Feature Set

Everything your facilities team needs.
Nothing they don't.

Six core systems built specifically for K-12 schools — designed to reduce reactive maintenance, build sustainable rhythms, and give every stakeholder the visibility they need.

Feature 01 — Scheduling

Rhythmic Maintenance
Scheduling

Most school maintenance programs are reactive. Something breaks, someone reports it, a technician responds. Maintain Brain introduces a different rhythm — one built around your academic calendar, seasonal patterns, and building lifecycle.

Schedule preventative maintenance that runs automatically. Seasonal HVAC inspections before the school year begins. Monthly fire safety walkthroughs. Weekly building checks aligned to staff availability. The rhythm that keeps schools from deferring work until it becomes a crisis.

  • Academic calendar integration — schedule work around breaks, closures, and event calendars
  • Recurring task templates for seasonal and routine PM cycles
  • Technician capacity view so work is distributed, not piled on
  • Automated reminders and escalation when tasks are overdue
  • Before/after logging with photo documentation
Upcoming PM Schedule
HVAC Filter Replacement — Building A · Due Mon
Fire Extinguisher Inspection — Gym · Due Wed
Roof Drain Clearing — Main Building · Due Fri
Boiler Pre-Season Check · Due Next Mon
Exterior Lighting Audit — Parking Lot · Due Nov 1
Feature 02 — Work Orders

School-Native
Work Order Intake

The best maintenance program is one that actually captures every problem — not just the ones that reach the right person through the right channel. Maintain Brain opens intake to everyone on campus.

Teachers can report a broken projector mount from their classroom. Kitchen staff can flag a refrigeration issue before it becomes a food safety problem. Administrators can escalate a safety concern with one tap. Every request enters a single queue, gets triaged, and gets assigned — without anyone chasing anyone.

  • Simple intake form accessible from any device — no app download required
  • Photo attachment for issue documentation at submission
  • Priority triage with configurable urgency levels
  • Automatic assignment routing based on type and technician availability
  • Status notifications so submitters know what's happening
  • Work order history and resolution notes for every request
Active Work Orders
Room 204 — Ceiling tile water damage · Submitted by J. Reyes
Kitchen — Walk-in cooler temp alert · Submitted by M. Torres
Main Office — HVAC not cooling · Assigned to K. Davis
Gym — Bleacher locking mechanism · Pending review
Room 108 — Projector mount loose · Resolved
Feature 03 — Campus Intelligence

Campus IQ

Critical campus knowledge — where the main water shutoff is, which breaker controls the cafeteria, how the HVAC zones are mapped — lives in the heads of the two or three people who've worked there the longest. When they leave, it leaves with them.

Campus IQ is a living, structured knowledge base for your building. Every system, every procedure, every piece of institutional knowledge captured in one place — searchable, organized, and accessible to every authorized staff member on campus.

  • Structured building system documentation — HVAC, electrical, plumbing, fire safety
  • Emergency shutdown procedures with step-by-step guides
  • Campus maps with utility and equipment locations
  • Seasonal procedure checklists for opening and closing
  • Access controls so the right people see the right information
  • Searchable from any device on campus
Campus IQ — Building Systems
HVAC — Zone map, filter schedule, vendor contact
Electrical — Panel locations, breaker index
Plumbing — Main shutoffs, drain locations
Emergency — Shutdown procedures, contacts
Fire Safety — Extinguisher map, inspection log
Feature 04 — Asset Tracking

Asset ID &
QR Management

Every piece of equipment in a school building has a history — when it was installed, what's been repaired, when the next PM is due, and where the manual is. In most schools, that information is scattered across filing cabinets, spreadsheets, and tribal knowledge.

Asset ID attaches a unique QR code to every piece of equipment. One scan brings up everything — model specs, warranty status, repair history, PM schedule, and troubleshooting guides. The whole life of an asset, accessible in seconds from the equipment itself.

  • Printable QR code labels for any equipment, system, or fixture
  • Full asset record: make, model, install date, warranty, vendor
  • Repair and inspection history with technician notes
  • Linked PM schedules that auto-populate from the scheduling system
  • Manual and spec sheet upload for quick reference
  • Scan-to-submit work order directly from the asset QR code
Asset Record — Rooftop HVAC Unit 2
Carrier 50XCQ — Installed Sept 2019
Warranty active through Sept 2026
Last PM: Filter swap · Aug 14, 2025
Next PM: Pre-season inspection · Sept 8
Manual · Spec sheet · Service log →
Feature 05 — Inventory

QR-Based
Inventory Tracking

Schools run out of light bulbs at the worst time. Filters get used up mid-season. Parts are ordered reactively, at retail prices, with rush shipping. It doesn't have to work this way.

Maintain Brain's inventory system uses simple QR codes on shelves and storage bins to track quantities, set reorder thresholds, and log usage. Technicians scan out materials when they use them. The system flags what's low. No spreadsheets, no clipboards — just visibility into what you have and what you need.

  • QR shelf labels for bin-level inventory scanning
  • Usage logging when materials are checked out for a work order
  • Minimum quantity alerts before stock runs out
  • Reorder history to identify high-use items and right-size purchases
  • Simple enough that any technician can learn it in five minutes
Inventory — Supply Room A
HVAC Filters 16x20 — 14 in stock
HVAC Filters 20x24 — 3 in stock · Low
Fluorescent Tubes T8 — 28 in stock
LED Panels 2x4 — 2 in stock · Reorder
Door Hardware Set — 6 in stock
Feature 06 — Reporting

Director Dashboard
& Reporting

Facilities directors spend too much time chasing updates. Is that work order done? Why is that request still open? What's the state of our deferred maintenance backlog? Maintain Brain answers these questions without anyone having to ask.

The Director Dashboard gives operations leaders a real-time view of everything — open work orders, completion trends, team performance, backlog health, and maintenance rhythm compliance. The data to make better decisions, request the right resources, and prove that your program is working.

  • Live work order status board — open, assigned, in progress, complete
  • Backlog trend reporting to identify where deferred work is accumulating
  • Team performance metrics — response time, completion rate, PM compliance
  • Monthly and quarterly summary reports for administration
  • Exportable data for budget justification and board presentations
Director View — This Week
Work orders closed: 14 of 17 open
PM compliance: 92% on schedule
Avg response time: 1.8 days — trending up
Backlog: 3 items 30+ days deferred
Monthly report ready for export
Ready to Start

See it in your
campus context.

The best way to understand how Maintain Brain fits your school is to map it against your actual workflow. Request a campus pilot and we'll walk through every feature in the context of how your team operates today.

Developed at the Pahara Institute  ·  Built for K-12 operations teams