Pay Now or Pay Later: Controlling Cost of Ownership from Design Throughout the Service Life of Public Buildings - Softcover

National Research Council; Division On Engineering And Physical Sciences; Commission On Engineering And Technical Systems; Committee On Setting Federal Construction Standards To Control Building Life-Cycle Costs

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0309044812 ISBN 13: 9780309044813

Publisher: National Academies Press, 1991

Synopsis

Buildings and other public facilities can have very long and productive service lives, providing efficient shelter and serving a wide range of activities. To do so, however, these facilities must be managed effectively, in a manner consistent with key design decisions.
A variety of political and technical obstacles to effective management raise the public's total cost of ownership for these facilities, particularly when actions to deal with short-term government budget deficits have long-term, high-cost consequences.
This book identifies obstacles to controlling the costs of ownership and suggests ways these obstacles can be overcome.

Table of Contents

• Front Matter
• 1 Introduction
• 2 Life-Cycle Cost and Its Control
• 3 Obstacles to Life-Cycle Cost Control
• 4 Government Facilities and Life-Cycle Costs
• 5 Controlling Life-Cycle Costs of Ownership
• Appendix A Glossary
• Appendix B Biographical Sketches of Committee Members and Staff
• Appendix C Overview of Life-Cycle Cost Analysis Procedure
• Appendix D Issues Addressed by a Building Life-Cycle Cost Management System

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Committee on Setting Federal Construction Standards to Control Building Life-Cycle Costs, National Research Council

Edition details

• Publisher: National Academies Press
• Publication date: 1991
• ISBN 10: 0309044812
• ISBN 13: 9780309044813
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 72