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Record Nr.

UNINA9910831183303321

Autore

Flanagan Roger

Titolo

Whole life appraisal for construction [[electronic resource] /] / Roger Flanagan, Carol Jewell ; with George Norman

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; ; Malden, MA, : Blackwell Science, 2005

ISBN

1-280-21344-2

9786610213443

0-470-70824-7

0-470-77363-4

1-4051-4813-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (ix, 182 p. ) : ill

Altri autori (Persone)

JewellCarol

NormanGeorge <1946->

Disciplina

690.0681

Soggetti

Building - Estimates

Building

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 175-180) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Whole life appraisal - an overview; Whole life appraisal: preliminary concepts ; An overview of whole life appraisal ; Whole life appraisal at the planning and design stage; Discounting and the time value of money; Data sources for whole life appraisal; Operations and maintenance; A practical approach to whole life appraisal for construction; Taxation and whole life appraisal; Integrated Logistic Support (ILS); A case study; Summary and conclusions; Glossary of terms

Sommario/riassunto

Whole life costing is of increasing importance in light of the growing emphasis on value for money in construction projects. This text not only provides an introduction to the subject but a toolkit, explaining how to do a whole life appraisal.