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Preestablished Constants Used in this Study: the cleaning time be extended to 180 minutes per 1000 1. Prices for installed flooring materials and square feet, compared to 40 minutes per 1000 sq.ft. removal costs are derived from Atlanta based contract in the previous study. The increased maintenance time dealers. is the result of a trend toward more upscale commer- 2. Time rates (the average number of minutes re- cial interiors and an accompanying upgrade in clean- quired) and annual frequencies per task for maintain- ing expectations and service. Indeed, recent research ing 1,000 square feet of carpeted or hard surface floors has shown that proper and frequent cleaning were computed based on the BOMA study in section, significantly extends the use-life and appearance reten- "Workload Rates for Specific Tasks." Maintenance tion of interior furnishings. time and frequencies of this current study vary 3. For the purposes of carpet/hard surface com- significantly from the earlier ISC data. For example,the parisons,in this study, cost data was drawn from a previous study alloted 6 minutes per service for representative wet cleaning system for carpet because dustmopping hard surface floors at an annual frequen- wet cleaning is required in the maintenance of hard sur- cy of 216 days or 4 days per week;this new study, bas- face floors, thus coordinating more easily the com- ed on updated BOMA recommendations, allocates 10 parison results. minutes for dustmopping, and the basic service 4. Costs of cleaning supplies and equipment were assumes that this task will be performed 5 days per drawn from published price lists of established distribu- week. Regarding carpet cleaning, BOMA does not in- tion sources in the Atlanta area. Although upgraded clude a frequency recommendation, but Carpax ad- maintenance has resulted in increased cleaning times vises that office carpet be cleaned once per quarter, for all flooring products, the time required to clean as in the 1987 study. However, BOMA does advise that carpet has not increased as much as that of hard sur- FLOORCOVERiNG REMOVAL COST (Per Square Foot) $20 $15 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $15.00 $11.00 $10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . i i tti $5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . i $.33 $.84 $0 s. Commercial Vinyl Tile Ceramic Tile Wood Plank Carpet Source: Carpax Associates, Inc. Note: These cost can exhibit considerable variation Atlanta based Contract Dealers - 1991 dependent upon the particular situation. I