Life-Cycle Cost Analysis to Evaluate Infrastructure Pavement Design in Western Australia
dc.contributor.author | Whyte, Andrew | |
dc.contributor.author | Pham, Anna | |
dc.contributor.editor | Mohamed Hasnain Isa | |
dc.contributor.editor | Kurian V John | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2017-01-30T11:39:16Z | |
dc.date.available | 2017-01-30T11:39:16Z | |
dc.date.created | 2012-09-16T20:00:19Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2012 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Whyte, A. and Pham, A. 2012. Life-Cycle Cost Analysis to Evaluate Infrastructure Pavement Design in Western Australia, in Isa, Mohamed Hasnain and John, Kurian V. (ed), 2012 International Conference on Civil, Offshore and Environmental Engineering. (ICCOEE), Jun 12-14 2012. Kuala Lumpur: University Teknologi PETRONAS. | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/13748 | |
dc.description.abstract |
Decision-support tools and asset management throughout the life-cycle and at the planning phase of civil infrastructure projects are essential for stakeholders charged with the determination of cost-effective design-solutions over the useful life of an asset. The need for a LCCA (life-cycle cost analysis) to guide economic decision-making when comparing competing alternatives is explored by project review of actual specification alternatives towards a case-study that contrasts the pavement design options of: concrete; and, asphalt. Clear cost foundations are applicable. Cost factors were obtained from actual live valid experience predominately. Discussion is made of the processes involved in developing a LCCA model for infrastructure with consideration of options; namely direct whole-life cost comparison of: thin asphalt surfaced unbound granular pavement (AC); and, continually reinforced concrete pavement (CRCP). Life-cycle periods of 100, 60 and 30 years, with an 8% discount rate (incorporating sensitivity analyses), results indicate that a pavement alternative of asphalt is least cost in all cases. This project vindicates and validates the need for a LCCA for civil engineering pavement, and specifically recommends that asphalt is a less expensive infrastructure alternative than concrete in Western Australia. | |
dc.publisher | University Teknologi PETRONAS | |
dc.title | Life-Cycle Cost Analysis to Evaluate Infrastructure Pavement Design in Western Australia | |
dc.type | Conference Paper | |
dcterms.source.title | Proceedings of the 2012 International Conference on Civil, Offshore and Environmental Engineering | |
dcterms.source.series | Proceedings of the 2012 International Conference on Civil, Offshore and Environmental Engineering | |
dcterms.source.isbn | 978-983-2271-77-2 | |
dcterms.source.conference | 2012 International Conference on Civil, Offshore and Environmental Engineering (ICCOEE2012) | |
dcterms.source.conference-start-date | Jun 12 2012 | |
dcterms.source.conferencelocation | Kuala Lumpur | |
dcterms.source.place | Bandar Seri Iskandar, Perak, Malaysia | |
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