John K. Hollmann CCP CEP DRMP
The following is a brief description of Mr. Hollmann's experience and specialties. For more information, see the Contact page.
SUMMARY
John has 40+ years of experience in the process, resource and infrastructure industries for owner, government, EPC, and research firms. John has experience in all areas of cost engineering and project control with an emphasis on cost estimating and risk analysis in support of owner investment decision making. John has particular expertise in work process assessment, developing and implementing practices and tools to fill process gaps, as well as training in those areas. He also has a passion for modeling; particularly for conceptual estimating and for risk quantification. With a volatile economy and mega-sized projects, risk quantification has become an increasing focus (his book Project Risk Quantification Volume 1 (PRQ) was published in 2016, Volume 2 in 2024). Most recently, John has been applying his expertise in the infrastructure industries. Validation Estimating’s home base is Northern Virginia.
John has 40+ years of experience in the process, resource and infrastructure industries for owner, government, EPC, and research firms. John has experience in all areas of cost engineering and project control with an emphasis on cost estimating and risk analysis in support of owner investment decision making. John has particular expertise in work process assessment, developing and implementing practices and tools to fill process gaps, as well as training in those areas. He also has a passion for modeling; particularly for conceptual estimating and for risk quantification. With a volatile economy and mega-sized projects, risk quantification has become an increasing focus (his book Project Risk Quantification Volume 1 (PRQ) was published in 2016, Volume 2 in 2024). Most recently, John has been applying his expertise in the infrastructure industries. Validation Estimating’s home base is Northern Virginia.
PROFESSIONAL HISTORY
Prior to forming Validation Estimating LLC in 2005, John managed the downstream Cost Engineering Committee (CEC) and cost and schedule metrics programs of Independent Project Analysis, Inc. (IPA) for 7 years. He also initiated IPA's Upstream CEC and managed their Procurement Committee as well. John led IPA's research of Project Control best practices which was reported in a 2002 article in Chemical Engineering magazine; this is still the only industry research study to empirically demonstrate the economic value of Cost Engineering/Project Control. Before IPA, John was a senior estimator with Eastman Kodak where he helped lead their development of cost estimating processes, systems, tools and data (Kodak was a combined chemical and manufacturing company). Prior to that, he was a Senior Project Control Engineer with Fluor Daniel, Inc. working in the industrial, refining, and pipeline sectors. John transitioned from principal mining engineering to cost engineering at Battelle Project Management Division which was integrating high level nuclear waste projects for the US DOE. John began his career as a mining engineer in underground coal mining and was the corporate mine planning engineer for Pennsylvania Mines Corp before leaving for Battelle. In all these experiences, John has been recognized for his unique conceptual ability to design and implement practical, integrative corporate and department level processes, systems and tools. His latest endeavor was to launch the ValidRisk cloud-based risk quantification software with his alliance partners at KGC.
Prior to forming Validation Estimating LLC in 2005, John managed the downstream Cost Engineering Committee (CEC) and cost and schedule metrics programs of Independent Project Analysis, Inc. (IPA) for 7 years. He also initiated IPA's Upstream CEC and managed their Procurement Committee as well. John led IPA's research of Project Control best practices which was reported in a 2002 article in Chemical Engineering magazine; this is still the only industry research study to empirically demonstrate the economic value of Cost Engineering/Project Control. Before IPA, John was a senior estimator with Eastman Kodak where he helped lead their development of cost estimating processes, systems, tools and data (Kodak was a combined chemical and manufacturing company). Prior to that, he was a Senior Project Control Engineer with Fluor Daniel, Inc. working in the industrial, refining, and pipeline sectors. John transitioned from principal mining engineering to cost engineering at Battelle Project Management Division which was integrating high level nuclear waste projects for the US DOE. John began his career as a mining engineer in underground coal mining and was the corporate mine planning engineer for Pennsylvania Mines Corp before leaving for Battelle. In all these experiences, John has been recognized for his unique conceptual ability to design and implement practical, integrative corporate and department level processes, systems and tools. His latest endeavor was to launch the ValidRisk cloud-based risk quantification software with his alliance partners at KGC.
