New construction and tenant fit-out

Who this is for

• General contractors pricing or awarding mechanical scope
• Developers and owners' representatives on ground-up commercial projects
• Tenants fitting out leased space — retail, restaurant, medical, office, light industrial
• Property managers renovating occupied buildings that cannot simply shut down

What we cover

• Rooftop equipment — set, connected, started and commissioned
• Split systems and dedicated units for server rooms, kitchens and process loads
• Ductwork — fabricated and installed, including fabrication on site where the schedule needs it
• Make-up air and exhaust, including kitchen hood systems
• Controls and integration with existing building systems
• Curbs, structural coordination, crane and rigging
• Permits, inspections and closeout documentation

How we work with general contractors

The mechanical trade causes schedule problems in predictable ways, and nearly all of them come down to information arriving late. Equipment lead time is the big one: a unit ordered three weeks after award instead of three days can move a substation date, and the GC usually finds out too late to do anything about it.

So we front-load. Submittals go in early, long-lead equipment gets released as soon as the selection is confirmed, and if a lead time threatens a milestone you hear about it while there are still options.

Occupied buildings

Renovation work in a building that is still operating is a different problem from ground-up construction. The constraint is rarely the mechanical work — it is noise, roof access, crane staging in a live parking lot, and which zones can lose conditioning for how long.

Tell us the constraint at the start. Off-hours crane picks, phased changeouts and temporary cooling are all normal; discovering the constraint mid-project is what turns them expensive.