Designer and constructor practices to ensure life cycle performance
Publisher: Available from National Technical Information Service
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Springfield, Va
Language: eng
Number of pages: 86
Subjects: CONSTRUCTION; CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS; LIFE CYCLE COSTS
Description: Technology advances of the last few decades, in such areas as computing and construction materials, have      inspired many attempts to improve the construction process. Many of these attempts focus on reducing costs      and improving functionality, such as life cycle cost analysis and value engineering, while others, such as      design-build, focus on specific phases of the life cycle. Other factors such as declining productivity, the quantity      of construction and demolition waste produced, rising construction costs and the current phase of      redevelopment and reconstruction for much of the nation's infrastructure also motivate scrutiny of life cycle      planning practices.
Notes: AD-A355 054.

Thesis (M.S. in Civil Engineering) University of Washington, 1998.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 33-34)

dk/dk cc:9116 10/16/98.