Infrastructure Systems and the Cost Ownership.

摘要

Infrastructure ownership involves much more than the initial cost of acquisition, and one who recognizes this must have an interest in controlling the ownership costs to be incurred over the service life of a particular infrastructure system. This study first introduces infrastructure economics and the various categories of ownership costs in order to lay a foundation for the application of life cycle costing in infrastructure management. Investigation and analysis of three in service infrastructure systems discusses a few of the many decisions made during design and construction and their impacts on the total cost of ownership. The study concludes with a discussion on controlling the cost of ownership and recommendations for further related work.