“…Cost engineering is concerned with cost estimation, cost control, business planning and management, profitability analysis, cost risk analysis, and project management, planning, and scheduling (Roy 2008). The Special Issue on cost engineering covered a wide range of topics that included modelling of whole-life cost prediction (Newnes et al 2008), a framework for cost-based producibility assessment (Elgh and Cederfeldt 2008), cognitive actions between experienced designers and experienced cost engineers (Houseman et al 2008), incorporating cost analysis tools within a design and engineering architecture (van der Laan and van Tooren 2008), and application of cost engineering methods for product development (Dimitrellou et al 2008, Mauchand et al 2008. Despite new advances in this area, more attention is needed to understand the uncertainties and cost risks involved in cost estimation (Roy 2008).…”