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Capital Renewal/Replacement - CORRECT ANSWER -"A systematic management process of
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planning and budgeting for known future cyclical repair and replacement requirements that
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extend the life and retain the usable condition of facilities and systems, not normally contained in
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the annual operating budget. Includes major activities that have a maintenance cycle in excess of
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one year (e.g., replace roofs, paint buildings, resurface roads)." [BOK - Operations and Maintenance,
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Plant Management, Capital Renewal and Deferred Maintenance]
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Facilities Condition Index (FCI Index) - CORRECT ANSWER -"A comparative industry
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indicator/benchmark used to indicate the relative physical condition of a facility, group of b b b b b b b b b b b b
buildings, or entire portfolio "independent" of building type, construction type, location, or
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cost."[ref. BOK - Operations and Maintenance, Plant Management, Capital Renewal and Deferred
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Maintenance]
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Deferred Maintenance (DM) Backlog - CORRECT ANSWER -"Total dollar amount of existing
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maintenance repairs and required replacements (capital renewal) that were not accomplished
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when they should have been, not funded in the current fiscal year, or otherwise deferred."[ref. BOK -
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Operations and Maintenance, Plant Management, Capital Renewal and Deferred Maintenance]
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Strategic Capital Development Model - CORRECT ANSWER -"Instead of periodic and stand-alone
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studies of elements of the capital needs of an institution, this model defines six phases of an
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integrated and comprehensive ("soup-to-nuts") planning process." [ref. BOK - Operations and
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Maintenance, Plant Management, Capital Renewal and Deferred Maintenance]
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Facilities Condition Assessment - CORRECT ANSWER -"Continuous systematic approach to
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identifying, assessing, prioritizing, and maintaining the specific maintenance, repair, renewal, and
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replacement requirements for all facility assets." [ref. BOK - Operations and Maintenance, Plant
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Management, Facilities Condition Assessment]
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, Facilities Audit - CORRECT ANSWER -"Method of assessing existing buildings and infrastructure to
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measure the extent of maintenance backlogs." [ref. BOK - Operations and Maintenance, Plant
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Management, Facilities Condition Assessment]
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Recapitalization - CORRECT ANSWER -"Periodic recurring costs for replacement/renewal b b b b b b b b
projects and one-time funding for improvements and programmatic projects."[ref. BOK -
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Operations and Maintenance, Plant Management, Recapitalization Management]
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Trade Based/Central Shop Organization - CORRECT ANSWER -"The plumbers report to one supervisor,
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the electricians to another, and the HVACmechanics to another. The trade staff is
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then dispatched to jobs in any facility from the central pool of resources." [ref. BOK - Operations and
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Maintenance, Plant Management, Work Management]
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Zone Based Organization - CORRECT ANSWER -"Assigns a mixture of trade expertise to care for a
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specific set of buildings." [ref. BOK - Operations and Maintenance, Plant Management, Work
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Management]
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Function Based Organization - CORRECT ANSWER -"Structured around the type of work. One work
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group performs the preventive maintenance, while another group responds to service calls." [ref.
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BOK - Operations and Maintenance, Plant Management, Work Management]
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Time and Material Agreement - CORRECT ANSWER -"A customer is charged a predetermined hourly
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rate for labor plus the cost of materials and equipment needed for a job." [ref. BOK - Operations
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and Maintenance, Plant Management, Work Management]
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Fixed Price Agreement - CORRECT ANSWER -"Useful when there is a hard limit on the funds
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available." [ref.BOK - Operations and Maintenance, Plant Management, Work Management]
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