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01-09-2007, 12:58 AM
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Today's math lesson...let's say you have 60 chapters that don't have sprinklers. Some are large houses, where the costs would be in the $250K range. Others are smaller, so their costs would be closer to $150K.
If you average it out, that comes out to $200,000/chapter. Even though I was a Mass Comm major, I can do the cipherin' and realize that this is an investment of $12,000,000. There aren't many GLOs that have that kind of swag lying around @ their beck and call...
It's going to be up to us, the alumni, to do what we can to assist our chapters, whether they're our alma mater or the local chapter in town.
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01-09-2007, 01:14 AM
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Originally Posted by boz130
Today's math lesson...let's say you have 60 chapters that don't have sprinklers. Some are large houses, where the costs would be in the $250K range. Others are smaller, so their costs would be closer to $150K.
If you average it out, that comes out to $200,000/chapter. Even though I was a Mass Comm major, I can do the cipherin' and realize that this is an investment of $12,000,000. There aren't many GLOs that have that kind of swag lying around @ their beck and call...
It's going to be up to us, the alumni, to do what we can to assist our chapters, whether they're our alma mater or the local chapter in town.
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Yup. I think we're saying the same thing. Even with your slightly more conservative figures, those costs probably aren't something any NIC group could deal with.
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01-09-2007, 12:03 PM
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Add to that figure 10% per year...on average, that's the going rate for cost overruns. He (or she) who hesitates is lost...
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01-09-2007, 12:21 PM
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One of the guys on our house corp is in the construction industry. He also sits on the Oklahoma University chapter's house corp. We're still in the planning/development stages for building a house. When it finally comes time to do so, we'll probably heed his advice on the matter -- build using non-flammable material. It's expensive in the short run, but the long-term savings can be huge.
They built the OU house that way (it's kind of an eyesore from the outside, but it's built very well and is very nice inside, just underwent a 1.5 million rennovation).
In the 90's, there was a really bad fire which started in one of the rooms of that house. The fire completely gutted/destroyed that room. Melted the doorknob.
Due to the construction of the facility, however, the house was otherwise undamaged. There were no sprinkler systems.
I thought that was a pretty good deal.
At any rate, if any of y'all are in the planning/development stages, you might consider the future cost-savings of spending a little now for the steel/concrete frame rather than 2x4's and plywood.
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01-09-2007, 04:22 PM
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Originally Posted by Kevin
One of the guys on our house corp is in the construction industry. He also sits on the Oklahoma University chapter's house corp. We're still in the planning/development stages for building a house. When it finally comes time to do so, we'll probably heed his advice on the matter -- build using non-flammable material. It's expensive in the short run, but the long-term savings can be huge.
They built the OU house that way (it's kind of an eyesore from the outside, but it's built very well and is very nice inside, just underwent a 1.5 million rennovation).
In the 90's, there was a really bad fire which started in one of the rooms of that house. The fire completely gutted/destroyed that room. Melted the doorknob.
Due to the construction of the facility, however, the house was otherwise undamaged. There were no sprinkler systems.
I thought that was a pretty good deal.
At any rate, if any of y'all are in the planning/development stages, you might consider the future cost-savings of spending a little now for the steel/concrete frame rather than 2x4's and plywood.
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Kevin, I know about metal studing as My store had that construction.
But, there are still many items in each room that will burn and if the fire is hot enough, it will destroy concret and mortor.
Agree, a sprinkler system would be of help.
Now, how do We as Greek Organizations overcome the cost?
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