# ii. Facility Management & Maintenance Facility management and maintenance activities ensure that building systems, components, and spaces remain safe, functional, and efficient throughout an asset’s operational life. These practices protect asset value, support occupant experience, and reduce long-term operational risk. #### **Asset Register** A centralized record of building components, equipment, and systems, including specifications and maintenance history. #### **Corrective Maintenance** Repairs performed in response to equipment failure or system malfunction. #### **Deferred Maintenance** Maintenance work that has been postponed, often increasing long-term cost or risk. #### **Facility Management (FM)** The coordination of people, processes, and systems to ensure the effective operation of a building. #### **Lifecycle Costing** An assessment of the total cost of owning and operating an asset over its useful life, including maintenance and replacement. #### **Maintenance Log** A record documenting maintenance activities, inspections, and repairs performed on building systems. #### **Preventive Maintenance** Scheduled maintenance activities intended to prevent failures and extend equipment life. #### **Reactive Maintenance** Unplanned maintenance performed after a system or component fails. #### **System Commissioning (Operations)** Ongoing verification that building systems continue to perform as intended after handover. #### **Work Order** A formal request or instruction to perform maintenance, repair, or inspection tasks. --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://info.building.inc/lexicon/operations-and-asset-management/ii.-facility-management-and-maintenance.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.