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To: Gerald L. Kerr who wrote (11595)	2/18/1998 7:43:00 AM
From: Ron M	Respond to of 31646

Amidst all the euphoria (thank you Cheryl et al for allowing me to join the party) I'd like to point out further recognition of the Y2K issue. In the current issue Building Operating Management The cover story is "Year 2000 Crapshoot?" The article addresses the problem of firmware running the facility's automated building systems. A couple of excerpts follow: "The job of ascertaining whether or not all the firmware in a facility's automated building systems is Year 2000-compliant is likely to be difficult, tedious and frustrating. In large, sophisticated systems, the complexity of the task is compounded. For example, in multi-building campuses, automated systems and their controls may represent the products of a dozen different manufacturers. Those systems have probably been installed at various points over the course of 20 or more years. And the custom-designed software that links and monitors all the individual systems may itself be noncompliant. Unfortunately, these are exactly the kinds of systems most in need of analysis and possible upgrading." "Where automated building systems are large, complex and more-than-ordinarily sophisticated, owners may want to engage the services of a consulting engineering firm - especially one with wide-ranging expertise - to help analyze system status and reparability. The systems potentially affected by date-related problems cut across numerous engineering disciplines - mechanical, electrical, communications, fire protection and so on - and a firm with background in all these areas can analyze the threat to the facility as a whole." Any suggestions who might do this type of work? IMHO the issue of embedded chips and the impact thereof has been addressed by few facilities organizations. We, for example, recently discovered a fleet fueling station which would become non-funtional. The more worrisome issue is, "what do we not know?" The complete article is available at: facilitiesnet.com The organizations suggested Y2K links may be viewed at: facilitiesnet.com Ron long time lurker-short term long