Maintenance Facilities Equipment, and Tools

DOE-STD-1067-94

3. M AINT E NANCE FACIL IT IE S, E Q UIPM E NT , AND T O O L S

3.1 Discussion

Adequate maintenance facilities, equipment, and tools are needed to ensure that

maintenance activities may be accomplished safely and effectively. Industrial safety,

location, access, communication, environmental controls, radiological controls, power

sources, and the type of activity to be performed are examples of items to be considered

in providing adequate maintenance facilities. The objective is to create and maintain a

safe and professional work-place where quality work may be performed. Maintenance

facilities that should be evaluated include the following:

Training facilities [special, mockups, classroom, off-site)

Central, specialty, and field shops

Satellite work areas

Temporary facilities

Decontamination facilities

Calibration/certification facilities

Change-house, restroom, lunchroom areas

Meeting rooms

Job staging areas

Work laydown areas

Storage (indoor and outdoor) areas

Office areas and equipment

Computer support

Vehicle parking and maintenance

Heavy-equipment parking

Hazardous-material storage areas

Waste-disposal areas

Increased staff size, special equipment and tool needs as a result of facility

modifications, planned outage workload, and the increased sophistication of maintenance

activities may overload existing maintenance facilities. Each maintenance facility, tool,

and equipment use should be reviewed periodically, and appropriate adjustments should

be made to support safe and effective maintenance. Managers should recognize that the

pace of work and a "can do" spirit by the maintenance organization may disguise

inadequate facilities. Managers are responsible for optimizing use of existing maintenance

facilities, equipment, and tools and also for recognizing areas where performance may be

enhanced by additional or improved facilities.