PRACTICAL APPLICATION OF LIFE-CYCLE COST EFFECTIVE DESIGN AND REHABILITATION OF CIVIL INFRASTRUCTURES

The demand on the practical application of life-cycle cost effectiveness for design and rehabilitation of civil infrastructure is rapidly growing in civil engineering practice. In the 21st century it is almost obvious that life-cycle costs together with value engineering will become a new paradigm for all engineering decision problems in practice. However, in spite of impressive progress in the research on LLC, most of the research has focused on the theoretical point and has not fully incorporated the critical issues for the practical implementation. This paper intended to suggest a systematic integrated approach to the practical application of various LLC methodologies for the design and rehabilitation of civil infrastructure.