• KSCE Journal of Civil and Environmental Engineering Research
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• v.33 no.4
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• pp.1639-1650
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• 2013

Road pavement management is an important activity that affects to national economy, movement and safety of people, and also demands huge amount of budget. Therefore, its management strategy must be established under objective information. In addition, decision support system that produces the management strategy needs to consider practical benefits from various aspects. Considering these aspects, this paper aimed to develop a customized Korean life cycle cost analysis model estimating various effects on road users and socio-environmental costs based on pavement condition. The suggested LCCA model focused on Korean national highway, and tried to adopt a national guideline recommended by Korean government for securing credibility of estimation results. In the development processes, some of the suggestions that do not fit well in the situations of pavement management field were added, altered, or partially modified. These attempts to develop customized asset management system would be an important step to break away from passive attitudes relying on ready-made software, but also to improve awareness about the social benefits from the better maintenance strategy.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Agricultural Engineers Conference
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• 2004.11a
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• pp.28-28
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• 2004

• Journal of KIBIM
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• v.5 no.2
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• pp.34-45
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• 2015

As buildings become larger and more complicated, construction costs have increased with a considerable effect on buildings' Life Cycle Cost (LCC). However, there has been little consideration on economic aspects in the selection of construction materials due to limited information on the materials and dependency in architects' experience and inefficiency in cost estimation, causing design changes, increase in maintenance cost, difficulty in budgeting, and decrease in building performance. To solve these problems, this study proposed a BIM-based material selection model which reflects the comprehensive economic efficiency of building materials. Our cost prediction model can estimates the material-related cost during the entire building life cycle. Furthermore, we implemented the proposed model in connection with BIM, which can analyze and compare LCC by material. Through the validation of the model, we could confirm the necessity of LCC-based material selection in comparison with the conventional cost-centered material selection.

• Construction Engineering and Management
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• v.11 no.6
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• pp.38-41
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• 2010

• Journal of the Korean Institute of Educational Facilities
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• v.23 no.6
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• pp.17-20
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• 2016

• Journal of the Korea Institute of Building Construction
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• v.13 no.4
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• pp.321-332
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• 2013

Costs and expenses are intertwined and incurred throughout an entire construction project, even from the pre-construction phase, and each phase has a different impact on the life cycle cost (LCC). However, the cost breakdown structure (CBS) is different in each phase of a building construction project, which makes it hard to reasonably calculate construction cost. For this reason, the boundary conditions were analyzed in this study based on the life cycle cost break structure (LCCBS). In addition, breakdown factors were analyzed based on the boundary conditions to derive a linkage method. The validity of the linkage method was verified through application to actual construction projects. Through the analysis, it was found that the problem of items being left out was reduced by more than 97.2 percent, and the work was done an average of 6 hours faster compared to the conventional method. It is expected that by applying the new LCC system, LCC will be both reduced and calculated in a more efficient manner.

• Proceedings of the KSR Conference
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• 2008.11b
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• pp.37-44
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• 2008

철도시설물의 유지관리를 위한 전통적인 의사결정 방법은 구조물의 기술적인 측면 즉, 시설물의 안전성과 사용성 등을 만족시키는 조건하에 경제적인 측면 즉, 시설물의 생애주기 비용을 최소화하고자 하는 것이며, 생애주기 비용을 정량화하기 위한 도구로서 LCC 기법이 사용되었다. 그러나, 1990년대 후반 이후로 지구온난화 등의 피해가 부각됨에 따라 선진국들을 중심으로 시설물의 유지관리를 위한 의사결정에 환경적 측면과 사회적 측면을 추가적으로 고려하는 지속가능한 발전 개념을 도입하고 있으며, 환경 부하를 정량화하기 위한 도구로서 LCA를 적용하고 있다. 본 연구에서는 시설물의 유지관리 행위와 관련된 경제적 측면과 환경적 측면을 정량화하는 방법으로서 LCC 및 LCA의 적용 방안을 고찰하고, LCC 및 LCA 결과로부터 시설물 유지관리 최적 방안을 결정하기 위한 의사결정 기법을 제안한다. 국내의 철도시설물에 대한 유지관리 필요성이 증대되고 있으며, 철도시설물의 규모가 커서 유지관리 행위에 따른 경제적 및 환경적 파급효과가 큼을 감안할 때, 본 연구에서 제안된 내용은 경제적이고 환경 친화적인 철도시설물 유지관리 방안을 선정하는데 유용한 방법론으로 활용될 것으로 사료된다.

• Korean Journal of Construction Engineering and Management
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• v.16 no.5
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• pp.12-20
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• 2015

Construction industry pays attention to modular construction recently which based on factory production not on labor intensive site production. Since modular construction has high time shortening effect and easiness of demolition and recycling, it has been applied to the temporary residential building. Domestic modular construction market are not activated yet, however, due to the high initial cost to realize modular construction. This study proposes demand-sensitized movable modular building in order to reduce the financial burden. The study compares between RC method building and Modular building which moves building when the demand falls off from Life-Cycle Cost's viewpoint. As a result of the economical evaluation, RC method achieved profits faster than Modular model, but Modular model's gross earnings during the life-cycle are much bigger than RC method. In other words, the result means that the market-sensitized movement of the modular building would be an economci choice in Life-Cycle Costing aspect.

• Journal of Wetlands Research
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• v.18 no.4
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• pp.448-455
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• 2016

Diffuse pollution management in Korea initiated by the Ministry of Environment (MOE) resulted to the construction of pilot facilities termed Best Management Practices (BMPs). Twelve BMPs installed for the diffuse pollution management in the Kyung-An Stream were monitored since 2006. Data on the mass loading, removal efficiency, maintenance activities, etc. were gathered and utilized to conduct the evaluation of long-term performance of BMPs. The financial data such as actual construction, design and maintenance cost were also collected to evaluate the lifecycle cost (LCC) of BMPs. In this study, most of the maintenance activity was focused in the aesthetic maintenance that resulted to the annual maintenance cost of the four BMP types was closely similar ranging from 8,483 $/yr for retention pond to 8,888 $/yr infiltration system. The highest LCC were observed in constructed wetland ($418,324) while vegetated system had the lowest LCC ($210,418). LCC of BMPs was not so high as compared with the conventional treatment facility and sewage treatment plant. On the other hand, the relationship of removal efficiency on unit cost for TSS and TN was significant. This study will be used to design the cost effective BMP for diffuse pollution management and become models for LCC analysis.

• Journal of the Society of Disaster Information
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• v.9 no.4
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• pp.476-483
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• 2013

In this study, discharged nylon fibers were added to asphalt concretes to be compared with fatigue life and analyzed in economic point of view. A four point bending fatigue test was conducted, and as a result, nylon fiber reinforced asphalt concretes that showed a 10percent increase in fatigue life compared to ordinary asphalt concrete. The economic analysis confirmed that the maintenance cost was decreased by 540 million won throughout the analyzing period. It is thought discharged nylon fiber reinforced asphalt will cause more economic and social effects than was shown by life cycle cost analysis.