The Preventive Maintenance team was initiated by the Associate Vice Chancellor of Facilities in April to perform sufficient preventive work to significantly reduce the amount of breakdown calls to campus equipment. Prior to this, workers were assigned at random to perform routine checks on campus building and equipment but due to the absence of a dedicated team, work was often times not completed. However, this new team will be in charge of all preventive maintenance on campus facilities.

The PM team, managed by Assistant Director for Preventive Maintenance Henry Anderson, maintains over 22,000 pieces of equipment and growing in the University of Houston system which ensures that the university gets the maximum life out of its equipment.

The current supervisors, Rey Tajonera and Jessie Craig, were instrumental in handpicking the current members of the Preventive Maintenance Crew to perform upkeep on HVAC-related equipment. Data Entry Operator 2, Marie Eaglin, gets the information on equipment and maintains the flow of records within the team. In the future, this number will increase when another supervisor and other talents and skills are included into the program. 

Anderson acknowledges other shops for their support in this team's efforts to maintain industry standards towards the effective long-term 24/7 maintenance of the UH campus.