Modelling the running costs of buildings

Construction Management and Economics

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 459-470

  Al Hajj, Assem ^a   Horner, Malcolm W ^b  

^a ROBERT GORDON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cost significance; Life cycle costs; Maintenance costs; Operating costs

Indexed keywords

BUILDINGS; FORECASTING; INFORMATION SERVICES; LIFE CYCLE; MAINTENANCE; OPERATING COSTS;

BUILDING MAINTENANCE; COST SIGNIFICANCE; DEVELOPMENT AND TESTING; LEVEL OF DETAIL; LIFECYCLE COSTS; MAINTENANCE COST; NOVEL TECHNIQUES; SIMPLE MODELING;

COSTS;

EID: 12444254068     PISSN: 01446193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/014461998372231     Document Type: Article

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