AACE International

A Certied Forensic Claims Consultant (CFCC) has

met specic education and experience requirements,
has submitted an expert evidence report requirement, has agreed to adhere to a canon of ethics, has
obtained at least one of the pre-approved additional
certication requirements, and has passed an examination designed to objectively assess and measure
claims and dispute resolution knowledge. Additionally, a CFCC must satisfy continuing certication
requirements or lose the certication.

AACE International (formerly the Association for the

Advancement of Cost Engineering) was founded in 1956
by 59 cost estimators and cost engineers during the organizational meeting of the American Association of
Cost Engineering at the University of New Hampshire
in Durham, New Hampshire. AACE International
Headquarters is located in Morgantown, West Virginia,
USA.[1] AACE is a 501(c)(3) non-prot professional association.
AACE is the publisher of Cost Engineering, a monthly
technical journal, Skills and Knowledge of Cost Engineering (currently in its fth edition), AACE Certication
Study Guide (currently in its third edition), 14 dierent
AACE International Professional Practice Guides, and its
most comprehensive publication, the Total Cost Management (TCM) Framework.

An Earned Value Professional (EVP) has met specic education and experience requirements, has
agreed to adhere to a canon of ethics, and has passed
an examination designed to objectively assess and
measure cost management and earned value management knowledge. Additionally, an EVP must
satisfy continuing certication requirements or lose
the certication.

Certication programs

A Planning & Scheduling Professional (PSP) has met

specic education and experience requirements, has
agreed to adhere to a canon of ethics, and has passed
an examination designed to objectively assess and
measure cost management, planning and scheduling
knowledge. Additionally, a PSP must satisfy continuing certication requirements or lose the certication.

AACE currently manages seven certication programs:[2]

A Certied Cost Professional (CCP) (formerly Certied Cost Consultant (CCC) / Certied Cost Engineer
(CCE)) has met specic education and experience
requirements, has passed the technical paper submittal, has agreed to adhere to a canon of ethics,
and has passed an examination designed to objectively assess and measure cost management and cost
engineering knowledge. A CCC/CCE must also satisfy continuing certication requirements or lose the
certication.

AACEs CCC/CCE, CEP, EVP, and PSP certied individuals must document ongoing cost and management
professional experience and education every three years
to keep their certication current. Since becoming a charter member of the Council of Engineering and Scientic
Specialty Boards (CESB) in 1990, AACEs CCC/CCE,
A Certied Cost Technician (CCT) (formerly known CCT, EVP, and PSP certications are independently acas ICC - Interim Cost Consultant) has met specic credited by the CESB.
education and experience requirements, has agreed
to adhere to a canon of ethics, and has passed an examination designed to objectively assess and measure basic cost management and cost engineering 2 Membership
knowledge. The CCT certication is an entry-level
As of 2012, AACE reported over 8,000 members. To
certication and is not eligible for renewal.
network in local areas, there are over 80 local sections
A Certied Estimating Professional (CEP) has met located in 80 countries. There are also 11 Technical
specic education and experience requirements, has Sub-Committees and 17 Special Interest Groups (SIGs).
agreed to adhere to a canon of ethics, and has passed Each SIG is devoted to a specic industry area, such as
an examination designed to objectively assess and academic, construction, or manufacturing and serves as
measure estimating and cost management knowl- an outlet for individuals to develop a common body of
edge. Additionally, a CEP must satisfy continuing knowledge relative to identifying issues and assisting othcertication requirements or lose the certication.
ers in nding a resolution to similar problem areas.
1

See also
International Cost Engineering Council

References

[1] Amos, Jennie (July 2005). The Rich History of AACE

International. Cost Engineering 47 (7): 57.
[2] http://www.aacei.org/cert/whatCertOffers.shtml

Further reading
Amos, Scott (editor), Skills and Knowledge of Cost
Engineering, Fifth Edition, AACE International,
Morgantown, West Virginia, 2004.

External links
AACE International
What is cost engineering? - a white paper
The Total Cost Management Framework; An Integrate Approach to Portfolio, Program and Project
Management
AACE Public Discussion Forums

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