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Budgeting for Facilities Maintenance and Repair Activities Report Number 131 (1996) / Chapter Skim
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3 Items Appropriately Included In Federal Maintenance And Repair Budgets For Facilities
Pages 12-15

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... Equipment operators, for example, often do routine maintenance as they check on the equipment for which they are responsible; similarly, alteration projects frequently include some work that could be considered repairs. Agencies must decide if any portion of the operations or the alterations contract amount will be included in the M&R budget.
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... For example, specialized tests are used to locate thinning of pipe walls and fractures (e.g., eddy current testing, radiographic inspections, ultrasonic testing, television cameras, or aural leak detectors) ; to detect roof weaknesses or wet insulation areas (e.g., infrared thermographic viewers or nuclear density devices)
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... Thus, for example, the replacement of a failed boiler with a new unit of similar capacity would be a routine repair project. However, if the capacity of the new unit were double the capacity of the original unit, the cost of the extra capacity would have to be capitalized and would not be considered routine repair work and would not be paid for with M&R funds.
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... At some military facilities, M&R work is sometimes performed by uniformed personnel whose pay comes from a military personnel budget rather than an M&R budget. Thus, any budget based on the BRB guideline ought to be adjusted to reflect work done by military personnel.
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