A STUDY ON THE PROPOSAL FOR "A GUIDELINE FOR TOTAL COST-CONTROL OF PUBLIC BUILDINGS" IN SETAGAYA-KU

Because of long and widespread depression, municipal government have faced the cut-down of the cost of public buildings: construction cost, maintenance fee, heat and light expense. Setagaya-ku set up a deliberative body consisting of its directors of related departments and researchers, and published a report titled "A guideline for Total Cost-control of Public Buildings" in December 1997. This report proposed that establishing a new specific cost-control institutional section and utilizing existing facilities are essential to control the cost of public buildings. This paper explains about the grounds and material for the report.