Glossary

AssetLab terms, defined once, alphabetically.

A–C

Asset - an individually tracked piece of equipment. Lives in both hierarchies: location (where) and system (what). Details
Asset type - the catalog entry describing what kind of equipment an asset is; carries defaults like useful life.
Assessment (condition) - a dated, sourced condition rating on an asset. Details
Change order - a recorded scope/cost change against a project budget. Details
CMMS - computerized maintenance management system; AssetLab's operations layer. Overview
CoF / LoF - consequence of failure / likelihood of failure; the two factors in risk scoring. Details
Compliance item / record - a recurring regulatory obligation, and one dated fulfillment of it. Details
Corridor - a cross-network bundle of infrastructure features sharing an alignment (road + main + sidewalk). Details
Cost snapshot - a frozen point-in-time capture of a project's financial state. Details

Feature - one real piece of infrastructure (a pipe segment, a hydrant). The linear-asset counterpart of an asset. Details
Feature class - the kind of infrastructure a feature is; carries geometry type, unit rate, useful life, attribute schema. Details
FCI - facility condition index: deficiency cost ÷ replacement value. Lower is better. Details
Form template / response - a reusable inspection/checklist definition, and one filled-out instance attached to work. Details
Location - a room/floor/zone within a building; the finest grain of the location hierarchy. Details
LoS (level of service) - measurable service commitments, tracked as measures against targets. Details

MCP - Model Context Protocol; how AI assistants connect to AssetLab. Overview
Milestone - a dated, duration-less marker in a project schedule; carries external commitments. Details
Network - a top-level infrastructure container (Roads, Water Distribution…). Details
Organization - your tenant: the boundary all data, users, and keys live inside. Details
PM schedule / template - a recurring maintenance definition that generates work orders / its reusable, unbound blueprint. Details
Replacement planner - scenario modeling over asset lifecycles: what to replace, when, under what budget. Details
Requester - the portal-only role for people who report problems. Details
Route - an ordered sequence of road segments for programmed work. Details

Scope (API) - a permission on an API key, e.g. assets:read. List
Service area - a domain of service delivery for LoS tracking (Winter Roads, Drinking Water). Details
Site / Building - the top two levels of the location hierarchy. Details
System class / group / system - the three levels of the classification hierarchy, Uniformat-aligned. Details
TCO (total cost of ownership) - an asset's full lifetime cost: acquisition plus every O&M dollar, built from its cost history. Details
Uniformat - the CSI/ASTM standard for classifying building elements; AssetLab's default classification skeleton.
Useful life - expected service life in years; with install date, drives lifecycle forecasting.
Work order - one unit of executable work against asset(s), location(s), system(s), or infrastructure feature(s). Details
Work request - a reported, not-yet-vetted problem; converts into a work order. Details
Zone - a geographic area (ward, district) that features fall inside. Details