Last night, a group of the Flaherty & Collins maintenance team members attended the official kickoff to this year’s Indiana Apartment Association Maintenance Mania challenges, hosted by Sullivan Commercial Supply. Each year, maintenance team members from around the state come together to compete in timed events built around different tasks that maintenance encounters on the job each day. The Maintenance Mania National Championship will determine who is the fastest maintenance technician in the country. Two individuals from each region will get to attend the NAA Conference in Dever to compete for the title in June.

The kickoff event is a great time for maintenance team members to come together to practice each event and work on improving their times. There’s lots of excitement in the air as the timed events get started and everyone tries their hand at getting the fastest time. This year, we had one big winner from Flaherty & Collins…

Paul Palacios! Paul took home the best time in four of the seven events. He won the Kwikset Key Control Deadbolt Test, Seasons Ceiling Fan Installation, CFG Faucet Installation, and the Fluidmaster Duo Flush Toilet Conversion. Great job, Paul!