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Planning and Financing Maintenance Work

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Planning, budgeting and controlling the cost of maintenance work are essential operations if buildings are to be maintained effectively within available funds. This leads automatically to regular inspections and the implementation of programmes of planned maintenance. These activities need to be backed up with adequate data and particularly a full awareness of maintenance and operating costs.

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  1. Trent Polytechnic, Nottingham, UK

    Ivor H. Seeley B.Sc., M.A., Ph.D., F.R.I.C.S., C.Eng., F.I.Mun.E., F.I.Q.S., M.I.O.B. (Head of Department of Surveying and Dean of the School of Environmental Studies)

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Seeley, I.H. (1976). Planning and Financing Maintenance Work. In: Building Maintenance. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-02355-4_12

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