hyperinflation Economies
Presenter: Francis Lira Vargas
Date: May 18th, 2022
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Presentation and Speaker Info
Topic: Cost Estimating in Hyperinflation Economies
Recording from 2019 AACE International Conference & Expo
Presenter: Francis Lira Vargas
Regardless of a project's complexity or magnitude, predicting its costs requires dealing with many factors such as uncertainties, escalation, and inflation. In hyperinflationary economies, predicting the cost of a project wit the highest possible accuracy is a particularly difficult task that requires the development of methodologies or procedures. It is of primary importance that the cost estimate should be traceable, and all its elements should be some ways of dealing with hyperinflation in the context of cost estimation. The objective is to design a calculation procedure to enhance the accuracy of cost estimates by including the impact of hyperinflation. This impact would be added to the costs obtained with the traditional method for materials, construction equipment, labor, and indirect costs. This proposed methodology is oriented to projects with a high level of definition or in the execution phase.
Presenter:
Francis Lira Vargas
Civil Engineer - 1997 Polytechnic Santiago Marino - Venezuela
1994-2015 - Cost Estimator, Schedule and Project Manager in Construction, Oil & Gas sectors in Venezuela.
2015 - Moved to France and is working as a Senior Cost Estimator and Project Engineer since 2017.