530
Cost Base: Component Costs
533.4
HEATING-VENTILATING-COOLING
Table 530-5 lists the costs of the major mechanical components, except
central plant equipment. The various departments housed in the lower
floors include several areas of highly specialized services and in some
instances very long runs of piping and ductwork.
Table 530-5.
MECHANICAL COST BREAKDOWN
Dollars per outside gross square foot adjusted to an ENR Building Cost
Index of 960.
MECH.*
TERM- CON-
EQUIP. DUCTS PIPES INALS TROLS TOTAL
Miami VAH
Bed-care areas
.70
1.67
.52
1.08
.39
4.36
Support areas
1.24
3.19
.28
.46
.32
5.49
Entire hospital
4.92
Memphis VAH
Bed-care areas
.46
1.67
1.40 1.08
.60
5.21
Psychiatric
2.06
2.11
1.73 1.13
.74
7.77
Support areas
1.30
1.96
.74
.64
.48
5.12
Entire hospital
5.49
* "Mechanical equipment" includes equipment installed in mechanical
rooms or floors which receive steam, hot water and chilled water supplied
from a central boiler and chiller plant. Ducts and heating-cooling piping to
the functional areas beyond this point are averaged under the "ducts" and
"pipes" columns.
533.5
PLUMBING DISTRIBUTION
Table 530-6 lists the costs of the major plumbing distribution components.
Plumbing fixtures are not within the scope of the distribution subsystem,
but a cost figure is included for them to allow comparison with more typical
estimates.
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