Cost Breakdown for Plant Piping - Questions

Does anyone have a recent cost breakdown for piping vs. other elements of plant construction?

Is it still the biggest single individual cost? Given computerization, I'd think that has also been a big cost factor over the past 20 years or so.

And related, do any of you use variants of MS Windows for plant control systems (snicker)? If so, how do you "three finger salute" (I.E., ctrl-alt-del) a malfunctioning 5000 HP compressor?

I've noticed that many current 3D modeling piping software packages also include the ability to route cable trays, ducts, place steelwork, etc. Who ideally will be doing this, the piping designers or is the idea to task out each discipline?

Theoretically, could one guy do everything? Design-wise, I mean, not engineering.

Paul Received on Fri Mar 05 23:51:00 2004