Life-Cost Approach to Building Evaluation

1. Auflage 2017
ISBN: 978-1-138-46462-9
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 256 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 467 g

Life-cost approach to building evaluation comprehensively addresses in a reader-friendly, accessible way the fundamentals of life-cost studies in the built environment. It includes the time-value of money, discounted cash-flow analysis, differential price-level movement and affordability fluctuations. Contemporary issues such as occupancy costs, sustainability implications and value adding are also addressed. Replete with illustrations and examples, this innovative book provides a holistic approach to evaluation that integrates life-costing to broader social and environmental criteria.Important features include:- presentation materials to facilitate face-to-face and online learning - review questions- worked tutorial exercises, and- example examination papers.

Zielgruppe

Professional Practice & Development

Autoren/Hrsg.

Langston, Craig

Fachgebiete

• Technische Wissenschaften Bauingenieurwesen Baukonstruktion, Baufachmaterialien
• Geisteswissenschaften Architektur Architektur: Allgemeines

Inhaltsverzeichnis

•A Total Cost Approach •The Time Value of Money •Discounted Cash Flow Analysis •Life-Cost Planning •Life-Cost Analysis •Change in Worth •Real and Equivalent Value •Life-Costing in Practice •Occupancy Costs •Sustainability Implications •Adding Value •Holistic Project Appraisal •Life-Cost Calculations

Über Autor(innen)

Langston, Craig