Whole-Life Cost


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Whole-Life Cost

The total amount a company spends on an asset over its entire usable life. Examples of whole-life costs include planning, research, purchase price, and maintenance. Companies estimate the whole-life cost prior to purchasing a new asset to determine whether or not it will be cost effective. It is also called the life cycle cost.
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With more and more people seeing the benefits of whole-life cost analysis, its popularity in construction is increasing.
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The new implementation will lower the whole-life cost of ownership by moving from a highly customized environment to a more flexible commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) based solution.
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And what is the quality of the learning environment - because we cannot lose sight of what the specifi-cation has to support: educational outcomes The fifth factor, sustainability, cuts across all of the guiding principles - especially the concept of whole-life costs.
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