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Reviews commissioning as the hinge between construction and use, evolution in maintenance thinking and the relationship between the building and the people who occupy it, reliability-centred maintenance, including time as a basis for maintenance, seven questions that are at the heart of setting policies, and a procedure for implementation, and the design/commissioning/maintenance link.

KEYWORDS: commissioning, building management, construction, operations, maintenance, buildings, occupiers, reliability, designing, risk assessment, case studies, UK.

Citation: Symposium, ASHRAE Trans., 1993, vol.99, part 2, paper number DE-93-1-1, 429-439, 7 figs, 2 tabs, refs.