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Costantino, N and Pietroforte, R (2004) Note - Production arrangements by US building and non-building contractors: an update. Construction Management and Economics, 22(03), 231-5.

Giritli, H and Oraz, G T (2004) Leadership styles: some evidence from the Turkish construction industry. Construction Management and Economics, 22(03), 253-62.

Goodrum, P M and Gangwar, M (2004) The relationship between changes in equipment technology and wages in the US construction industry. Construction Management and Economics, 22(03), 291-301.

Leung, M-Y, Ng, S T and Cheung, S-O (2004) Measuring construction project participant satisfaction. Construction Management and Economics, 22(03), 319-31.

Low, S P and Hongbin, J (2004) Estimation of international construction performance: analysis at the country level. Construction Management and Economics, 22(03), 277-89.

Minami, K (2004) Whole life appraisal of the repair and improvement work costs of Post Office buildings in Japan. Construction Management and Economics, 22(03), 311-8.

  • Type: Journal Article
  • Keywords: Whole life cost; post office; investment; repair; improvement
  • ISBN/ISSN: 0144-6193
  • URL: https://doi.org/10.1080/0144619032000108254
  • Abstract:

    A complete enumerative study was made of the repair and improvement work costs of the 1255 general sorting post offices throughout Japan in 2000. This paper analyses the 2000 expenditure figures from both the national enumerative survey and the survey of the five post offices being monitored for twenty years after their completion. The results show that the average annual repair work cost is 665 yen per square metre, and the average annual improvement work cost is 4231 yen per square metre, which total an average annual cost of 4896 yen per square metre. The repair and improvement work cost reaches an accumulated total of around 50 000 yen per square metre 20 years after a building has been completed, and an accumulated total of around 250 000 yen per square metre 50 years after completion. After analysing the relationship between the rebuilding cycle, and rebuilding, repair and improvement costs, by changing the present rebuilding at age 40 to building additions at age 40 and rebuilding at age 60, it became apparent that we could expect a significant reduction in facilities investment costs.

Tang, S L, Aoieong, R T and Ahmed, S M (2004) The use of process cost model (PCM) for measuring quality costs of construction projects: model testing. Construction Management and Economics, 22(03), 263-75.

Wang, S Q, Dulaimi, M F and Aguria, M Y (2004) Risk management framework for construction projects in developing countries. Construction Management and Economics, 22(03), 237-52.

Wild, A (2004) Re-interpreting the Building Industry Communications Research Project. Construction Management and Economics, 22(03), 303-10.