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Life Cycle Cost Comparison Worksheet

The following chart has been designed to help you estimate annual and life cycle costs for a maple strip, PVC or poured urethane sports floor in any facility, based on square footage. To compute the estimated life cycle cost comparison of a sports floor.

  1. enter the square footage of the floor on line one:
  2. on lines two through seven, compute the annual costs for each component by multipying the annual per-square-foot cost by the square footage of your floor
  3. for a total annual cost: add lines two through seven
  4. for a life cycle cost: multiply line eight by line nine.
    MAPLE STRIP PVC POURED URETHANE
1. Your floor's square footage      
  Influencing Factors Annual cost per sq. ft.*   Annual cost per sq. ft.*   Annual cost per sq. ft.*  
2. Installed cost* $0.21 $ $0.43 $ $0.13 $
3. Daily maintenance* $0.21 $ $0.21 $ $0.21 $
4. Bi-weekly
maintenance*		 $0.00 $0.00 $0.18 $ $0.18 $
5. Quarterly
maintenance*		 $0.00 $0.00 $0.12 $ $0.12 $
6. Annual 
maintenance*		 $0.28 $ $0.20 $ $0.20 $
7. Refinish/resurface* $0.08 $ $0.00 $0.00 $0.26 $
8. Estimated annual cost
for your floor		            
9. Life expectancy*   x 38 years   x 15 years   x 38 years
10. Estimated life cycle
cost for your floor		            

 

* The annual costs per square foot and life expectancies correlate with findings from the Study to Determine Life Cycle Costing for Sports Flooring, 1994; Ducker Research Company, for the Maple Flooring Manufacturers Association.

A summary report of the Study of the Incidence of Injuries on Maple Sports Flooring Vs Synthetic is available from your MFMA Member Contractor. Ask for it!

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