FWAA Maintenance Mania

Multifamily’s Top Event for Maintenance Pros is Back!

Get ready—FWAA Maintenance Mania, presented by Optimized Waste Removal, returns on September 16 and it’s bigger and better than ever! This year, we’re leveling up the experience with hands-on educational sessions designed to equip your maintenance teams with the latest industry best practices to keep your communities running smoothly.

This high-energy event is perfect for onsite staff, corporate leaders, and everyone in between. We especially encourage executives to step up, show support, and cheer on their teams.

Don’t miss your chance to learn, compete, and connect—register now and be part of the action!

Event Details

FWAA Maintenance Mania
September 16, 2025
Hurst Conference Center
8a to 4pm

Pricing and Registration Options

Competitors – $99 (Before Sept 1st); $119 (After Sept 1)

All competitors must work onsite in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metro Area.

registration includes:

• Breakfast
• Enrollment into available education sessions (morning)
• Lunch
• Event access to compete in all Maintenance Mania games (afternoon)

Spectators – $69 (Before Sept 1st); $99 (After Sept 1st)

registration includes:

• Event access to cheer on your favorite maintenance techs during the mania competition!

Supplier Tables – $500/each (limited supply)

• Represent your company in front of hundreds of local owner-operators and onsite staff. See details below

What’s New This Year?

We’re turning up the dial in 2025 with the introduction of newly revamped games and—for the first time—educational sessions tailored specifically for maintenance teams. These fast, focused sessions will deliver valuable insights and best practices your teams can bring back to their communities right away.

Competitors will enjoy a full day of engagement, including:

• Hands-on competition across seven dynamic games
• Informative maintenance education workshops
• Food and non-alcoholic beverages included with registration
• Networking with peers from across the industry
• Meet with FWAA Supplier Partners at our Table Sponsors to expand your industry resources

Whether you’re competing for bragging rights or just soaking in the fun, Maintenance Mania offers something for every member of your onsite team.

Alcohol-free event.

Table Sponsors

This year, FWAA is pleased to announce we are adding tables that can be purchased by supplier partners that allow you to showcase your business to the event attendees throughout the day. Tables will be set up at the perimeter of the main lobby of the Hurst Conference Center, where lunch is also being served. While supplies last.

Cost: $500

Here are the details regarding this sponsorship:

• Includes 1 table and 2 chairs
• Up to 2 company team members may sit at your table at one time during event hours
• Bring promo and marketing items to display on your table
• Skirt the table with your own branding or we can provide a skirt for you

Game On: What to Expect

Here’s a sneak peek at the game lineup that’s sure to test skills, speed, and strategy:

Balance the Scales Sponsored by Ameristar Screen & Glass – Tackle real-world product mix challenges with speed and precision.

GOAL OF GAME: 

Solve the problem with the correct product mix. 

1. Participant starts the timer by placing both hands on the timer pad. 
2. Participant moves to the game area and attempts to solve one of four problems (black blocks) with a combination of three correct solutions (white blocks) to balance the scale correctly. 
3. Once first problem is solved (scale balances), contestant continues to solve remaining three problems with combination of remaining solutions. 
4. Once all four problems are solved correctly, contestant stops timer, judge records their time. 
5. The lowest time once all participants have completed the game, wins 

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Key Match Mania Sponsored by Maintenance Supply Solutions – Match each key to the correct lock and crack the code before the clock runs out.

GOAL OF GAME: 

Match keys to locks and reveal the code for the combination deadbolt. 

1. Contestant starts the timer by placing both hands on the timer pad. 
2. Contestant goes to game area and using 10 keys supplied attempts to unlock 4 deadbolt standard deadbolts. 
3. Once standard deadbolts are unlocked, contestant reviews the tags on each key to determine the correct digits for the combination deadbolt. 
4. Once the combination deadbolt is unlocked, contestant stops the timer and judge records their time. 
5. The lowest time once all participants have completed the game, wins. 

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Memory Mashup Sponsored by Service Response Team – Flex your brainpower and match products and services in a race against time.

GOAL OF GAME: 

Remember and match featured products and services. 

1. Participant starts the timer by placing both hands on the timer pad. 
2. Participant draws a game card from the stack next to the timer. 
3. Participant reviews and attempts to memorize the game card. 
4. Participant hands the game card to the judge and moves to the game area. 
5. Participant then places game pieces into the grid to match the grid shown on the game card. 
6. Once done, contestant stops the timer. 
7. Judge reviews grid to see if matches game card. 
8. If grid matches game card, contestant is done and judge records their Total time. 
9. If grid does not match game card, contestant re-starts the timer and returns to grid to make changes – once done, contestant stops timer. 
10. Judge reviews grid again to see if matches game card. 
11. Once the grid matches game card, contestant is done and judge records their final time (including callback time(s) as necessary – to be confirmed) 
12. If after 3 attempts the competitor does not match the tiles to their selected card, they receive a a “DNF” (Did Not Finish) 
13. The lowest time once all participants have completed the game, wins 

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Plank Puzzle Quest Sponsored by Chadwell Supply – Piece together a flooring puzzle as fast as possible—think fast and fit faster.

