Case Studies Mechanical

You could say plumbing runs in the Bortner family’s veins. The Bortners have a long history of serving clients in south central Pennsylvania and northern Maryland. Larry Bortner, current president of Bortner Bros. Inc. Mechanical Design, Construction and Service, explains, “We’ve been around in one form of another since 1925, when my grandfather founded a […]

PPMI Construction Company (PPMI) was originally incorporated in 1986 as Precision Piping and Mechanical Inc., a union pipe trades and mechanical contractor. The company has since grown from providing a wide variety of mechanical contracting services to additionally offering electrical contracting and general construction services to serve automotive, heavy industrial, utility and institutional sectors across […]

In 1978 Harold Shumate began an HVAC company, Shumate Mechanical LLC, in a 3,000-square foot office in Stone Mountain, Ga. Setting a good example of hard work, Harold often performed service work while making sales. With the support of its employees, the company grew quickly and in 1984 moved into a new, 20,000-square foot building […]

Since 1950, J.L. Roberts Mechanical has been serving the great state of Mississippi with its expert plumbing, HVAC, process piping services and more. Founded by James Leland Roberts, and now including Leonard Roberts as owner/president and his son James L. Roberts, Jr. as vice president/project manager, this family-run company got its start in the residential […]

The Buckingham Routh Co., a mechanical contractor in New Haven, Conn., embodies the history of the industry. The company was founded in 1854, incorporated in 1896, and “we are the oldest mechanical contractor in continuous operation in the United States,” says Tim Taylor, Buckingham Routh’s current president. Buckingham Routh is known throughout its local area […]

In many ways Hawaii is the perfect microcosm of society. Innovative ideas that work in Hawaii have the propensity to work throughout the mainland of the United States. And Bob Dewitz, chairman of American Electric Company LLC, is making the most of Hawaii’s opportunities. Prior to purchasing American Electric in 2003, Dewitz had an electrical […]