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Maple Flooring Manufacturers Association, Inc.
111 Deer Lake Road
Suite 100
Deerfield, IL 60015 U.S.A.
847-480-9138
Fax: 847-480-9282

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.

enter the square footage of the floor on line one:
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
for a total annual cost: add lines two through seven
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!

Life Cycle Cost Comparison Worksheet

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