38th Annual Maintenance & Operations Cost Study for Colleges
Apr 1, 2009 12:00 PM, By Joe Agron (jagron@asumag.com)
Methodology
Data for the annual American School & University M&O Cost Study were collected via an in-depth questionnaire mailed in January 2009 to physical plant directors at two-year and four-year colleges with no significant graduate programs. Recipients were asked to document various M&O costs for the 2008-09 school year. The tables and charts detail median M&O expenditures per full-time-equivalent (FTE) student and per square foot, as well as the incidence of various maintenance practices.
Among the titles included:
Administrative: Those individuals who have managerial or supervisory duties (does not include the overall director of physical plant).
Custodial: Those individuals responsible for building upkeep and cleaning.
Maintenance: Those individuals who perform skilled jobs, such as plumbing, electrical or HVAC repair.
Grounds: Those individuals responsible for landscape maintenance and upkeep.
Secretarial. Those individuals providing clerical support.
Data from the 38th Annual Maintenance & Operations Cost Study for Colleges
- Methodology
- Type of institution
- Number of buildings at institution
- Maintenance & Operations Costs per FTE student or per square foot
- Total grounds acreage maintained
- Total gross area maintained of all buildings
- Number of buildings on campus
- FTE enrollment
- Percentage of colleges contracting out M&O services
- Green Cleaning in Colleges
- Maintenance & Operations Budget
- How the M&O budget is split
- Median amount of square feet and acreage maintained
- M&O expenditures over the past 10 years
- M&O salaries and number of employees
- Median square footage of building maintained per FTE student
- More Colleges M&O data
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