Seasonal and unexpected school and campus shutdowns can be challenging to any team of maintenance staff. Most higher education institutions have experienced their fair share of deferred maintenance, but when facility managers aren’t able to provide preventive maintenance or secure needed upgrades to systems, roofing, plumbing, or the like, the problem gets worse. Ultimately, these maintenance delays will lead to an emergency that requires immediate intervention and can no longer be postponed. And more often than not, this prolonged problem will be much more expensive to fix!
This is why it is important to utilize unexpected (or seasonal) shutdown time to address deferred maintenance.
As you evaluate your operations, ensure you have the proper tools in place to measure the effectiveness of cleaning and preparing for returning students, as well as keeping your systems running, checked and maintained.
Knowing all of this, we’re constantly refreshing our solutions to help our Higher-Ed Campuses in some of the following areas:
Solutions for Building Systems:
HVAC including - washable metal filters, air circulators, ventilators, thermostats, motors, controls, refrigerant
Plumbing including - water filters, water fountains, lab faucets, drain cleaning/augers, touchless faucets & toilet flush valves
Electrical including - extension cords, circuit breakers, insulated & non-sparking tools, motors, drives, safety switches, switches & outlets
Testing including - thermal imaging cameras, measurement instruments, IR thermometer
Batteries
Solutions for Restrooms & Locker Rooms
Cleaning including - surface cleaners, hand sanitizers, mops, brooms
Paper & Dispensing including - toilet paper, paper towels, tissues
Laundry including - laundry carts, cleaning carts, tilt trucks
Safety including - safety signage, social distance signage
Solutions for Classrooms & Hallways
Cleaning machines including - vacuums, scrubbers, floor machines
Safety including - fire extinguishers, CO2 / smoke alarms
Lighting including - lighting controls, lamps, ballasts, fixtures
Repair including - couplers / clamps, too belts, hand tools, power tools
Interested in any of the above categories or have a question about pandemic preparation and recovery products? Work with the MRO Team at Edge, a certified Women's Business Enterprise (WBE), for product recommendations, quotes, availability, and to discuss your current facility needs.
For more on COVID-19 prep and recovery, please check out Edge Electronics’ Guide to COVID-19 Resources & Recovery Solutions.
