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Bus lift PM and air conditioning, classroom seating and changing stations, and building access across a campus portfolio.
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Which Part Of The Building Is The Problem?
Buildings fail people in a handful of predictable places. Point at the one that is causing you trouble and we will show you what goes there.
The entrance
A door too heavy to manage from a chair, a threshold that stops a caster, steps where a ramp belongs.
Changes in level
A stage, a split level, a mezzanine, a few steps into a portable classroom. Wherever the building goes up and a wheelchair cannot.
The classroom
A student who cannot be held safely by a standard chair, or who cannot get a wheelchair under a desk.
Lifting and transfers
Moving a student or resident safely, without hurting the person doing the lifting. This is where staff injuries come from.
The restroom
Adult changing needs are the gap most buildings have not solved, and the one families notice first.
What We Keep Running
Point at one.
Who We Work With
Public agencies and institutions of every size. The equipment differs; the way we work does not.
Transit Agencies
Fixed route and paratransit lift maintenance, securement service, and driver training, documented per unit.
VA & Federal
A federal contractor and approved vendor to the VA. There is a page on exactly how that runs.
State & Municipal
Public buildings, courthouses, libraries, parks, and recreation facilities. Ramps, platform lifts, door operators, and ADA audits.
Care & Senior Living
Patient lifts, ceiling track, resident equipment, and free on-site tune-up clinics for assisted and independent living.
Universities & Employers
Workplace accommodation, building access, and accessible seating and workstations across a campus or a portfolio.
Organizations We Serve
On A Bus, This Is What We Get Called About
Fleet work is one of six lines on this page, and it is the one with the most moving parts. Point at whichever is costing you buses.
The air conditioning system
Roof units front and rear, working hardest on short routes where the door opens every few minutes. It is usually the first thing to fail in May, and the students who cannot tell you they are overheating are the ones sitting under it.
The wheelchair lift
Cycled several times a day by drivers who were trained once. Most failures we find are wear and adjustment rather than a broken part, which is exactly what preventive maintenance catches.
Securement inside
Tracks, retractors, and occupant restraints. Worn webbing and the wrong attachment point are the two things we find most, and neither shows up until it matters.
Fixing It After It Breaks, Or Before
Every fleet already pays for lift maintenance. The only question is whether it is paid on a schedule you control or on the morning a bus does not run.
Waiting for it to fail
A maintenance program
When you find out
A driver calls in from a route with a student on board.
On a scheduled visit, in the yard, before the run.
Bus availability
Out of service until a part arrives, sometimes days.
Wear caught early, parts ordered before the failure.
Cost shape
Unpredictable. Emergency call-outs, expedited parts, overtime.
A known figure you can put in a budget and defend.
What you can show
Invoices for repairs, which document the problem rather than the diligence.
A dated record per unit of what was inspected, found, and corrected.
Who is in the yard
Whoever is available that week.
The same technicians, who know your fleet and its history.
Wheelchair Lift Assessment
Tell us the bus or van and see the BraunAbility commercial lift that fits it, with its price, install kit and installation included.
Transfer Seat Assessment
Tell us the vehicle and see the BraunAbility transfer seat base that fits it, with its price, installation included.
Fleet Maintenance Estimate
Give us the number of lifts, AC systems and heaters and how often each should be serviced, and see the yearly price with the volume discount applied.
Tell Us Your Numbers
You already know how many units you run. Give us the counts and what you need covered. That is what the price is built from, and a written proposal comes back.
How An Engagement Runs
Five steps, whether it is a bus fleet, a building, or a classroom fit-out. You can stop after the second one and keep the proposal.
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1 Tell us the fleet size
How many air conditioning units, how many wheelchair lifts, and a bus list if you have one: VINs, mileage, year, make and model. If you do not have a list, we will build one.
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2 We submit a full proposal
A written scope and price for preventive maintenance. Repairs are not in it. Anything we find that needs repair is quoted separately and approved before we touch it.
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3 We work around your routes
When buses are on site rather than on route. Between runs, on weekends, over holidays and breaks. Your calendar decides ours.
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4 You get digital records per unit
Not per bus. Each lift and each air conditioning unit carries its own record, so a fault that follows a component rather than a vehicle is still visible.
