Towards a conceptual model for the application of life cycle costing (LCC) in package wastewater treatment plants in the UK
Fragmentation is a key feature of the construction industry. This problemneeds tackling in order to improve efficiency, reduce costs and makingconstruction industry more competitive. Many systems were introduced,within the last two decades, with the aim of improving integration for theconstruction industry. GALLICON was one of these systems. Objectorientated technology, using Windows as a platform and the use ofinternationally accepted data protocols made GALLICON a better systemthan many others in many aspects.GALLICON showed that it could be implemented for housing sector andwastewater treatment plants.However GALLICON lacks the ability to model Life Cycle Costing (LCC).LCC deals with estimating the costs involved with any project for the wholeduration of the project's life cycle (i.e. from inception, planning, building tooperation). The aim of this research is to deliver a conceptual model for theapplication of LCC in the wastewater treatment plants. The limited resourcesof this research meant that it could only be based upon data mainly used in theUK. Also a package wastewater treatment plant was used as a model to basethe research upon. Only essential processes were mainly looked at. Processesinvolved in wastewater treatment plants were identified. A hierarchy for theseprocesses was drawn. Then an IDEFO (Integrated Computer AidedManufacturing Definition) model of these processes was created.The research proved that making a proper model for the application of LCC inpackage wastewater plants was possible. Further research into different typesof Waste Water Treatment (WWT) plants and for other locations around theworld is needed to complete model's data needed for Waste Water TreatmentPlants (WWTP) for the application of LCC in GALLICON.
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