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"When is "Run-to-Failure" Appropriate?"
Author: Adams, Matt, P.E.
Published In: Facilities Manager
Date: March/April 2004

Facility Asset Management column. Asks at what level of a building system or component's life does it become practical to let it run until it's no longer functional and posits that a decision tree analysis of building systems provides a logical and practical cut-off point. Covers regulatory and code compliance, maintainability, and return on maintenance investment.

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