COST ENGINEERING, TCM, AACE INTERNATIONAL and More
Cost Engineering is a vital core competency for owner company capital asset and project system success. As such, John has put significant volunteer time into AACE International (the preeminent association for the cost engineering profession) and its efforts to develop industry standards and best practices. John was the lead author of AACE’s Total Cost Management (TCM) Framework published in 2006. TCM is the first integrated process model to tie together up-front capital asset management and execution phase project control for portfolios, programs and projects while linking them all back to business strategy. TCM is the key reference foundation for much of Validation Estimating’s consulting in process improvement.
John has served on the AACE Board of Directors, was a director of ICEC, and was Director of Recommended Practices for many years on AACE’s Technical Board. He was also on the team that developed AACE’s Cost Estimating Professional (CEP) certification. John received AACE's Award of Merit in 2008, and the Lifetime Achievement Award in 2018, its highest honor. John is currently an Honorary Life Member and Fellow at AACE. Most recently, John led the development of AACE's Decision and Risk Management Professional (DRMP) certification launched in 2013 (John holds certificate #001). John was also the primary contributor to 48 AACE Recommended Practices. John is a frequent presenter and has published many papers and articles. He was a contributing author to Westney’s Engineer's Cost Handbook published by CRC Press and AACE’s Skills and Knowledge of Cost Engineering, 5th Edition. John is a registered professional mining engineer (ret'd) and a certified cost professional (CCP; formerly called Certified Cost Engineer) in addition to a CEP and DRMP. He has a BS degree in Mining Engineering from the Pennsylvania State University and a MBA degree from the Indiana University of Pennsylvania.
Cost Engineering is a vital core competency for owner company capital asset and project system success. As such, John has put significant volunteer time into AACE International (the preeminent association for the cost engineering profession) and its efforts to develop industry standards and best practices. John was the lead author of AACE’s Total Cost Management (TCM) Framework published in 2006. TCM is the first integrated process model to tie together up-front capital asset management and execution phase project control for portfolios, programs and projects while linking them all back to business strategy. TCM is the key reference foundation for much of Validation Estimating’s consulting in process improvement.
John has served on the AACE Board of Directors, was a director of ICEC, and was Director of Recommended Practices for many years on AACE’s Technical Board. He was also on the team that developed AACE’s Cost Estimating Professional (CEP) certification. John received AACE's Award of Merit in 2008, and the Lifetime Achievement Award in 2018, its highest honor. John is currently an Honorary Life Member and Fellow at AACE. Most recently, John led the development of AACE's Decision and Risk Management Professional (DRMP) certification launched in 2013 (John holds certificate #001). John was also the primary contributor to 48 AACE Recommended Practices. John is a frequent presenter and has published many papers and articles. He was a contributing author to Westney’s Engineer's Cost Handbook published by CRC Press and AACE’s Skills and Knowledge of Cost Engineering, 5th Edition. John is a registered professional mining engineer (ret'd) and a certified cost professional (CCP; formerly called Certified Cost Engineer) in addition to a CEP and DRMP. He has a BS degree in Mining Engineering from the Pennsylvania State University and a MBA degree from the Indiana University of Pennsylvania.
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Clients served since 2005
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Oil & Gas/Refining
Aramco BP Chevron Ecopetrol Husky Lukoil Overseas Northwest Redwater Petro-Canada Petronas Suncor Sunoco Synenco Syncrude |
Chem/Bio/Ag/Pharm/Etc
Braskem Cargill Centrus Corteva Dow Corning DuPont Eastman FMC Husqvarna LyondellBassel Medimmune Praxair Sasol Simbol Materials |
Mining/Metals
Antofagasta plc BHP Kinross Gold Glencore Resource Capital Funds Rio Tinto Alcan Teck Resources Twin Metals Minnesota Vale Votorantim |
Power/Utility/Infrastructure
BC Hydro Beon Consumers Energy DTE Energy Emera Enbridge FortisBC Hydro One Hydro Quebec Manitoba Hydro Nalcor Energy Nuon Ontario Power Toronto Transit Commission TransCanada TransGrid US Dept of Energy Vattenfall |
Contractors/Consultants
APTIM Bechtel Black & Veatch DLA Piper (expert witness) Hatch I/O Consulting Koff & Guerrero PT Thiess Qubist RIMPL Pty Ltd Sinopec Engineering Group SNC Lavelin VMS, Inc |