Talk:1:5:200

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You might be interested in: Hughes, W P, D Ancell, S Gruneberg, and L Hirst (2004) Exposing the myth of the 1:5:200 ratio relating initial cost, maintenance and staffing costs of office buildings Procs 20th Annual ARCOM Conference, 1-3 September 2004, Edinburgh, UK. Reading: ARCOM, I, 373-82.

http://www.personal.rdg.ac.uk/~kcshuwil/publish/arcom2004.pdf

this paper claims that 1:5:200 is more of a marketing buzz with few evidence from a scientific point of view


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The article forgot to mention whether run cost is 200x build cost or 1/200th build cost —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Tabby (talkcontribs) 01:06:48, August 19, 2007 (UTC).