In 2015 we are proud to welcome you to our 5th edition of the most important Cost Engineering event in Europe. Nowadays we see more and more pressure for projects to be delivered in time, within the established budget and with the best quality. Therefore, the theme for this year’s Event is “Cost Estimating and Project Control: Closing the loop”. A title that refl ects the necessity of bringing estimating and project controls closer together. At the previous Cost Engineering Event the theme was about Total Cost Management and we noticed that the companies we work with are more and more interested in the total concept of cost engineering. At Cost Engineering we therefore promote that companies should make a step in bringing the estimating and project controls departments closer together, as opposed to two different departments each with their own different views and tools.