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Running maintenance well, whatever you run it on

Practical guidance for asset-heavy teams: thresholds, schedules, registers, contractor panels, and the habits that make a maintenance record worth having.

Field adoption
Adoption 11 August 2026 · 2 min read

Getting field technicians to log work on a phone

Adoption in the field is a design problem, not a discipline problem. Four things decide it.

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Asset register
Asset Data 8 August 2026 · 2 min read

Asset registers: what to capture and what to skip

Over-specified registers never get finished. Under-specified ones cannot answer questions. The useful middle is narrower than it looks.

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Reporting upward
Reporting 5 August 2026 · 2 min read

Choosing the three maintenance KPIs worth reporting upward

A dashboard with twenty numbers on it is a dashboard nobody reads. Pick three that change behaviour.

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Contractor resilience
Contractors 1 August 2026 · 2 min read

Onboarding a second contractor before you need one

Single-supplier dependence is a commercial position you did not choose. Fixing it takes a quarter and no crisis.

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Audit trail
Compliance 28 July 2026 · 2 min read

Building an audit trail without extra paperwork

Every extra form is a form that gets filled in badly. Capture evidence where the work already happens.

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PM that sticks
Reliability 24 July 2026 · 2 min read

Preventive maintenance schedules teams actually follow

Most PM programmes fail on realism, not on intent. Build one that survives a bad month.

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Evaluating quotes
Contractors 20 July 2026 · 2 min read

Diagnosis before cost: evaluating contractor quotes

The cheapest quote is often the one that misunderstood the fault. Telling the difference before you award the work takes a few minutes.

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Approval thresholds
Governance 15 July 2026 · 2 min read

Setting approval thresholds that do not stall urgent work

A practical method for picking the number, and for defending it afterwards.

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