{"id":606,"date":"2016-08-05T11:17:15","date_gmt":"2016-08-05T16:17:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/facility-services\/?page_id=606"},"modified":"2026-02-02T15:01:12","modified_gmt":"2026-02-02T21:01:12","slug":"preventative-maintenance","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/facility-services\/services\/trades-stores\/preventative-maintenance\/","title":{"rendered":"Preventative Maintenance"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"uwm-l-row\">\n<div class=\"uwm-l-col\">\n<p>The Preventative Maintenance Shop consists of 16 FTE employees that maintain all building system equipment for over 80 51ÁÔÆæ facilities on and off the 51ÁÔÆæ campus. The Preventative Maintenance Shop responds to Service Requests 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, and classifies every Service Request as urgent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Our Preventative Maintenance team is responsible for over 2,500 pieces of campus owned equipment. We are frequently the first point of contact in trouble shooting daily issues for the Mechanical (HVAC), Electrical, Plumbing, and Carpentry shops. Our diagnosis helps in prioritizing work for the other shops, or eliminates the need for an additional service call.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-available-services\">Available Services<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-sign-shop\"><strong>Sign Shop<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Preventative Maintenance also manages 51ÁÔÆæ\u2019s full service Sign Shop. Their responsibility is to fabricate and install all interior building signage, as well as some specialty signage.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Requests for signage requires approval from Campus Planning, but can be initiated through an iServiceDesk request.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-maintenance-tracking\"><strong>Maintenance Tracking<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Preventative Maintenance utilizes TMA, Facility Services\u2019 computerized maintenance management system to schedule all maintenance work, as well as track the scheduled maintenance and repairs on all pieces of campus equipment.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>This will help Facility Services prevent breakdowns, and prepare for future equipment replacement.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-hvac-and-specialty-equipment\"><strong>HVAC and Specialty Equipment<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The Preventative Maintenance Shop can offer preventative maintenance services for all HVAC equipment and most specialty departmental equipment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>This shop maintains over 75 pieces of departmental equipment at this time.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Maintenance on specialized equipment can save time and money for any department by avoiding breakdowns caused by age and regular use.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Requests to set up a preventive maintenance schedule for departmental equipment can be made through <a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.webtma.com\/app\/request\/1750ef05-439e-4e96-860e-4ab32e46a8a7\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">iServiceDesk<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>One of our PM specialists will look at your equipment, and make a recommendation of necessary maintenance items, frequency of service, and cost of the maintenance agreement.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Through TMA, our administrator will create a PM schedule to automatically generate a work order at the time of your next recommended preventative maintenance service.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"uwm-l-col uwm-l-col--4 uwm-l-offset--1\"><div class=\"content_block\" id=\"custom_post_widget-642\">\n<div class=\"uwm-l-buttons--full\">\n<a class=\"uwm-c-button uwm-c-button--full uwm-u-mb-20 .uwm-u-mt-30\" href=\"https:\/\/uwm.webtma.com\/app\/request\/1750ef05-439e-4e96-860e-4ab32e46a8a7\" rel=\"\">iServiceDesk<\/a>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"content_block\" id=\"custom_post_widget-2717\"><nav aria-label=\"Sidebar\" class=\"uwm-p-navigation-list uwm-p-navigation-list--gold-border \"><div class=\"uwm-p-navigation-list--title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/facility-services\/services\/\">Services<\/a><\/div><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/facility-services\/services\/environmental-services\/\">Environmental Services<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/facility-services\/services\/grounds-services\/\">Grounds Services<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/facility-services\/services\/mail-services\/\">Mail Services<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/facility-services\/services\/office-moves\/\">Office Moves<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/facility-services\/services\/design-construction\/\">Project Design &amp; 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