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An ounce of prevention really is worth a pound of cure, especially when it comes to building maintenance. BOMA's
Preventive Maintenance Guidebook: Best Practices to Maintain Efficient and Sustainable Buildings guidebook will help ensure that no damper, fan, belt, wire or pipe is left unchecked in your building and no unexpected and costly repairs wreak havoc on your budget.
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Preventive Maintenance Guidebook covers: An overview of maintenance practicesWhy a preventive maintenance program is necessaryHow to establish a preventive maintenance programComparing outsourcing vs. in-house staffingManual recordkeeping vs. a computerized maintenance management systemGuide to identifying and tagging equipment and systemsHow to schedule preventative maintenanceHow much time to allow for preventive maintenance tasksStaff requirements to operate a facility and perform preventive maintenancePrinciples of capital planning and sample analysisExpected useful life of building systemsIndustry standard preventive maintenance tasks and toolsWhat non-destructive preventive maintenance is and which systems it can benefitWhat predictive maintenance is and how it can save you moneyThe guide covers ordinary commercial, government and institutional offic efacilities, but the principles may also be applicable to retail, educational and multi-family residential facilities and can be applied by extension to critical facilities such as data centers.
Preventive Maintenance: Best Practices to Maintain Efficient and Sustainable Buildings is authored by Lawrence J. Schoen, P.E., BOMA Fellow, ASHRAE Fellow, and is a revision of the 2003 publication Preventive Maintenance and Building Operation Efficiency.