Projects that involve both the construction or renovation of a structure or an alteration of part of the environment are considered part of civil engineering.
5 major civil engineering projects:
Water engineering.
Construction and management engineering.
Structural engineering.
Geotechnical engineering.
Transport engineering.
Building a Financial Model by the Rulebook ecause Excel is such a wonderfully flexible and universal tool, you can pretty much do anything with it — but that doesn’t mean you should! A key dan- ger of using Excel is lack of discipline, leading to dangerous errors. When building a financial model in Excel, you’re […]
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Determining your audience Who will be viewing or using your model in the future? If it’s for only your own use, you should still follow good model design but there’s no need to spend a lot of time on the formatting to make it look cool. You should still add assumptions and source documentation for
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Considering the Layout andDesign of Your Model The problem that needs to be solved and the output required often influence the layout and design of the model. So, it’s not a bad idea to spend some time thinking about the layout before you get started. Not only do the layout and structure of the model
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FINDING AN RGB COLOR If you don’t know the RGB color that’s been used in your company logo or the image you’d like to insert in the model, you can easily fi the color code by following these steps: Gathering Data to Put in Your Model A financial model is only as good as its
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Designing How the Problem’s Answer Will Look When you’ve identified the problem that needs to be solved, it’s very tempting to dive straight in and begin the model-building process, but it’s a good idea to stop for a moment to plan the model and determine how the output will look. When it comes to building
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Planning and Designing Your Financial Model lanning and design can sometimes be the most difficult part of building a financial model — especially for those of us whose skills are more technical and numerical than visual. When building your model, you need to pay close attention to the design layout and ensure that it’s clear,
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Looking at Alternatives and Supplements to Excel Excel is often called the “Swiss Army knife of software” or the “second-best solu- tion” because you can do practically anything in Excel, but it’s not always the best tool for the job. You can write a letter in Excel for example, but Word is a much better
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Recognizing the Dangers of Using Excel Financial modelers, like anyone working extensively with Excel, are very aware of the inherent risks involved. According to a study by Ray Panko, who is a leading authority on spreadsheet practices, close to 90 percent of spreadsheets contain errors. Some managers treat models as though they are able to
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Getting Acquaintedwith Excel or most people, Microsoft Excel and financial modeling go hand in hand. Given the title of this book, it should come as no surprise to you that I assume you’ll be using Excel. In order to build a financial model, you need at least a working knowledge of Excel. So, before jumping
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Introducing Financial Modeling he demand for financial modeling skills has increased exponentially in recent years and many job listings for finance positions now include “finan- cial modeling” as a core skill. If you’re reading this book, you’ve probably already discovered how important this skill is, and you know that learning finan- cial modeling will increase
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