Life Cycle Costs: A comparison between inflatable and traditional barriers

In December 2002 the highly innovative inflatable storm surge barrier near Kampen in the Netherlands was finished. This Ramspol barrier (named after the small villages next to it) has to protect the area surrounding the "Zwarte Meer" during north-western storms. These storms result in water setup that can cause severe problems for the very low...

Life Cycle Costs of Transformation

The goal of this research is to explore the costs and benefits of different intervention strategies for vacant office buildings from a life cycle costing perspective. Taking into account the operating period of transformed office buildings provides insight in the actual financial result of transformed buildings compared to demolished and new...

De effecten van bouwproceskenmerken op de life cycle costs binnen onderwijshuisvesting

Research has indicated that building processes with characteristics of integrated procurement can have a positive effect on the investment costs of a building. However, the relation between these characteristics and operational costs has not often been studied (operational costs include maintenance, cleaning and energy-related costs, e.g....