Costs-in-use: principles in the context of building procurement
Bird, B.
Costs-in-use: principles in the context of building procurement - 1987 - Construction Management & Economics Special Edition 1987, S23-S30 (8) .
Suggests the several factors responsible for the low level of application of the costs-in-use approach in the UK: attention has focussed on costs alone, to the exclusion of performance; assumptions that increasing capital outlay will reduce running costs have diverted attention from fundamental principles of costs-in-use; while the absence of post-occupancy feedback about buildings` running costs and performance has made widespread acceptance difficult. Ideally, statements about costs and performance should be clearly and explicitly made before the design brief is finalised, using the best information possible. References.
BUILT ENVIRONMENT-BUILDING COSTS
Costs-in-use: principles in the context of building procurement - 1987 - Construction Management & Economics Special Edition 1987, S23-S30 (8) .
Suggests the several factors responsible for the low level of application of the costs-in-use approach in the UK: attention has focussed on costs alone, to the exclusion of performance; assumptions that increasing capital outlay will reduce running costs have diverted attention from fundamental principles of costs-in-use; while the absence of post-occupancy feedback about buildings` running costs and performance has made widespread acceptance difficult. Ideally, statements about costs and performance should be clearly and explicitly made before the design brief is finalised, using the best information possible. References.
BUILT ENVIRONMENT-BUILDING COSTS