Good Places to Learn: Stage 2 Funding Allocation - Financial ...

Table E-2: Secondary Program Needs and CostingTeaching SpaceBenchmark SizeCost of Upgrading TeachingSpaceLibrary Resource Centre Benchmark Gross Floor Area = 140 m 2 Assumes facilities will require theretrofit of existing classroomDouble GymnasiumScience LaboratoryBroad-Based Technology(BBT)space to upgrade to provideadequate library facilities. Retrofitcosts are assumed to be 60% ofnew construction costs or$829.80/m 2 . The cost per libraryspace upgrade is $116,172 perlibrary space upgrade multipliedby the board-specific GeographicAdjustment Factor• Benchmark Gross Floor Area = 560 m 2560 m 2 X $1,383 per m 2 =$774,480 per new construction of• Benchmark Height = 5.5 ma double gymnasium XGeographic Adjustment Factor• Benchmark Gross Floor Area = 90 m 2 A secondary facility is assumed torequire one science laboratory forevery 168 average dailyenrolment (ADE) pupils. Forevery 168 pupil places of on-theground• (OTG) capacity, a retrofitAny facility constructed before 1985 is assumedcost for one science lab isto require upgraded science laboratories.calculated. Retrofit costs areassumed to be 60% of newconstruction costs or $829.40/m 2 .The cost per science lab upgradeis $74, 682 multiplied by theboard-specific GeographicAdjustment Factor• A facility is determined to require a BBT when no 370 m 2 X $1,383 per m 2 =• Benchmark Gross Floor Area = 370 m 2 Factorsecondary facility of the same board with anappropriate BBT exists within a 32 km vicinity$511,710 per new construction ofa BBT X Geographic AdjustmentA benchmark of 60% of the benchmark construction cost per metre square to build newwas used to calculate the cost of retrofitting spaces. This cost assumes that most of thestructural framework (structural frame, foundations, base floor, roofing, exterior walls andwindows) as well as the HVAC and plumbing would remain largely unaltered. Bycontrast, interior partitions, doors and finishes, local plumbing services, local fireprotection, local heating and cooling, lighting and local communications systems wouldrequire alteration as part of the overall retrofit. Based on the relative cost of retrofittingeach component and averaging across the various space types, 60% of the benchmarkconstruction cost per square metre has been recognized for retrofit costing calculations.Ministry of Education Page 188 of 191Good Places to Learn: Stage 2 Funding Allocation (Revised February 12, 2007)