Facility

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Definition

Facility. Something that is built, contrived, established, or installed to serve a particular purpose, or make some course of action or operation easier, or provide some capability or service

A facility may be concrete (as in a manufacturing facility) or abstract. Concrete facilities may be permanent, semi-permanent, or temporary structures, providing one or more capabilities at a given site. A single site may include multiple facilities and a given facility may span multiple sites.

Plant, machinery, equipment, property, buildings, vehicles, information systems, transportation facilities, and other items of infrastructure or plant and related systems that have a distinct and quantifiable function or service.

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