There are many text books about engineering design and some includeproject evaluation techniques. There are text books on accountingmethods and yet others on business management. This book does notaim to replace these specialized texts but brings together theelements of these subjects that young engineers working in industry- particularly the construction industry and its customers- need to understand.Most engineers learn about money the hard way: by experience inthe workplace. The authors having done this themselves recognizedthe gap in engineers' education and set out to bridge it.This book is based on a 1996 course George Solt pioneered forfinal-year engineering undergraduates. The book is written in anapproachable style and gives young engineers as well as matureengineers an insight into the way engineering businesses run, theimportance of capital and the problems of cash flow.