My company has grown to the point of needing a proposed "maintenance budget". I work for a small "metal fab" company. Are there any outlines to start with. I have all capital assets, repair costs, and labor hours accounted for.

Dave, it looks to me like you are just about there. nless you are driving this yourself you should explain to your accountants that the first year must be considered a trial run with allowances built in for innacuracies and ommissions.

In my last company we calculated man (OK person!) hours, costs of repairs, cost of spares and capital assets. Once a year we made a capital project budget submission for work that we wanted to do in the following year. Clearly you cannot forecast what will happen during the next twelve month period but you should consider carefully any equipment that is likely to need replacing. You should also consider any new equipment that will be required during the period along with costs for any major project work. Hope this helps.

Bryan Weir http://www.pemms.co.uk