Proactive Maintenance Planning for Historic Buildings

Abstract

The Department of Defense is the largest steward of historic buildings in the United States. Because important architectural attributes may be lost forever due to postponed or incomplete maintenance, preserving the nation's rich military architectural history depends heavily on the application of a thorough and well designed proactive maintenance plan (PMP). The proactive approach to maintaining historic buildings includes preservation planning, preventive maintenance, and documentation of historic buildings. A PMP can be tailored to each historic building to be maintained. This report discusses proactive maintenance, the components of a PMP, and their importance to the preservation of military historic buildings. The report also provides installation cultural resource managers with technical information about the care and maintenance of historic buildings. Historic buildings -- conservation and restoration, Preventive maintenance. Proactive maintenance plan (PMP).

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 1994
Accession Number
ADA278880

Entities

People

  • Don Kermath
  • Frederick J. Rushlow

Organizations

  • Construction Engineering Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • C4I
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Army Facilities
  • Base Closures
  • Computer Programming
  • Control Systems
  • Cultural Resources
  • Department Of Defense
  • Engineering
  • Floods
  • Governments
  • Historic Preservation
  • Maintenance
  • Maintenance Management
  • Natural Disasters
  • Organic Materials
  • Organizational Structure
  • Preventive Maintenance
  • United States

Fields of Study

  • Engineering

Readers

  • Facility/Structural Engineering.
  • Logistics and Supply Chain Management.
  • Wetland-Land-Environmental Management.