This books starts with an example of a series of explosions that rocked St. John, a Canadian town. The culprit was a gas leak that had filled area buildings with vapor. The buildings were badly damaged but one remained standing with no damage. How? Well, seems like someone in that building did regular maintenance. Pouring water in the basement drain regularly and not letting it dry out, meant the gas vapor was blocked and thus there was no build up to eventually explode. With a lead up like that, you get what you expect...a book all about the real work that gets done by maintainers. Sure, everyone wants to build and invent but nothing lasts or works well without maintenance. So lets give the maintainers their due. The authors have done a lot of research and make a case for why innovation is not the key to everything. It is hard not to agree after looking around and seeing the state of our infrastructure.
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