Whole-Life and Life-Cycle Costing

From Capital Costs to Long-Term Value — Evidence You Can Trust

Life-cycle costing in numbers

Years combined LCC experience

BREEAM LCC Projects Delivered

Professionals up-skilled in whole-life costing

Whole Life Costing Evaluator Software

Whole-Life costing leadership

Expertise and track record

PhD-qualified team at the forefront of whole-life and life-cycle costing research and practice
Co-authors of key industry standards, including: BCIS Standardised Method of Life Cycle Costing (2008), International Cost Management Standard (ICMS3) and RICS Global Professional Statement on Cost Prediction

Our ISO 15686-compliant WLC Evaluator software

Supports whole-life costing across housing, infrastructure, and PPP/PFI projects, providing a transparent framework to assess capital, operating, maintenance, and disposal costs—giving confidence in long-term investment decisions.
Models up to five times more efficiently than conventional approaches, effective even with limited data.
Analyses trade-offs between capital, operating, maintenance, and disposal costs to optimise long-term value.
Supports achieving BREEAM (Man 02) credits for life-cycle cost and service-life planning.

Residential Social Landlords & Housing Associations

Evidence to guide investment and maintenance decisions, ensuring best value over the asset’s life.

Local and Regional Authorities

Support for statutory compliance and long-term planning of housing and infrastructure.

Public Sector Clients

Development of reliable Public Sector Comparators to underpin major investment choices.

Contractors & Private Sector Partners

Independent due-diligence advice for value-for-money procurement and whole-life cost certainty.

Whole life-costing and life-cycle cost analyses across all project stages

Comprehensive whole-life costing frameworks and detailed life-cycle cost analyses for clients such as the Lowland and Highland Reserve Forces and Cadets Associations, University of Sussex, PPP Centar, the AIMCH consortium, CHP, and Jones Lang LaSalle.

University of Sussex
Building

WLC Ltd conducted a BREEAM-compliant life-cycle costing study for JLL on the University of Sussex Life Sciences new build and Genome refurbishment.

Asset Data and Maintenance Standards

WLC Ltd led a world-class international team in developing a whole-life costing framework for a fully digitised, city-wide facilities-management system.

Paradise SE11 London
BREEAM Study

WLC Ltd undertook a BREEAM-compliant life-cycle costing study for CHP on the Paradise SE11 London building, achieving Man02 credit.

AIMCH
Metrics and Benchmarking

WLC Ltd was commissioned by the AIMCH partners to compare the whole life costs and life cycle costs of four different house types each of which was built using three different methods of construction.