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Sunday, December 18, 2011
Schools: Could school building aid be ranked? | Concord Monitor
This ranking system sounds like a red-list for school buildings. We need to stop managing our infrastructure only at the end of its life. It is time to shift funding decisions to a system of asset management where we invest to keep buildings operating and maintained at high levels instead of investing only at the end of its life when only large sums of money can resolve the issues.
The alternatives for corrective maintenance are so much cheaper earlier in the design life of these buildings when there are more options and time to plan. This mentality of waiting until the building is in poor condition produces the highest costs and only kicks in after students have endured years at poor facilities.
This ranking system sounds like a red-list for school buildings. We need to stop managing our infrastructure only at the end of its life. It is time to shift funding decisions to a system of asset management where we invest to keep buildings operating and maintained at high levels instead of investing only at the end of its life when only large sums of money can resolve the issues.
ReplyDeleteThe alternatives for corrective maintenance are so much cheaper earlier in the design life of these buildings when there are more options and time to plan. This mentality of waiting until the building is in poor condition produces the highest costs and only kicks in after students have endured years at poor facilities.