This week, I talk with Ricardo Valerdi, Professor in Systems and Industrial Engineering at the University of Arizona. We talk about his research in cost estimating, how he applied estimating principles to sports analytics, and how storytelling with data is an important skill for the future estimator.

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Cost estimating everything from infrastructure to software, from people to the cosmos. Amritpal is the host of the podcast, and is himself a professional cost estimator.

This week, I bring back Professor Giorgio Locatelli, Professor of project and business strategy at University of Leeds. We go in-depth about power plant economics, the cost drivers that mean small modular reactors are a viable option to meet sustainable development goals, the challenge of nuclear waste and why we need to consider nuclear power plant projects as 100 year contracts rather than short term build projects.

You can follow Giorgio on LinkedIn and Twitter, links in the description. You can see all his papers on Researchgate, and if you can’t access them you can contact him directly and he’ll share them with you.

Cost estimating everything from infrastructure to software, from people to the cosmos. Amritpal is the host of the podcast, and is himself a professional cost estimator.

 In this episode I discuss the cost of carbon with Dr Katherine Ibbotson, programme carbon and cost manager at the Environment Agency. Kat is a specialist in incorporating carbon cost estimating into the decision-making process, and has worked nationally with the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors and the Institute of Civil Engineers on the topic of carbon estimating. Here is our discussion.

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Cost estimating everything from infrastructure to software, from people to the cosmos. Amritpal is the host of the podcast, and is himself a professional cost estimator.

I talked with Sanathanan Rajagopal, the current Chairman of the Society of Cost Analysis and Forecasting (SCAF) and Qinetiq Fellow.

We talked about the future of estimating and how big data, AI and machine learning means working smarter not harder.

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Cost estimating everything from infrastructure to software, from people to the cosmos. Amritpal is the host of the podcast, and is himself a professional cost estimator.

I talked with the brilliant Dr Christian B Smart all about project risk and his new book about project risk management.

Christian is the Chief Scientist for Galorath Federal, providing consultancy to NASA and Department of Defence.

Christian's new book Solving for Project Risk Management: Understanding the Critical Role of Uncertainty in Project Management is out on November 3rd 2020, and is available for pre-order now.

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Cost estimating everything from infrastructure to software, from people to the cosmos. Amritpal is the host of the podcast, and is himself a professional cost estimator.

I discuss the practical implications of the Circular Economy with Dr Anne Velenturf. We cover some radical ideas about how to build back better following the Covid-19 lockdown. We talk about how implementing Circular Economy principals affects decision-makers and whether social value can and should be monetised.

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Cost estimating everything from infrastructure to software, from people to the cosmos. Amritpal is the host of the podcast, and is himself a professional cost estimator.

This week I'm flying solo, talking about some recent news articles around cost, going in to a bit more depth, beyond the headlines.

There's always quite a lot of hot air and bluster around cost in the media. It always makes for a good, emotive headline. So I wanted to go beyond the detail we would normally see.

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Cost estimating everything from infrastructure to software, from people to the cosmos. Amritpal is the host of the podcast, and is himself a professional cost estimator.

This episode features Dr Rucha Karkarey, a coral reef ecologist and marine conservation biologist from India.

We discuss the cost of human-induced climate change on Lakshadweep, an island chain that is similar to the Maldives. We also talk about the mass-bleaching of coral reefs and how she has investigated the impact on marine life.

To know more about climate-change, coral reefs, fisheries and marine conservation in Lakshadweep, you can follow the wonderful work being done by the Nature Conservation Foundation (www.ncf-india.org) and the Dakshin Foundation (www.dakshin.org) in India.

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Cost estimating everything from infrastructure to software, from people to the cosmos. Amritpal is the host of the podcast, and is himself a professional cost estimator.

In the first episode of The Cost of Everything Podcast we have Professor Giorgio Locatelli Chair in Project Business strategy at the University of Leeds.

I talk with Giorgio all about energy projects, and in particular so-called Small Modular Nuclear Reactors (SMRs). We discuss the cost considerations involved in deciding to invest in nuclear projects, and how SMRs might compliment renewable technology like wind and solar power.

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