New generation whole-life costing
By: Ian Ellingham and William Fawcett.
Contributors: Fawcett, William.
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Published: 2006
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Subjects: Building -- Estimates -- Case studies; Life cycle costing -- Case studies; Buildings -- Great Britain -- Maintenance and repair -- Cost effectiveness -- Case studies
Genres: Case studies
Notes: "The ideas in this book crystallised in the course of two research projects which were supported from 1998 to 2002 by the Partners In Innovation (PII) programme for construction industry research, which was an initiative of the UK Department of Trade and Industry"--Foreword.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The rationale for project evaluation; title: Evaluating long term projects; title: Evaluating risky projects; title: Data for whole-life costing; title: Lifecycle options; title: The option to develop; title: The option to expand; title: The option to switch use; title: The option to reconfigure; title: The option to refurbish; title: Options on new technology; title: Very long term projects; title: Long-term budgeting under uncertainty; title: Self-assessment matrix for whole-life evaluation.