Project Owner: Rich Miller

• Addressing a $16M+ deferred maintenance (DM) backlog across a campus where buildings average over 60 years old, developing a new prioritization process to identify high-ROI maintenance candidates before issues escalate into costly capital needs
• Investing $1.3M in FY25 projects projected to avoid over $4M in catastrophic failures over time, with a proactive, data-driven approach to asset evaluation that shifts facilities management from reactive fixes to predictive maintenance
• Extending the useful life of existing assets while freeing capital for higher-priority needs — with research showing early DM investment can reduce future capital expenses by 300% or more, supporting the U’s ability to attract and retain top students, faculty, and staff