Kishk, M; Al-Hajj, A and Pollock, R (2003) Effective measurement and visualization of whole-life costs of building elements. In: Greenwood, D J (ed.) Proceedings of 19th Annual ARCOM Conference, 3-5 September 2003, Brighton, UK.
Abstract
Various metrics and procedures required to effective whole-life management of buildings are outlined. This is followed by introducing a novel generic whole-life cost significance relation to identify buildings' cost significant items on various levels. Then, the details of the implementation of this relation into a useful computer application are briefly presented. This application has been designed around a recently developed WLC project database. The unique feature of the application, amongst others, is that it has an interactive user-friendly interface to visualize various WLC metrics of the building object under consideration.
| Item Type: | Conference Paper (Paper) |
|---|---|
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | cost significance; whole-life costing; whole-life management |
| Index terms: | whole-life management, computer application, cost significance, whole-life costing, implementation, visualization, database |
| Subjects: | design practice, asset management, data management, occupational health, financial and cost management, software systems, contractual arrangements |
| Topics: | Health and Safety, Cost Management, Design Practice, Digital Applications, Procurement, Business Strategy |
| Descriptive scope: | 2 PC |
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