THE NEW 'GULF COAST'?

摘要

During 2008, a Special Interest Group was formed out of cost engineers from the process industry representatives to pick-up the challenge to establish a globally accepted standard for labor productivity norms for the industry. In February 2009, the Dutch Association of Cost Engineers (DACE) published a CD-ROM that provides guidance in the use of labor productivity norms for many of the disciplines which are involved in the construction and maintenance of industrial production facilities. This article will provide information on the level of information that should be provided for in the development of any labor productivity norm standards; and proposes that the DACE labor productivity norms, as an available published guideline, may become the new "Gulf Coast" labor productivity norm standards for the construction industries. This article was first presented as EST.517 at the 2011 Annual Meeting.