Estimating the life expectancies of building components in life-cycle costing calculations

Structural Survey

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 4-8

  Ashworth, Allan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Building life cycle; Building materials; Estimating; Lifecycle costing

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986037682     PISSN: 0263080X     EISSN: 17586844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02630809610122730     Document Type: Article

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