MIL-HDBK-1130
INTRODUCTION
Section 1:
Purpose and Scope. This handbook is a guide for public works
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management, planning, and maintenance personnel involved with inactivating,
closing, reactivating, or providing caretaker maintenance to individual
facilities, groups of facilities, or whole bases. The handbook provides
general guidelines and points for consideration, but it is not intended as a
detailed plan for every individual activity. Using information from this
handbook and other sources, shore activities should develop a plan of action
and milestones (POA&M) tailored to the specific activity. When inactivating,
closing, or reactivating involves many facilities and affects large numbers of
personnel, a more formal planning process is required. It is usually
appropriate to prepare a formal Master Plan (OPNAVINST 11000.16, Command
Responsibility for Shore Activity Land and Facilities), or revise the
existing Master Plan to help document facility needs.
Cancellation. This handbook supersedes MO-300, Inactivation,
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Caretaker Maintenance, Reactivation, and Shore Facilities, dated August 1990.
Definitions. The following sections address the meaning of, and
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differences among, the terms "inactivation," "caretaker maintenance,"
"reactivation," and "closure" as used in this handbook. A good understanding
of the differences in usage is important to gain full appreciation of the
technical sections that follow.
Inactivation. Inactivation means temporarily shutting down a
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building, facility, or whole base with the long-term intent of using the asset
in the future. Inactivating is equivalent to "mothballing." In the
inactivation process, a facility is vacated, secured, and made weather-tight.
Afterward, it is inspected on a regular basis per MO-322, Inspection of Shore
Facilities and Appendix A, and maintained for preservation. The key point to
remember is that inactivated facilities are not just locked and then ignored.
They require the investment of resources over time for maintenance to allow
future reactivation. If future needs cannot be identified, than closure would
seem more appropriate than inactivation with caretaker maintenance.
Caretaker Maintenance. Caretaker maintenance refers to the level
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of maintenance performed on an inactivated facility to preserve its weather
tightness, security, and protection from fire, rodents, birds, or human
damage. Additionally, caretaker maintenance includes performing those tasks
necessary to keep an inactivated facility aesthetically acceptable when it is
located among other active facilities. Tasks performed for caretaker
maintenance are very similar to those performed in active buildings; only the
degree and frequency may vary. Maintenance should be provided on a cyclic
basis as for active buildings. For example, roof repair or replacement is
required periodically, whether the facility is occupied or inactive. Exterior
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