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14 ‘Routine work necessary to keep the fabric of a building, the moving parts of machinery, grounds, gardens or any other artefact, in good working order’ BS 7913:1998:p3 Other guidance from within the UK conservation profession provides more rounded encapsulating definitions, including finance, economics and practicalities of building activity and use into the remit of maintenance, suggesting that there is ‘a balance to be struck between performance and resource inputs’ (Dann, N and Wood, S. 2004:p140). ‘Work necessary to maintain the performance of the building fabric and its services’ BS 8210:1986:p2 It is possible, from the general and varied definition as set out in all the various British Standards mentioning maintenance, to glean almost any aspect of maintenance philosophy to suit the individual strategies, requirements and necessities of any historic building owner. Performance within the realms of maintenance could lead to a number of issues; complete neglect of the building until a point when maintenance becomes absolutely necessary; whether to continue with the existing activity; health and safety regulations; the requirements of the HLF for a grant or, the legal obligations and the risk of facing negative intervention and acquisition by the relevant local authorities. For non-heritage focused organisations maintenance also has the capability to provide relief from liable duty of care by actively preventing UK specific ONE Chapter One - Introduction Aimee Felto