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	Wayne Leroy Exec. VP APPA		"APPA did a major research study in 1988-89 showing a $60 - $70 billion backlog of deferred maintenance and capital needs in higher education alone. The greatest need is the ability to do facility condition assessments and quantify the dollars necessary to correct the problem. This tool will help assess and quantify costs to correct the problem."
	Harrison Bilodeau Commercial Property Manager		"We consult with property owners of historical buildings and registered homes on maintenance and repairs schedules to protect their property investments. Regular maintenance and repair can improve a property's value. This program uses standard data , not arbitrary dollar values - it's a powerful management tool for maintaining a building's value and utility over time."
	Peter Aitken Former Director NAIS Research Department		"Dataquire is setting important new directions in financial planning for facilities management for schools."
	John Eldert CFO Babson College former CFO Choate Rosemary Hall School,		"Institutions need to preserve the usefulness of their assets from generation to generation. This tool will help balance the operating budget to carry the full cost of carrying the facility - depreciation, as an expense at replacement value. "Dataquire Facility Auditor will give quantifiable data about maintenance - the first thing trustees ask about is deferred maintenance status - what's the annual cost and for what, how soon do we replace: then the capital planning process begins. "A status number, from an inspection, isn't useful in 2-4 years: this program will account for erosion, price changes, spot repairs - it provides an updated assessment tool and keeps the data live with changing management information about the condition of physical plant. "At last, the facility has a voice."
	Kevin Harrop Civil Engineer		"We recommend maintenance schedules to clients, to plan ahead and budget for necessary structural repair. The Dataquire Facility Auditor would be a very useful tool to our clients. "We see some pretty major problems caused by deferred maintenance. People need to pay attention to maintenance needs, plan ahead and budget for them, to avoid larger cost later."
	Fred Anderson Independent School Business Manager		"This approach gets us away from an inspection-based snapshot in time, and offers a data-based management program to help track the age and condition of buildings over time. It helps project the impact of deferred maintenance and plan the wear-out/replacement rate of the whole facility. "After the initial investment of time to gather and enter the building data, inspections don't have to be repeated yearly, room by room. The data is updated as you make repairs or replace components, so you can project the condition of the facility in terms of the costs of maintenance and repair over time."