| dc.description.abstract | This is a study of office building design and
maintenance cost of building services in an urban
setting. The hypothesis of this study is that
architectural design parameters have an influence on
maintenance costs.
Ithas been established in the literature review
that the design indicators for maintenance cost are
height, perimeter, shape, area of windows, area of
floors, number of storeys and the age the of building.
These seven independent variables are regressed
against maintenance cost of engineering services; the
dependent variable.
The analysis of the data collected revealed that
more maintenance cost is expended in the mechanical
services than electrical services. The analysis
further indicated that maintenance cost of mechanical
services is determined by the following design
variables: height, shape and perimeter of the
building. It was also found that height. is a
determinant of maintenance cost of electrical
services. The overall maintenance costs of
engineering services were found to be a function of
height and perimeter of the building.
This study concludes that a relationship exists
between maintenance costs of building services and
design parameters. Thus designers should design for
maintainability of office building services among
other factors. | en |
