maintenance crew

Building upkeep staff

A maintenance crew is a group of workers responsible for keeping equipment, buildings, or facilities in working order.

They handle repairs, routine upkeep, and preventive care: The maintenance crew fixed the elevator overnight.

The term applies across settings—office buildings, apartment complexes, factories, aircraft, or public infrastructure.

Related

trackmen · repair · safety checks · wrench · pliers · warehouse · screwdriver · office building · building services · calibration · hammer · shipyard · cleaning · work order · punch clock · multimeter · tool belt · hangar

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purpose/function

maintenance crewdemolition crew

Team that destroys buildings

development team

operational role

maintenance crewplanning committee

Group organizing future actions

end users · architects

relationship to system state

maintenance crewsaboteurs

Intentional disruptors of operations

vandals · wreckers · neglect · destroyers · arsonists

Family

crew, maintain, maintenance, crewman

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Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G