Additional Resource – Introduction to Life-Cycle Cost Analysis (LCCA)

Learning Objectives:

▪ Describe the background, scope, and purpose of DoD’s Life-Cycle Cost Analysis (LCCA) requirement.
▪ Recall LCCA requirements per GBI’s DoD Guiding Principles Compliance for New Construction program.
▪ Understand methodology and procedures for determining life-cycle cost effective (LCCE) measures for
designing new or retrofitting existing Federal buildings.
▪ Identify key steps to a life-cycle cost analysis, as well as all documentable items.
▪ Know certain LCCA details such as setting study periods; different discounting methods and inflation
estimation methods; how to estimate costs; and how to calculate LCC costs.
▪ List available resources for preparing LCCA.