Life-Cycle Costs of New Construction Materials

Autor:	Mark Andrew Ehlen
Rok vydání:	1997
Předmět:	Engineering Cost–benefit analysis Cost effectiveness business.industry New materials Classification scheme Reinforced concrete Construction engineering Bridge (nautical) Forensic engineering Life cycle costs Activity-based costing business Civil and Structural Engineering
Zdroj:	Journal of Infrastructure Systems. 3:129-133
ISSN:	1943-555X 1076-0342
DOI:	10.1061/(asce)1076-0342(1997)3:4(129)
Popis:	New high-performance construction materials are being developed for transportation structures. Economic methods are needed for assessing the life-cycle cost advantages and disadvantages of these new materials relative to conventional materials. This paper provides a step-by-step, project-based approach based on life-cycle costing, minimum performance requirements, and a cost classification scheme that organizes a construction material's life-cycle cost advantages and disadvantages. A case study example of the method analyzes the cost effectiveness of fiber-reinforced-polymer bridge decks relative to reinforced concrete decks.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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