And with sea levels due to rise in the next century by half a metre in some places, maintenance can only get costlier.
The thrill-ride expert says that during the recent recession, theme parks around the world went into maintenance-only modes in order to reduce operating costs.
Before BMW offered the free maintenance program, only about 42% of customers got service at the dealership.
And the Volt is likely to fare even better on maintenance since it only uses the engine about 40% of the time.
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Once in operation, the machines run continuously, stopping only for maintenance and the occasional breakdown.
His half must cover not only building maintenance but also splashy openings and post-opening dinners for artists and collectors.
The United States will still gain many new green-collar jobs in installation and maintenance, which can only be locally based, as well as sales teams, conference planners, and other positions already arising to support the growing green-tech field.
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Cash payments would be placed in an account and only used for maintenance, repair and environmental restoration.
Again unlike its American and British counterparts, its statutory obligations relate only to the maintenance of price stability.
By setting up a few simple Excel formulas (nothing more complicated than addition and division, you can see what they look like in this sample spreadsheet), you can not only track your maintenance data (what the mechanics did, when they did it, how much it cost, and what the mileage was at the time) but also see your average daily mileage during each period between servicings.
By being able to operate the machinery via remote control, the only staff needed are maintenance and cleaning crews, he said.
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Today, to save money, airlines have outsourced most of their heavy maintenance and repairs to contractors not only in the U.S. but also overseas in China, Mexico, Singapore, El Salvador and elsewhere.
Total Cost of Ownership including not only software hardware installation and maintenance costs, but also including recommended counterparts required to assemble a best of breed solution stack.
What SBC questioned was why oil and gas companies shut down their turbines for maintenance roughly twice a year while airlines only maintained their turbines one every couple years.
Therefore, full safe clearance is never done during the day (except in emergency repair situations), and nighttime is the only time all the major maintenance work can be completed.
In recent years, the backlog of maintenance, repair, and needed upgrades has only continued to grow, leaving us with aging infrastructure that is more and more brittle.
Participants are only responsible for the small annual maintenance fee.
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Borrowing from Southwest, Alaska streamlined its fleet, going only with Boeing 737s to save on maintenance.
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He said that this would only be exacerbated when the responsibility for the maintenance of trunk roads was taken on by private companies.
The economies of scale, flexibility and efficiency they offer will not only save organizations massive amounts of capital and maintenance costs but emancipate them to apply and use information as never before.
Backing up your personal PC to external media might still be a novel concept for some, but any IT manager fresh out of school can tell you that regularly backing up mission-critical servers -- and storing those backups in multiple physical locations -- isn't merely important, it's practically non-negotiable, and it only becomes that much more critical before undertaking hardware maintenance.
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She can access the credit shelter trust, but only as needed for her health, support, or maintenance.
Google Reader set out to tackle this problem but only reached a certain point before it was put into maintenance.
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So far, Cisco has hired only one of the academy students: part-time maintenance technician Felicia Voss, 18, who graduated last spring from San Francisco's Thurgood Marshall Academic High School.
It is extremely rare on earth as it is created during very active nuclear reactions, most commonly found on the surface of the sun, but here can only be found as a by-product of the maintenance of nuclear weapons.
Backup generators only run when the electric grid goes down or for scheduled maintenance.
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Since health hazards typically emerge only in buildings that are badly maintained, landlords with poor maintenance records are an obvious next target.
The study, which analyzes satisfaction among vehicle owners who visit a service department for maintenance or repair work, found that GMC ranked second in the industry behind only Mini for mass-market brands.
Not only are there utility and insurance costs to consider, but there are also maintenance costs.
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