Mark has been using activity based costing (ABC) methods to estimate and/or justify the cost of operations for over 20 years. In the presentation he will provide an overview of his technical approach and share the results of several success stories with clients in DOE and private industry.

About the Presenter

Mark A. Childs, CCP, PMP has over 30 years of experience in construction, project management and cost engineering in the public and private sector. He has spent last 20+ years providing cost engineering consulting and project controls services supporting the Department of Energy Office of Environmental Management, NNSA, Nuclear Energy as well as TVA and KPMG. He has worked on numerous large scale projects including the Waste Treatment Plant at Hanford, Uranium Processing Facility at Y-12, Salt Waste Process Facility at SRS, and the TVA Bellefonte Reactor Project in Scottsboro, AL.

Mr. Childs has been a certified cost professional (CCP) since 1993 and holds a BS in Agricultural Engineering from the University of Georgia. He is currently the Vice President of Cost Management Division at Michael Baker International Global Services Division based in Alexandria, VA.