GOAL OF GAME: 

Solve and assemble a puzzle made of flooring planks. 

1. Participant starts the timer by placing both hands on the timer pad. 
2. Participant then goes to game area and assembles puzzle to display Maintenance Mania logo. 
3. Once done, contestant stops the timer and judge records their time. 
4. The lowest time once all participants 

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Trivia Disk Drop Sponsored by Lowe’s Multifamily – Drop a disk, land a category, and answer maintenance trivia in this Plinko-style brain buster.

GOAL OF GAME: 

Answer maintenance-related trivia questions based on the chance of the Plinko board. 

1. Participant starts at the Plinko board and drops 3 disks, 1 at a time into a slot at the top of the game board. 
2. Once each disc lands in an opening at the bottom, judge draws a card from the deck labeled with the same product category (i.e. Plumbing). 
3. Each card will feature 2 questions each with a different point value. Participant must tell judge which question they would like to answer based on point value – 100 or 200 points. 
4. Judge reads selected questions to competitor. 
5. Participant then attempts to answer the question they selected from each of the 3 cards. 
6. For each question they answer correctly, they receive the number of points associated with that question. 
7. If they answer incorrectly, they receive no points for that question. 
8. The highest point value once all participants have completed the game, wins. 

Tie Breaker: Live round of maintenance trivia. Points will be awarded for correct answers in the fastest amount of time. A 

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Plunger Launch Sponsored by Excel Construction Group – Aim, toss, and score big in this crowd-favorite target challenge using—you guessed it—plungers.

GOAL OF GAME: 

Toss plungers and land them in a target made of buckets. 

1. Participant takes place behind line/at designated mark, grabs a plunger and tosses it underhand, attempting to land it in one of the buckets. 
2. Varying point values are awarded based on the result of the toss:
   • 0 Points: Plunger does not land in any bucket 
   • 1 Point: Plunger lands in bucket in back row 
   • 3 Points: Plunger lands in bucket in middle 
   • 5 Points: Plunger lands in the bucket at the top/far point of the triangle 
3. Participant repeats process 2 more times (total of 3 throws) gathering as many points as possible. 
4. The highest point value once all participants have completed the game, wins. 

Tie Breaker: All tied participants will reset and repeat the instructions of the game. This will continue until a winner is determined. 

Maintenance Games are Meant for Maintenance Professionals Only 

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Maintenance Derby Sponsored by LSR Multifamily  – Use spare maintenance parts to build your very own race car and compete in a head-to-head tournament for the title.

MAINTENANCE DERBY

Official Event Rules

1. The Maintenance Derby will follow a single-elimination tournament format.
2. Each participant will race their car twice per matchup—once in each of the two designated lanes. Lane positions will be swapped after the first race.
3. The winner of each bracket will be the first participant to win two races. If each contestant wins one race, a third and final race will serve as the tiebreaker. No timers will be used; winners will be determined by visual judgment at the finish line.
4. The tournament will continue until a single contestant remains. That individual will be declared the official Maintenance Derby Champion.

Car Requirements

1. Each competitor must build his or her own race car.
2. All cars must conform to the following specifications:
   • Length – maximum 18″. Cars cannot extend beyond, over, or above the start gate pin (pin is 1-1/2″ high). A 1/2″ wide bumper in the center of the car both on the front and the back is required to make contact with the pin.
See illustration.
   • Width – maximum 6″.
   • Height – maximum 6.
   • Weight – maximum 1lb. 8 oz.
Race cars can only be gravity powered.
   • Race cars must use at least three maintenance supply parts (wood does not count).
   • Glass may not be used on race cars.
   • Approved wheels provided by FWAA the current competition season must be used and may not be altered or modified (2 large and 2 small).

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Games provided by HD Supply

Sponsors

Title Sponsor

• Optimized Waste Removal

Mania Game Sponsors

• Ameristar Screen & Glass
• Chadwell Supply
• Excel Construction Group
• Lowe’s Multifamily
• Service Response Team
• Maintenance Supply Solutions

Mania Racetrack Sponsor

• LSR Multifamily

Mania Food and Beverage Sponsors

• Sherwin Williams
• Restoration Management Company

Mania Spirit Award and Prizes Sponsor

• The Liberty Group

Mania Lanyard Sponsor

• Texas Southwest Floors

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