Prohibitive cost of building maintenance
Name(s):
Expensive building upkeep
Incidence
The Lloyd's ultra-modern building in London cost £91 million and about £1.5 million a year to repair and maintain, around 50% per square metre more than less sophisticated office premises. The exterior lifts and steel cladding pose particularly high maintenance costs.
Claim
Hi-tech buildings have not performed in the way professionals had promised. It is almost at the stage where you need fully-fledged engineers to maintain buildings designed by fully-fledged engineers. The image of the technology hijacks the functionality. A lot of hi-tech solutions are just too clever for the skills available to keep them going.
Aggravates
Increase in abandoned buildings [in 1 loop]
Neglect of property maintenance [in 2 loops]
Deteriorated building conditions [in 4 loops]
Social inadequacy of large buildings [in 1 loop]
Inadequate maintenance of infrastructure [in 2 loops]
Aggravated by
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Type
(E) Emanations of other problems