BRE Service Life Assessment Method
BRE-SLAM
Contact: David M Richardson
Introduction
What is it?
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BRE-SLAM
Whole Life Costing
Value Engineering
Procurement route
Information management
ISO 9001:2000
Life-care choices
Life-care strategies
Risk assessment
Risk classification
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Durability by Intent
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What are the benefits of Service Life Assessment?

1. Clear definition of client's requirements for service life4.
This leads to:
  • Better understanding of project priorities and where valuable resources should be most effectively applied.
  • Increased clarity in the client's understanding of the scope of the design and construction process.
  • Optimisation between capital and operational expenditures through whole life costing of construction solutions.
2. Design and construction fulfilling these requirements4.
This leads to:
  • Reduced costs due to over-specification of the service life of materials or components.
  • Improved risk management by quantifiable decision making.
3. Effective planning of the design and construction process4.
This leads to:
  • Clear guidance, allocation and transference of responsibilities in the design and construction phases.
  • Improved construction quality, particularly of the aspects critical to service life.
 
Clients benefit from a clear understanding of the building/structure they will eventually own. This means:
  • Planned maintenance scheduling and reduced disruption associated with repairs
  • Reduction in risk and uncertainty and improvements in budgetary control.
  • Reduced costs associated with service life failure.
 
Design/construction teams benefit from a competitive advantage in assuring the client of their competence. This means:
  • Creation of marketing opportunities though standardisation of approach and traceability.
  • Information to feedback to improve materials specifications and design procedures.
  • Minimisation of waste through effective use of resources.

4 Durability assessment of buildings and structures, BR428 Hooper and Rizzi, CRC Ltd., London, 2001.