Probabilistic approach for predicting life cycle costs and performance of buildings and civil infrastructure

Informations projet

EUROLIFEFROM

N° de convention de subvention: G1RD-CT-2001-00497

Projet clôturé

Date de début 1 Avril 2001

Date de fin 30 Septembre 2004

Financé au titre de

• Programme for research technological development and demonstration on "Competitive and sustainable growth 1998-2002"

Coût total

€ 3 732 794,00

Contribution de l’UE

€ 1 940 922,00

Coordonné par

TAYLOR WOODROW CONSTRUCTION LTD
United Kingdom

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Livrables

Definition of true capital costs of construction, routine maintenance, repairs and indirect costs

Development of a Cost Database to enable cost data to be collected in a standard format. This Database was used as questionnaire for collecting cost construction data and Future Cost Data, related with the case studies undertaken by the partners.

A service life database including statistical quantification of parameters used in the predictive models

A database has been created to collect information on life expectancies of building components. Its structure has been designed to collect information based on ISO 15686 principles and stores information such as failure modes and factors to consider when assessing the service life of a building component. Its use is closely linked to the performance models developed in models for predicting rates of deterioration for a range of building components and materials and definitions of levels of deterioration at which intervention is required.

Description of the decision making process and how LCC fits into this

A "decision map" of the design process relating to the construction sector has been developed. The purpose of this map is to provide a framework to link data and information on whole life costing, deterioration and environmental issues in order to provide life predictions on a probabilistic basis. The concept is that of a process map which treats design as a sequential linear process along the time axis and indicates the issues/stages where decisions are made, and the relevant data and information needed, in relation to whole life performance.

A cost database

A typical Cost Data Database using the UNICLASS system as a default. This Database will give the user the possibility to introduce their own classification system or use a classification used in Tender Documents. The Database can collect both initial and future costs.