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2 Purpose and a Vision for the Electronic Operation and Maintenance Manual Initiative
Pages 6-8

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... The electronic operation and maintenance manual initiative is a milestone. It is intended to demonstrate and pilot the concept plus produce an immediately useful tool, especially in the federal government environment, by creating an SGML electronic tagging standard for the operation and maintenance manuals of buildings, including the associated equipment manuals.
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... created during a building's life cycle include feasibility studies, design concepts, design standards, construction codes and standards, plans and specifications, construction submittals, punch lists, commissioning documents, equipment manufacturers' manuals, operations and maintenance support manuals, CMMS data, energy and utilities tabulations, supplies inventory data, furnishings inventory data, specialized smart maintenance and service system data, accounting data, salvage data, and disposal data, among others. This information is used over and over.
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... Or, we are positioned to have the electronic information automatically copied from one system to another or to have the electronic information automatically directly accessed and used from the electronic manual CD. The initiative is based on the Navy OMSI standard, which uses the Construction Specifications Institute listing of about 4,000 building elements.
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Key Terms

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  • maintenance manual
  • building text
  • electronic information
  • maintenance manuals

  • markup language
  • network servers
  • information elements
  • electronically tagged
  • specifications institute

  • time consuming
  • electronic tagging
  • construction specifications
  • electronic data
  • manual initiative

  • information automatically
  • maintenance support
  • inventory data
  • worldwide standard
  • data sheets

  • building elements
  • suppliers produce
  • dramatically lowered
  • tool kit
  • readily accessible

  • omsi standard
  • specialized smart
  • support manuals
  • building database
  • design concepts


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