Research on the life-cycle costs of gymnasiums - A case study on the gymnasiums of National Taiwan University
Date Issued
2005
Date
2005
Author(s)
Chang, Chia-Ruei
DOI
zh-TW
Abstract
A gymnasium is one of the most important buildings on campus. It provides activity space for exercise and educational use. Besides, it serves as a vehicle to facilitate the interaction among local people. Thus, compared with other buildings on campus, the frequency of using gymnasium is relatively high. For different types of the school buildings, there are different ways to make the maintenance budget plans. Due to the lack of the knowledge of the building life-cycle cost (LCC) characteristics, facilities managers often face the problem “how to make the maintenance budget plans in an efficient way”. When the plans of building maintenance budget are based on general circumstances, managers often ignore the maintenance characteristics and demands. This often results in the shortage of budget or inappropriate budget allocation.
This research takes the three gymnasiums in the National Taiwan University for case study, including the old gymnasium (building age: 43), outdoor swimming pool (building age: 35) and the new gymnasium (building age: 3). Through the collection and analysis of historical data, interviews with experts and field investigations, the research demonstrates the LCC distributions, ratios and trends of gymnasiums in universities. In addition, the research also points out the key items for facility maintenance.
The research shows that initial cost usually accounts for 50% of the total cost of the building’s LCC when all costs are taken into account under the same currency value. The regular maintenance cost per unit area in the outdoor swimming pool is NTD$135.8 a year (per square meter), NTD$81.3 for the new gymnasium, and NTD$6.8 for the old gymnasium. The repair and maintenance of roof and internal decoration are the key items for the old gymnasium while the repair and maintenance of internal decoration and sanitation facilities are the key items for the swimming pool.
Subjects
體育館
生命週期成本
設備維護
維護預算
Gymnasium, Life-cycle Cost
Facilities Maintenance
Maintenance Budget
Type
thesis
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