How Preventive Maintenance Reduces Infrastructure Failures
Quick answer: Preventive maintenance addresses wear and emerging problems before they become larger failures. It can improve reliability, extend asset life, and make repair needs more predictable.
What does resilience research say?
World Bank resilience research identifies maintenance as a core part of resilient infrastructure management. The goal is not to eliminate every failure, but to reduce avoidable deterioration and improve the ability to keep essential services operating.
Why it matters for capital planning
Maintenance and replacement planning should be considered together. Deferring routine work can shift costs into larger emergency repairs or earlier replacement.
Research basis: Stip et al. (World Bank, 2019).