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5 You get an audit report and summary
A full report and a summary written so a board can read it, so decisions about the fleet can be made on evidence over years rather than on the last invoice.
Written for the board
What You Are Left Holding
The service is the visit. The thing that keeps mattering afterward is the paperwork it produces.
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A condition report per unit
Dated, by bus number, listing what was inspected and what was found. Not a summary across the fleet.
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Findings ranked by severity
What needs attention now, what to watch, and what is fine. So a limited budget goes to the right units.
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A history that accumulates
Visit over visit, per unit, so a bus with a recurring fault is visible as a pattern rather than as separate invoices.
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Something you can hand over
To a board, an auditor, or a parent asking what is being done. Documentation is most of what makes that conversation easy.
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Failures you can see coming
Servicing the same units on a schedule means wear shows up as a pattern. Failures get predicted and prevented rather than absorbed, which is where the savings actually are.
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A budget you can defend
Predictable maintenance produces a predictable number. Reactive repair produces a number nobody can forecast and everybody has to explain.
What We Hear First
All four are reasonable, and we hear them from districts, agencies, and facilities alike. Turn a card over for the answer.
Recent Installations
Real work in real homes and buildings, photographed on the day.
The Credentials Behind The Work
Anybody can sell equipment. Installing it legally, configuring it clinically, and servicing it afterward takes credentials that have to be earned and kept current. Here is what our team holds.
Elevator Mechanic
State Elevator Mechanic Licenses
Licensed elevator mechanics, state by state. Residential elevators and platform lifts are regulated work in most jurisdictions, and this is the license that makes it legal to do.
ATP
ATP, Assistive Technology Professional
RESNA-recognized credential for evaluating a person's needs and specifying the assistive technology that fits. This is who you want configuring a power chair or a seating system.
CRTS
CRTS, Complex Rehab Technology Supplier
The credential for supplying individually configured complex rehab. It is what separates a supplier who works alongside your clinical team from one who ships a box.
CAPS
CAPS, Certified Aging-in-Place Specialist
Training in modifying a home so someone can stay in it. It is the difference between installing equipment and understanding the house it goes into.
MSE
Mobility Service Excellence
Industry service certification covering installation, maintenance, and repair standards across mobility equipment.
EPA 609
EPA Section 609
Federal certification for handling refrigerant in vehicle air conditioning. It is required to legally service a bus AC system, and it is why fleet work is something we can actually take on.
Questions Agencies Ask
Do you service our lift platform?
Almost certainly. We are authorized across the major wheelchair lift manufacturers used on transit and school buses. Send us the make and model and we will confirm before you commit to anything.
What insurance do you carry?
General liability, commercial auto, garage keepers, workers compensation, and umbrella coverage. We will send a certificate naming your agency as certificate holder on request, and we can meet higher limits if your procurement requires them.
Are your technicians cleared to be on school property?
Yes. Our staff and specialists are thoroughly vetted and undergo stringent background and drug and alcohol testing. Tell us what your district or agency requires and we will document it before the first visit.
How do we set you up as a vendor?
We will provide a W-9, insurance certificates, licensing, and references, and complete whatever vendor registration or procurement portal your agency uses. We can also write justification letters and anything else your purchasing process needs to move the file along. Ask rather than assume we cannot produce it.
Can you respond to an RFP?
Yes, and we do regularly. Send it over. If the scope is something we are not the right company for, we will tell you rather than bid it anyway.
What happens when a unit fails between visits?
Call us. Repairs are quoted separately from the maintenance program and approved before we touch anything. A fleet on a program gets scheduled ahead of one that is not.
Is there a minimum fleet size?
No. A handful of lift-equipped buses is a straightforward program, and we service air conditioning across the whole fleet regardless of how many units carry lifts.
How do you cover 33 states?
Every technician we have is mobile. We run service teams out of multiple regions rather than dispatching from one address, which is why a fleet in another state is scheduled the same way a local one is.
Who owns the service records?
You do. They are yours to hand to a board, an auditor, or your own maintenance system, and they stay yours if you stop working with us.
Send Us The Fleet, The Building, Or The RFP
Tell us what you run and what has been failing. We will scope a survey, and you keep the findings either way.