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Upcoming Live Webinars
A conversation with Richard van Tricht: Lessons learned from implementing global Project Controls for 30 years
Wednesday, 23 February 2022 | 9:00 (CST) 16:00 (CET)
As a Shell accredited Project Services Manager and a Technical Authority in all PSM disciplines, Richard van Tricht has managed hundreds of complex projects. In this webcast, he will speak about his project controls experience and vision with Elmer Sachteleben, a Senior Cost Engineer CCE who leads Cost Engineering Academy.
Cleopatra Estimating: Explore chosen features & functions and gain insights into the solution
Thursday, 14 April 2022 | 9:00 (CDT) 16:00 (CEST)
Want to improve your experience with Cleopatra Enterprise? Want to see a brief introduction to the Estimating solution or explore it further, become better at it? During this Cleopatra user webcast, you’ll learn the importance and value of solid and trustworthy cost estimates, and how Cleopatra allows you create these.
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Renewable Energy: the impact of declining costs and true project controls
By 2035, more than 50% of global power generation will come from renewable sources. In this webinar you'll learn about recent advances in the renewable energy market and how digital project controls can help shape a more sustainable future.
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A new look at EPC projects: Improvement via digital project controls
In this webinar, you’ll discover how digital project controls can enhance the performance of your EPC projects. We’ll show you the best practices of monitoring cost and schedule, which leads to project cost efficiency and minimizing manual efforts.
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Mining Projects during Supercycle: Maximizing Value from Digital Cost Estimating
During this webinar, you’ll discover how digitalization of cost estimation can improve the performance of your CAPEX mining project. We’ll show you how to set up accurate estimates within a small timeframe and limited scope, and the drivers of estimate accuracy, so your mining project will stay ahead in this highly competitive market.
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Here's what our customers have to say.
We strongly believe in our product and the many powerful features Cleopatra Enterprise brings to the table. While we would happily go on listing the potential benefits for your organization, we don't just want you to take our word for it. Read a selection of user stories from our customers: organizations that operate as major players in various industries, explaining the value that Cleopatra Enterprise adds to their projects.
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Renewable Energy Industry:
The impact of declining costs and true project controls
As the industry’s technology advances and the costs of renewable energy continue declining, new opportunities will be revealed. Project controls teams should be ready to seize these opportunities.
How can you capture cost-saving opportunities and help shape a more sustainable future? How do digitalization and integrated project controls contribute to this?

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How to fix the Top 10 Project Cost Management Mistakes
With all that goes into managing a project, making sure things are done right, within budget, and on time is a challenge, especially when we fall victim to the same mistakes.
Therefore, we have compiled a list of the most common project cost management problems that we have seen and our proposed solutions to fix them.

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The ultimate guide to the future of Project Controls
Advancement in technologies provides a great opportunity to control technical projects, maintenance and turnarounds smartly and more efficiently. However, not every company has bridged the digital gap.
What exactly do project controllers need to know to navigate the future of project controls? In this guide, we explore this in detail.
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Discover tips and advice about Project Cost Management.

Determining productivity factors in Project Cost Management
For a cost engineer, often labour proves to be the most difficult resource to properly estimate. This is not because the required hours for activities are not well known, because this is actually documented quite well. The problem is to adjust these standard labor norms to the project-specific conditions.
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Project cost management: Common misconceptions about cost engineering
Not everyone is familiar with cost engineering in the field of project controls. In the project team around you probably everyone has their own idea of how to assign costs and control the project. Let’s get some common misconceptions out of the way.
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Monitoring ROI during a project - Beware the Concorde Fallacy
The Concorde was a British–French turbojet-powered supersonic passenger airliner, the first commercial aircraft of its kind. Even though there were major setbacks during the development, investors kept investing more in the project. This is when the catchy term "Concorde Fallacy" emerged. It's very important to keep monitoring the ROI of your project.
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Sharing knowledge.
At Cost Engineering Consultancy our goal is to increase the awareness and knowledge of the cost engineering profession. Therefore we like to share our knowledge and expertise, for example through our Cost Engineering Academy. The white papers will give you a broader insight in the cost engineering principles and methodologies.
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Digital Cost Estimating of Tank Terminals: A conversation with Vopak's Global Estimating Manager
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Contribute, learn and get inspired at Project Controls & Industry Events

Project Controls Expo UK 2022
15 – 16 November 2022 | London, United Kingdom
As world's largest Project Controls event, the Expo offers a platform where a wide range of industry players and professional bodies can engage with professionals and technology providers for the development and advancement of the profession. Cleopatra Enterprise is proud to be a partner of the Expo.

Project Controls Summit 2022
18 – 21 May 2022 | Online
The Project Control Summit is a global virtual conference in project controls that brings together project professionals from around the world. Throughout the entire event you can visit the virtual booth of Cleopatra Enterprise to ask all your questions regarding Cleopatra Enterprise or project controls in general. .

StocExpo 2022
23 – 25 May 2022 | Rotterdam, Netherlands
StocExpo is the largest and longest running international bulk liquid storage event, is returning to Rotterdam in 2022 to inspire, connect and share knowledge within the tank storage community. Thought leaders from across the world will gather alongside exhibitors and visitors to discuss the future of the bulk storage industry.
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