Facilities U
Learn the systems behind facility ops: vendors, preventive maintenance, audits, and uptime.
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Consumed by operators across restaurants, fitness, retail, and commercial real estate.
150+
Short, focused discussions on vendor management, preventive maintenance, audits, asset tracking, and operations.
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Learning from the brightest minds in real estate and multi-location operations.
What is
Facilities U ?
Facilities U is produced by LeanSite (formerly Limpiar), a company dedicated to studying and solving facilities operations challenges for multi-location organizations.
Facilities U is a podcast and educational platform built for facilities and operations leaders managing complex and multi-location environments. Through conversations with experienced operators, we break down how real teams run vendor programs, prevent downtime, stay audit-ready, and scale without chaos.
Our Mission
A structured, topic-driven educational series designed specifically for the modern facilities leader.
Unrivaled Value
Practical & Focused. We respect your time by cutting through the noise and delivering high-impact strategies.
Strategic Focus
Providing clear frameworks for managing vendors, assets, preventive maintenance, and compliance across multi-location portfolios.
Featured Episodes
Handpicked conversations breaking down how real operators manage vendors, prevent downtime, and scale across locations.
FacilitiesU 205: Capital, Risk & Resilience in Public Facilities
Elliot Echols, Director of Facilities & Operations at Rich Township High School District 227, shares insights on leadership, infrastructure strategy, and the evolving challenges facing public education facilities.
A special thanks to
our partners
Featured
Guests
Learn from experienced facilities and operations leaders
Elliot Echols
Director of Facilities & Operations, Rich Township High School District 227
Elliot shares unique insights on leadership, infrastructure strategy, and the evolving challenges facing public education facilities.
The Facilities U
Curriculum.
Learn in progressive levels. Start where you are, advance as you scale.
Foundations
Core concepts every facilities team needs: preventive maintenance basics, asset tracking, vendor coordination, and operational hygiene.
Systems
Core foundations for building repeatable processes, preventive maintenance programs, and vendor systems across locations.
Governance
Intermediate frameworks for compliance, reporting, data-driven decision-making, and executive visibility.
Executive
Advanced lessons from experienced operators navigating complex portfolios, tradeoffs, failures, and strategic decisions.
Who Facilities U
Is For
Regional Facilities Managers
Responsible for day-to-day execution across complex portfolios
Directors of Facilities
Leading facilities operations across buildings, campuses, or portfolios
VP of Operations
Setting strategy for enterprise-wide facilities
Portfolio Operators
Managing portfolios across retail, hospitality, or healthcare
What Makes
Facilities U
Different
Discover your favorite
podcasts
Expert insights and strategies for modern facilities management professionals. Learn how to scale operations, manage vendors, and stay compliant.
Ep 202: Designing Reliable Facilities Operations in Healthcare
Nick Straka shares insights on healthcare facilities management, clinical uptime, and operational reliability in regulated environments.
Ep 301: Building Strong Facilities Operations Across the U.S
Tee McCluster discusses managing facilities at a national scale, detailing vendor strategy and asset decisions.
Ep 201: How to Control Maintenance Costs Across 60+ Locations
Steve Cordero shares scalable maintenance strategies for controlling costs across multi-site portfolios.
Ep 101: The Current Landscape of Facility Management
Rose Torres and Alex Padron discuss the current state and future trends in the facility management industry.
An invitation
to lead.
Facilities U takes a masterclass approach. We don’t conduct interviews, we build durable educational archives from real operational experience.
Complex Operations Leadership
We’re looking for leaders responsible for complex facilities environments, whether across large buildings, campuses, portfolios, or distributed operations. The complexity of scale, risk, and coordination is central to our curriculum.
Operational Depth
You have hands-on experience with specific challenges—from HVAC retrofits to vendor consolidation. You don't just oversee; you understand.
Systems Thinking
We value leaders who can articulate the 'how'. Our goal is to document your processes, decision frameworks, and operating systems so others can learn from real execution, not theory.
Success & Failure
Our most valuable episodes often center on what went wrong. We invite transparency about the hard lessons learned in the field.
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Everywhere
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* New episodes released every Tuesday. Watch on YouTube for the full experience.