- Author
- Griffith, J. W.
- Title
- Life Cycle Cost Workbook. Final Report.
- Coporate
- KG Associates, Dallas, TX
- Sponsor
- National Bureau of Standards, Gaithersburg, MD Department of Health, Education and Welfare, Washington, DC
- Report
- NBS GCR 79-186-1, September 1981, 30 p.
- Distribution
- Available from National Technical Information Service
- Keywords
- economic factors | fire safety | fire safety evaluation system | health care facilities
- Abstract
- The workbook presents a methodology to compare total or relative (Life Cycle) cost of the alternative plans. It is designed to be useable by any person who has access to the necessary financial data and a rudimentary understanding of normal business financing and cost. The approach used is based on the completion of simple work sheets. All of the definitions and reference tables needed to execute the work sheets are included in the workbook. By use of this approach the health care provider, or other person responsible for making preliminary decisions among widely varying alternatives, can extend his information base beyond the traditional approach of first cost figures to consider the actual life cycle price.