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The maintenance tasks are sourced.","Written for GSA contracted O&M in US federal buildings; job plans are generic and defer to manufacturer instructions, and the fire extinguisher plans only point to NFPA 10."],"contributors":["unfinished.one editors"],"last_reviewed":"2026-10-22","canonical_url":"https://unfinished.one/c/bas-supervisory-controller","versioned_url":"https://unfinished.one/c/bas-supervisory-controller/v/0.3.0","licence":"CC-BY-4.0","citation":"unfinished.one (2026). Building automation supervisory controller, v0.3.0. https://unfinished.one/c/bas-supervisory-controller/v/0.3.0"}