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Toward improved LCC-informed decisions in building management

Filipa Salvado (Laboratorio Nacional de Engenharia Civil, Buildings Department, Lisbon, Portugal)
Nuno Marques de Almeida (Civil Engineering, Architecture and Georesources Department, Instituto Superior Tecnico, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal)
Alvaro Vale e Azevedo (Laboratorio Nacional de Engenharia Civil, Buildings Department, Lisbon, Portugal)

Built Environment Project and Asset Management

ISSN: 2044-124X

Article publication date: 13 April 2018

Issue publication date: 10 May 2018

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Abstract

Purpose

Stakeholders of the Architecture, Engineering and Construction (AEC) sector require information on the buildings economic performance throughout its life cycle. This information is neither readily available nor always accurate because building management (BM) professionals still face difficulties to fully incorporate the life cycle cost (LCC) concept into their daily practice. The purpose of this paper is to identify and contribute to solving these difficulties.

Design/methodology/approach

This paper provides a background knowledge review and set the ground for a structured research roadmap and a management framework that highlight the links and limitations to be addressed within and between LCC and BM. A six-stage method was used for developing conceptual frameworks targeting six goals: establishing a point of departure; mapping sources of information; literature research; notion deconstruction and conceptual categorization; overview of the applicable background knowledge; and structuring of a framework for LCC-informed decisions in BM.

Findings

Management solutions for the built context are necessarily connected with LCC and BM current concepts such as asset management, project, program and portfolio management, facility management and data management. These management approaches highlight the importance of incorporating life cycle concepts and promote LCC effective application within the AEC sector.

Originality/value

This paper identifies and discusses current limitations on the information availability for the economic performance of buildings throughout its life cycle. This work also identifies LCC-related topics that need to be further explored or addressed by both the scientific community and practitioners to overcome these limitations and facilitate the integration of the LCC concept into BM activities.

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Citation

Salvado, F., Almeida, N.M.d. and Vale e Azevedo, A. (2018), "Toward improved LCC-informed decisions in building management", Built Environment Project and Asset Management, Vol. 8 No. 2, pp. 114-133. https://doi.org/10.1108/BEPAM-07-2017-0042

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Emerald Publishing Limited

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