Contents: The rationale for project evaluation -- Evaluating long term projects -- Evaluating risky projects -- Data for whole-life costing -- Lifecycle options -- The option to develop -- The option to expand -- The option to switch use -- The option to reconfigure -- The option to refurbish -- Options on new technology -- Very long term projects -- Long-term budgeting under uncertainty -- Self-assessment matrix for whole-life evaluation
Notes
"The ideas in this book crystallised in the course of two research projects which were supported from 1998 to 2002 by the Partners In Innovation (PII) programme for construction industry research, which was an initiative of the UK Department of Trade and Industry"--Foreword