Abdelhalim Boussabaine & Richard Kirkham 
Whole Life-Cycle Costing [PDF ebook] 
Risk and Risk Responses

Whole life-cycle costing (WLCC) is rapidly becoming the standard
method for the long-term cost appraisal of buildings and civil
infrastructure projects. With clients now demanding buildings that
demonstrate value for money over the long term, WLCC has become an
essential tool for those involved in the design, construction,
operation and risk analysis of construction projects.

Whole-life costing: risk and risk responses offers a thorough
grounding in both the theory and practical application of WLCC.
Part I deals with the fundamentals, providing the general
background to appreciate WLCC concepts and whole life risk
management techniques at the key decision-making milestones through
a project’s life. Part II covers the design stage, including
service life forecasting and environmental life-cycle assessment
techniques in WLCC. Practical frameworks both for assessing whole
life risks and risk responses, as well as guidance on developing
WLCC budget estimates are also developed. In Part III, the authors
consider WLCC during the construction and operations stages, with a
strong emphasis upon risk analysis methods and dynamic WLCC
assessment.

With its mixture of established theory, best practice and
innovative approaches, this book will help you make more accurate
assessments of the long-term cost effectiveness of projects
by:

* providing a thorough grounding in the theory of WLCC

* demonstrating how decision-making uncertainty can be reduced by
basing choices on sound risk management principles

* identifying a systematic approach to planning the
post-occupancy costs.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Part I: Fundamentals of Whole Life Cycle Costing.

1. Towards an understanding of whole life cycle costing.

2. Whole life cycle costing risk management.

3. Key decisions in the whole life cycle costing process.

4. Fundamentals of whole life cycle cost analysis.

5. Whole life risk analysis techniques.

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Part II: Whole Life Cycle Costing: The design stage.

6. Design service life planning.

7. Design environmental life cycle assessment.

8. Whole life cycle cost planning at the design stage.

9. Whole life risk and risk responses at design stage.

10. Whole life cycle costing of mechanical and electrical services: A case study.

Part III: Whole Life Cycle Costing: Construction and occupancy stages.

11. Whole life risk and risk responses in the construction stage.

12. Whole life risk and risk responses at operation stage.

13. Whole life cycle costing in the operation stage.

14. Whole life costing of building assets occupancy: A case study

Über den Autor

Abdelhalim Boussabaine d’Ingénieur d’Etat, MSc, Ph D is a Lecturer at the School of Architecture, at the University of Liverpool. He has written widely on cost modelling for researchers and professionals and is the lead author of Whole Life Cycle Costing: Risk and Risk Responses (Blackwell, 2004).