• DocumentCode
    1453995
  • Title

    Investment costs for use in the economic comparison of alternative facilities

  • Author

    Lawton, F. L.

  • Author_Institution
    Aluminum Laboratories, Ltd., Montreal, Quebec, Canada
  • Volume
    71
  • Issue
    8
  • fYear
    1952
  • Firstpage
    691
  • Lastpage
    696
  • Abstract
    The divergent practices followed in preparing investment cost estimates are discussed, and a plea for consistency made. Many specific problems such as “out-of-pocket” costs, indirect construction costs, and retirement of facilities also receive attention.
  • Keywords
    Economics; Finance; Investments; Maintenance engineering; Materials; Retirement; Transportation;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electrical Engineering
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0095-9197
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/EE.1952.6437633
  • Filename
    6437633