You’ll Never Stop Firefighting Without the Right Systems with Dean Vieira

Facility Rockstars · Oct 1, 2026 · 32m

Facilities teams can spend their entire day putting out fires, but without the right systems in place, that cycle never ends.

In this episode of Facility Rockstars, host Jay Culbert sits down with Dean Vieira, Facilities Maintenance Manager at CA Design, to talk about his transition from technician to facilities leader and what he has learned about building more proactive, reliable maintenance operations. Dean shares how one team went from roughly 80% reactive maintenance to 80% proactive and preventive maintenance, why tracking the work was a critical first step, and how consistency helped…