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Cost Base: Functional Area Costs
534.7.3
The functional areas which reveal the largest proportion of the total costs
devoted to branch circuit distribution are logically those spaces which
require large numbers of outlets such as laboratories, nursing areas,
surgical suites, radiology, physical medicine, dietetic service and cafeteria,
central service, laundry, shops, warehouse, and the pool area at
Memphis. In each of these functional areas the cost for branch circuit
distribution comprises more than one half the total cost.
534.7.4
The area in which the costs for feeder distribution are a major portion of
the total cost are recovery, radiology, and deep therapy areas, the
miscellaneous service areas, and the laundries. These proportionally high
feeder costs reflect either unusually long runs due to remoteness of the
functional area, or large capacity conductors demanded by extraordinary
power requirements. The two functional areas with the highest feeder
distribution costs include deep therapy and the laundries, both of which
have high power consumption requirements.
534.7.5
The overall units costs for electrical distribution subsystems at Miami and
Memphis are very close, differing by only five percent. Unit costs by
functional area, however, vary by as much as 27 percent.
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