Capabilities
Preventive Maintenance
Planned maintenance that keeps systems running and surprises off your books.
Overview
Preventive Maintenance, delivered to spec.
Norkum sets up preventive-maintenance programs for commercial buildings and portfolios across Greater Boston and the North Shore. There's no off-the-shelf plan — we look at your equipment's types, ages, run hours, and history, and build a service calendar around what it actually needs.
Planned maintenance is the cheapest insurance in the building. A maintained commercial HVAC system uses roughly 15–20% less energy than a neglected one, and unplanned breakdown repairs run several times the cost of the same work scheduled — a belt handled on a visit is a fraction of the compressor it would have taken out.
What’s included
Scope we cover.
- Equipment assessment & plan
- Scheduled service visits
- Filter & belt programs
- Coil cleaning & inspections
- Documented service history
- Priority response
Greater Boston & the North Shore
Why property managers plan ahead here
Structured maintenance pushes commercial RTU life toward 20 years instead of failing economically at 10–12 — and on the North Shore, where salt air shortens equipment life, that gap is even wider. Programs also build the documented service trail owners and buyers expect; appraisers discount buildings with visible deferred maintenance.
For multi-tenant and life-science buildings — a growing North Shore segment around Beverly and the inner suburbs — precision air control can't tolerate unplanned downtime, which is exactly what a planned program is for.
What to expect
How we run it.
Design-assist
We help get it right before anything is cut, hung, or energized.
Clean install
Tidy sites and tight workmanship on every visit.
We stand behind it
Done once, correctly — and backed after we leave.
Common questions
Preventive Maintenance — FAQ.
What does preventive maintenance cover?
Scheduled service, inspections, filter and belt programs, and priority response to keep systems running and surprises off your books.
Can you maintain multiple buildings?
Yes — we set up planned maintenance across a portfolio of commercial properties.
Where do you provide maintenance?
The North Shore and Greater Boston, from Saugus, MA.
Related: all capabilities · projects · service areas across the North Shore & Greater Boston.
Need preventive maintenance? Let’s scope it.
Send us the scope or the drawings and we’ll tell you what it takes to hit your date.