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2 Causes, Consequences, and Scale of Neglect
2 Causes, Consequences, and Scale of Neglect
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Furthermore, incorrect maintenance procedures can shorten the life of systems and components and cause premature failures. Management causes of neglect spring primarily from failure to allocate adequate funds to M&R.
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Poorly maintained lighting, 7 For example, a study of expenditures for school building maintenance in Kansas found that the local government's level of outstanding debt was the best predictor of maintenance expenditures -- larger debt led to lower maintenance effort. As may be expected, expenditure limitations were cited as a causal factor for the scale of estimated backlog (Stewart and Honeyman, 1988)
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Water infiltration of poorly maintained roof decks can lead to structural corrosion and failure.9 Service failures of building systems or components often result from a lack of maintenance resources. Trade-offs are made within a limited maintenance budget, taking a gamble that 9 A report on the corrosion of the weathering steel decks in the garage atop the New Haven Coliseum, which could result in demolition of the entire 17-year-old facility, stated that"a jury found that because the owner had not adequately maintained the building throughout its life, the owner -- and not the design engineer -- was totally responsible" (ENR, 1988~.
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The committee learned of another example in which reductions in personnel staffing and training in a private corporation's electrical power distribution facilities were soon followed by a higher incidence of personnel injury and equipment damage. In its discussions of the impacts of underf unding M&R functions, the committee observed that one of the worst consequences of long-term neglect of maintenance is the crisis management condition in which building managers and owners A This example also resulted in excess cost -- $30,000 for overhaul of the generator.
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However, the committee observed that while the actual size of the backlog may be overstated, there is nevertheless a significant problem resulting from past policies and attitudes regarding the importance of maintenance funding. APPROACHES TO SOLVING THE PROBLEM The committee believes that the underfunding and subsequent neglect of M&R that prevails in many public agencies 13
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TABLE 2.2 "Inadequate" School Buildings Problem Areas Percentage Problem Area Reporting Need maintenance Obsolete Environmental hazards Overcrowded Unsound structures Source: EWA ( 1989~. References 61 43 42 25 13 Chaubhry, Muhammad A., and Mubarik All, Economic Returns to Oneration and Maintenance Expenditure in Different Comoonents of the Irrigation System in Pakistan' ODI/IIMI Irrigation Management Network Paper 89/ld, Overseas Development Institute, London, 1989.
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Report 100-402, Washington, D.C., Government Printing Office (GPO)
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