Common challenges

What higher education facility teams deal with.

The problems below come up across the industry, and each one ties back to work Bedrock coordinates.

Growing deferred maintenance backlog

Many campuses spend less each year than it takes to keep their buildings from falling further behind, so the repair backlog keeps growing. Facilities teams end up choosing what to fix rather than catching up.

Building systems aging out together

Campuses built out quickly over past decades, so many buildings and their major systems are reaching the end of their useful life around the same time. Periodic replacement costs are easy to overlook until they all come due.

Residence hall fire safety systems

Schools with on-campus housing must publish an annual fire safety report that describes each building's fire safety system and keep a fire log. Alarms, sprinklers and related systems need to be kept working and documented.

Campus access and building security

Colleges must state their policies on access to campus buildings, including residence halls, and on security in how buildings are maintained. Locks, access control and lighting all play a part.

How Bedrock helps

One process across every location.

  1. Requests opened with location, trade and priority
  2. Routed to your service providers or Bedrock's network
  3. Quotes over your DNE limits sent to you for approval
  4. Cost and history kept by location and asset
Ways to work with Bedrock

Your providers, ours, or both.

Choose the model that fits each trade and location, all run in Pebble CMMS.

Client-Managed

Your team runs facility work in Pebble with your own service providers.

Shared Coverage

Bedrock fills the gaps in your network where you don't have coverage.

Managed Services

Bedrock manages dispatch, follow-up and after-hours work for you.

Questions

Higher Education, answered

More questions
Does Bedrock support higher education operators?

Yes. Bedrock coordinates classrooms, residence halls, dining facilities, athletic facilities, and campus buildings where facility work has to coordinate around academic calendars, occupancy, and campus operations. Every job is tracked as a work order in Pebble CMMS.

Which facility services matter most for higher education?

The trades that come up most are HVAC & Refrigeration, Fire & Life Safety, Plumbing, Preventative Maintenance, Roofing and Electrical & Lighting. Bedrock coordinates all 16 trade categories, so the rest are covered too.

Do we have to use Bedrock's service providers?

No. Your service providers stay yours. If you already have providers you trust, they keep the work, and Bedrock fills the gaps where you don't have coverage.

How do we get started?

Start with a facility assessment. It looks at how work reaches your team today, which locations and trades you manage, and where support would help most.

Running higher education locations?

A facility assessment looks at how work reaches your team today, which locations and trades you manage, and where support would help most.