This allows one person to change lights up to 25 feet high. Now it takes one person one day. Now aligning takes 75 percent less time and keeps the college's equipment in good shape. Predictive maintenance costs more, but offers disaster prevention. The company provides graphs on the health of bearings and seals.
Weak spots show up as a white-hot image.
Keeping the Peace Of course the best maintenance takes place in a problem-free environment. While no one lives in a perfect world, getting the maintenance staff involved in new projects before they're built is a great way to avoid problems and keep budgets reasonable. For instance, Johns Hopkins' DiBlasio built a mock-up of a new lab and invited the scientists to a wine and cheese party to see and vote on it. After all the votes were calculated the winning configuration was used as a model for the contractors to bid on. This saved construction money and made sure all the parties were reasonably happy.