New generation whole-life costing : property and construction decision-making under uncertainty /
By: Ellingham, Ian [author].
Contributor(s): Fawcett, William [author.].
Publisher: London : Taylor & Francis, 2006Description: xiv, 208 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.Content type: text | text | still image Media type: unmediated | unmediated Carrier type: volume | volumeISBN: 9780415346573; 9780415346573:; 0415346576; 9780415346580; 0415346584; 9780203624425; 0203624424.Subject(s): Building -- Estimates -- Case studies | Life cycle costing -- Case studies | Buildings -- Great Britain -- Maintenance and repair -- Cost effectiveness -- Case studiesDDC classification: 692.5Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 199-204) and index.
Introduction and acknowledgements -- Foreword : familiar words and new concepts -- The rationale for project evaluation -- Evaluating long term projects -- Evaluating risky projects -- Data for whole-life costing -- Lifecycle options -- The option to develop -- The option to expand -- The option to switch use -- The option to reconfigure -- The option to refurbish -- Options on new technology -- Very long term projects -- Long-term budgeting under uncertainty -- Self-assessment matrix for whole-life evaluation.
This work presents a new approach to whole-life costing and risk management for construction. It is a pioneering transfer of the options-based approach to decision-making, which has revolutionised the management of uncertainty in the financial world.