Life Cycle Costing for Construction

ISBN-13: 9780751400564 / Angielski / Twarda / 1992 / 176 str.

Spon; John W. Bull

Opis

The construction industry is becoming increasingly aware of the need to adopt a holistic approach to the design, building, and disposal of structures. With 60% of the total construction budget in most developed countries being spent on repair and maintenance, there is an obvious need to design for reliability and durability, with more carefully planned maintenance and repair schedules. One important facet is to look at how costs are distributed and spent during the lifetime of a structure: an approach known as life cycle costing, which has the ultimate aim of minimising total lifetime expenditure. As an example, choosing an inexpensive coating for steelwork may require maintenance every three years, whereas a coating which is more expensive may require repairing only once per decade. It is a question of balance - taking the lifetime costs of the structure into consideration. This new book provides an insight into how whole life costing is affecting our approach to designing, building, maintaining and disposing of structures.

Spis treści

Introduction to life cycle costing - S J Dale. Life cycle costing related to reliabilty-based and optimum design - K Koyama. Life cycle costing relataed to the refurbishment of buildings - S-I K Gustafsson. Life cycle costing of highways - R Robinson. Life cyle costing in the defence industry - M J Kinch. The quality approach to design and life cycle costing in the health services - J F McGeorge. How life cycle costing can improve existing costing - A Ashworth. Life cycle cost analysis: a decision aid - J J Griffin. The way ahead for life cycle costing in the construction industry - J W Bull. Index.

O autorze

J.W. Bull