Does the Parliament building require a high level of maintenance?
The life cycle of the building was considered in the design and construction phase. The Building User Brief, prepared in November 1998, stated that “the building must operate effectively and efficiently through its design life of 100 years and materials and components must be carefully selected whose design life cycles are relative to the overall design life of the building.” Although many materials could not be guaranteed to last 100 years, high quality materials have been obtained to keep the requirement for maintenance to an absolute minimum.
