Life Cycle Costing

摘要

The momentum of this evolving trend and requirement in project procurement is gathering pace, but just how aware is the industry of the benefits it delivers? Stuart Bell of CIT asks the question. The advent of PFI in particular has promoted Life Cycle Costing as the next level of project costing. The question remains, what are the and considerations to make when looking at the whole life costing of a project? Peter Wells, senior consultant at Precept Programme Management has developed a fresh and sequential approach to Service Life Planning, the process detailed below is one refined from an earlier model built when in the position of senior building economist for the contractor Carillion.