An attendee at one of our webinars earlier this week (click here) asked if it was ok to defer a project with a Remaining Useful Life (RUL) of 0 until the following year, and how that should be communicated in the Reserve Study. Deferring a project can be done, but it is a decision made by the Board, and something the Board communicates in a document separate from the Reserve Study. The Reserve Study is where the association communicates to the members the status of the physical components, the preparedness of the Reserve Fund to deal with those projects, and the ongoing contributions to the Reserve Fund necessary to offset that ongoing deterioration.