by Jonathan McGaha | April 1, 2015 12:00 am
The cost of corrosion protective coatings is always a concern when specifying steel exposed to the atmosphere. Economics is also one of the key tenets within sustainability. With that in mind, the American Galvanizers Association[1] (AGA) is pleased to announce the relaunch of the online Life-Cycle Cost Calculator at lccc.galvanizeit.org[2] and the release of a new Costs Less, Lasts Longer publication.
The Life-Cycle Cost Calculator (LCCC)[3] automates the calculation from ASTM A1068 Standard Practice for Life-Cycle Cost Analysis of Corrosion Protection Systems on Iron and Steel Products using cost data from a survey of paint manufacturers from the KTA-Tator paper published at NACE in 2014 entitled Expected Service Life and Cost Considerations for Maintenance and New Construction Protective Coating Work. The galvanizing cost data is derived from a 2014 AGA Industry Survey.The LCCC update includes all of the new 2014 cost data, a new design template, and more user-friendly functionality.
The AGA originally launched the Life-Cycle Cost Calculator in 2007. The calculator was updated in 2010 to include the option to evaluate duplex systems (hot-dip galvanizing and paint). The LCCC allows specifiers to compare either the initial and life-cycle costs of hot-dip galvanizing or a duplex system to various other corrosion protection coatings. The user inputs three simple forms of data about a particular project including size, service life expectancy, exposure atmosphere, inflation and interest, and the calculator will run the ASTM A1068 equation and return the results in a customizable, printable format.
n conjunction with the update of the Life-Cycle Cost Calculator, the AGA has released a new
Costs Less, Lasts Longer publication which discusses the parameters of initial and life-cycle cost analyses, and provides four case studies. In each case study, the LCCC was used to compare the initial and life-cycle costs of the hot-dip galvanized or duplex system to the paint system considered. In all four case studies, the life-cycle cost of utilizing hot-dip galvanizing is more efficient, and in many cases, even the initial cost is more economical.
For more information about the Life-Cycle Cost Calculator, or to run your own analysis, please visit lccc.galvanizeit.org[2]. Or to download a free copy of the Costs Less, Lasts Longer publication from the AGA website, visit galvanizeit.org/HDGcostsless[4].
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