Maintenance is not usually given sufficient prominence during design, construction and delivery of projects but it is a major aspect of all infrastructures. Facility reliability and down time have been unsatisfactory and the situation now provides practitioners, academics, and policy makers with fresh opportunities for collaboration to improve the practice. Effective maintenance practice must be planned and introduced pragmatically. Maintenance culture must also be developed and nurtured in the work place. The Conference theme, Trends in Maintenance for Sustainable Development was conceived to facilitate discussion on the status and impact of infrastructure maintenance/provision.
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