Life Cycle Costing for Facilities

Owners and facility designers are frustrated with traditional cost-cutting approaches that yield the cheapest product, but end up sacrificing quality. Life Cycle Costing (LCC), properly done, enables them to achieve both: higher quality (incorporating innovative design) and costs within overall budget constraints. The authors, widely recognized leaders in these techniques, show how LCC can work for a broad variety of projects -- from several types of buildings, to roads and bridges, HVAC and electrical upgrades, and materials/equipment procurement. 16 Case Studies show how to apply LCC to particular facility types and building components, in new construction and remodeling.

Alphonse J. Dell'Isola, PE, HRICS, FSAVE, CVS-Life, is an award-winning consultant in LCC, value engineering (VE), project management, and project cost control Dr. Stephen J. Kirk, FAIA, FSAVE, LEED AP, CVS, is President of Kirk Associates, LLC