Life cycle cost analysis

摘要

Life cycle cost analyses help to justify investments in concrete roads. The credit for including a typical calculation in this issue goes to an executive from a reputed road construction company based in Mumbai. Without going into the specifics of the paper, it would suffice to say that cost computations include initial investment and investment for maintenance over a period say 20 or 40 years. If the net present value of the concrete construction cost is lower than the alternative, the choice is made for concrete.