Preventive Maintenance Guidelines for Higher Education Facilities

A complete preventive maintenance system for colleges and universities. Features model of typical campus facilitites, checklists and a dedicated web site.

A Planning & Budgeting Tool for Facilities Professionals

An easy-to-use tool to help you conquer the challenges of preventive maintenance in higher education.

Includes interactive models for the primary building types found in different-sized colleges and universities. The models, which include dormitories, classroom buildings, laboratories, athletic facilities and more, incorporate systems and equipment most often found on campuses. Appropriate preventive maintenance standards are linked to each piece of equipment or system, along with required labor hours to complete those tasks. Four established priority levels enable facility professionals to select and develop the best possible preventive maintenance plan within their particular budget constraints.

The Preventive Maintenance for Higher Education system includes 13 interactive building models for small-to-large colleges and universities and 50 preventative maintenance checklists outlining the specific maintenance tasks, associated labor hours and costs and recommended frequencies - all on heavy-stock paper for easy photocopying and in electronic format on the book's dedicated web site.

The authors also provide guidance on:

• Selling the need for preventative maintenance to the governing body, including identifying the impact if a preventive maintenance program is not implemented.
• Defining the annual cost of preventive maintenance, in labor and materials.
• Prioritizing preventive maintenance tasks to fit your budget -- based on accepted equipment maintenance practices.
• Carrying out the equipment inventory.
• Using preventative maintenance standards checklists.
• Selecting a CMMS and incorporating preventive maintenance into the program.

3-ring binder, with downloadable electronic files.

About the Author

Applied Management Engineering Inc. (AME) is headquartered in Virginia and specializes in facility engineering and management. Established in 1980, AME provides services including condition assessment, facility management consulting and training, maintenance and repair cost estimating, preventive and predictive maintenance, and development of maintenance management software. AME's clients include federal, state, and municipal entities, as well as numerous college and university facilities throughout the U. S. , including Duke University, Brown University, Carnegie Mellon University, Claremont Colleges, University of California at Berkeley, University of Massachusetts, Northwestern University and the Virginia Community College System.