Life-Cycle Cost Analysis
Documents
- Life Cycle Cost Analysis Primer (.pdf, 2 mb)
- Life-Cycle Cost Analysis Technical Bulletin (.pdf, 1.3 mb)
- Life-Cycle Cost Analysis Fact Sheet
- Transportation Asset Management Case Studies: Life-Cycle Cost Analysis The Colorado Experience (.pdf, 1 mb)
- Transportation Asset Management Case Studies: Life-Cycle Cost Analysis The Georgia Experience
- Transportation Asset Management Case Studies: Life-Cycle Cost Analysis The Pennsylvania Experience (.pdf, 1 mb)
About LCCA
FHWA promotes Life-Cycle Cost Analysis (LCCA) as an engineering economic analysis tool that allows transportation officials to quantify the differential costs of alternative investment options for a given project. LCCA can be used to study either new construction projects or to examine preservation strategies for existing transportation assets. [More About LCCA]
User's Group
- Register for the LCCA User's Group to receive notices for future meetings, and revisions to the software and documentation
Software
- RealCost - software that provides a tool to perform an LCCA in accordance with FHWA best practice methods
- RealCost User's Manual (.pdf 3 mb)
Training
- FHWA Workshop Introduces New Life-cycle Cost Analysis Software
- Fundamentals of Life Cycle Cost Analysis Live Instructor Lead Distance Learning Course
- Life-Cycle Cost Analysis Peer Exchange
- Onsite RealCost Life-Cycle Cost Analysis (LCCA) Software Workshop
Links
- 2007 OIG Report Recommending better inclusion of LCCA in Value Engineering
- 2007 National LCCA Survey by Mississippi DOT
- Applying LCCA to Bridges (Public Roads Article)
- BridgeLCC Software from National Institute of Standards and Technology
- Bridge Life-Cycle Cost Analysis (NCHRP Report Parts I & II)
- California DOT LCCA
- California DOT Price Index for Selected Highway Construction Costs
- LCCA Used as Bid Award Criteria in Louisiana (.pdf, 0.2 mb)
- National LCCA Survey Conducted by South Carolina DOT (.pdf, 0.7 mb)
- New York State DOT Pavement Design Manual (See Appendix 5a)
- Ohio DOT Material Price Indices
- Washington State Legislature LCCA Statement
- USDOT Value of Travel Time Guidance
- FHWA Highway Construction Costs Increases Issues Website
- US Office of Management and Budget Circular A-94