Research of production and maintenance costs for alternative concepts to ensure the durability of parking buildings

There is currently an intense discussion about how to ensure the durability of parking buildings. Without having carried out a comprehensive cost analysis for the alternatives for durability concepts costs are nevertheless used as an argument for or against a certain execution. In this publication the costs of various execution concepts are compared on the basis of a virtual two-storey underground garage with standard dimensions for the two major components of "suspended ceiling" and "baseplate". For instance the cost analysis includes the production costs for the minimum reinforcement in dependence of the examined surface protection or of the waterproofing system respectively. Furthermore the costs for maintenance, inspection and repair among other aspects are compared in dependence of the surface protecting system for a service life of 50 years. This cost approach takes into account consists of market fluctuations as well as scheduled maintenance cycles by considering medium, minimum and maximum costs. For the suspended ceiling the following coating or waterproofing systems respectively are examined: surface protection system "OS 11"; "mastic asphalt (single/double layer) with asphalt sheeting"; "mastic asphalt (single/double layer) with surface protection systems OS 10" and "PMMA" protecting surface system. For the base plate two load cases are investigated: "water exchange zone" (WW) and "water pressure" (WD) in combination with the following surface protection systems: "OS 11", "mastic asphalt (single/double layer) with asphalt sheeting" and "OS 8 with accompanying crack treatment". For the ongoing maintenance costs, engineering values are chosen in accordance to the current state of knowledge. It is expected that current research projects are going to provide scientific results in the near future allowing an update of this cost analysis.