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Service Containers: Cost Comparison (Example)
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COST COMPARISON (EXAMPLE)
The cost of service containers in the same category will vary widely
depending on the services contained, the materials and details of the
container etc.
The comparison of these costs with costs of conventional methods of
installing services in partitions, or enclosing them with furring, will also
produce widely varying results depending on the location and quantity of
services.
The following example is given to assist in estimating the range of costs
involved in several alternatives.
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BASIS OF COMPARISON
Figure 780-3 illustrates two back-to-back two-bed patient rooms, with
clustered services in two locations in each room.
The costs include the labor, materials, overhead and profit for the service
drops from the branches in the service zone to outlets in the functional
zone, including connections to the branches and including the outlets.
The outlets to be provided are as follows:
1. The Bedside Location. Each bed will be provided with the following
outlets:
a. Three medical gas outlets,
b. one nurse call outlet,
c. one physiological monitoring outlet,
d. one outlet for bed light,
e. one telephone jack, and
f. three power outlets.
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