AVOID MAINTENANCE FUNDING PROBLEMS YOU WON'T FIND MANY ASSOCIATION BOARDS that question the importance of reserve studies, but you will find more than a few that have never commissioned one, haven't read the study they did commission, and/or haven't followed its recommendations. We asked Paul Huijing, P.E., EBP, regional vice president for Advanced Reserve Solutions, to identify the most common mistakes boards make in their handling of reserve studies and to suggest some best practices that might avoid these pitfalls. Reserve Stu 36 CONDOMEDIA September 2019