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Fourth Dimension in Building Strategies for Avoiding Obsolescence (1993) / Chapter Skim
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Introduction
Pages 5-10

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... These facilities may continue to be used, but their property value may decline as potential tenants and purchasers look to more modern facilities or demand lower rents. When users cannot move, the burdens of obsolescence eventually result in decreased efficiency, reduced output, and declining morale.
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... The opposite case rnny hold as well: even the newest and most up-to date item may break or otherwise fail to perform adequately, especially if not properly maintained. These relationships are seen most easily in the rapid evolution of microcomputers, where technological advances are driving many users to replace fully fimctional machines and software within 2 to 3 years of purchase, simply because newer models offer dramatically enhanced capability at relatively low cost (see box)
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From page 7...
... However, these topics are complicated because, as will be discussed especially in Chapter 2, faulty design, poor materials, or inappropriate maintenance practices may accelerate the onset of obsolescence. The BRB formed a committee of professionals having the broad expertise and extensive experience needed to undertake this study.~ The FCC agencies had posed their request initially as a problem of design but early in their deliberations the committee agreed that obsolescence is not a matter of design alone but must be considered within the context of a facility's entire life cycle, from initial planning through operations and maintenance.
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... Although the committee focused on government facilities, particularly at the federal level, obsolescence is a problem shared by both private and public sectors, and the committee's deliberations thus considered the full range of facilities. Therefore, this report may be helpful and have bearing on facilities design and management in both private and public sectors.
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... Facilities owners and designers have specific roles in implementing guidelines for avoiding obsolescence. To be most effective, actions to avoid obsolescence must be initiated early in the design and procurement process and continued throughout the service life.
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