Lifecycle tool helps housing associations apply for funding

By Stephen Kennett and Stephen Kennett Stephen Kennett2008-11-24T09:31:00+00:00

No comments

New costing tool from BLP was developed alongside the Housing Corporation

黑洞社区 defects insurer BLP has launched its lifecycle costing tool for UK housing associations.

Developed in partnership with the Housing Corporation, the online tool is designed to make it easier to calculate the lifetime cost of a housing project, simplifying applications for Housing Corporation funding.

Simon Main, managing director of BLP, says. 鈥淭his tool allows housing associations to assess the impact on a development's lifecycle cost when selecting one component over another; improving their investment decision making and control over the quality, sustainability and ecological soundness of the materials they choose. And [the tool] helps the Housing Corporation ensure its investments are going to best value and most sustainable schemes.鈥�

The tool is available free to eligible Housing Corporation investment partners. To register or to learn more about the lifecycle costing tool .

Topics

No comments

Features
Lifecycle costs: New standard for whole-life costing for buildings

2008-09-12T00:00:00Z

A new standard has been published that allows whole-life costing for buildings to be compared for the first time. Joe Martin of the BCIS explains how it works and applies it to a notional school project
Features
Lifecycle costs: The basics

2008-02-22T00:00:00Z

Peter Mayer from BLP to explain just how many separate calculations are usually required to work out the whole life costs for a house
Features
Calculating housing lifecycle costs

2008-02-22T00:00:00Z By Stephen Kennett and Stephen Kennett Stephen Kennett

Q: How do you work out the total cost of a house over a 100-year lifetime without spending hours poring over every single element? Stephen Kennett finds out the answer