A sample of recent jobs, described the way we'd describe them to another contractor. Client names are withheld where confidentiality applies.
Original 1998 packaged units were failing on compressor lockouts through every heat wave. Rather than shut the building down, we staged changeouts across three Saturdays with crane closures pre-approved by the city.
A failing low-pressure steam plant was leaking through the original mains. We converted the building to a condensing hot-water plant while keeping tenants heated through a Sacramento winter.
A 120-ton air-cooled chiller lost a compressor circuit at 4 p.m. on a 104°F Friday. We had a rental chiller tied in Saturday afternoon and the permanent repair completed Monday night.
Front-of-house doors were slamming and dining rooms ran negative. Every location had the same root cause: exhaust upgraded years earlier without matching make-up air.
Compliance required tighter humidity bands and higher filtration than the existing split system could deliver without starving airflow.
A competing bid recommended replacing four rooftop units. Our walkthrough found conflicting schedules and two failed outdoor-air sensors making the units fight each other.
“I've inherited buildings with no maintenance history at all. Brendco handed me a full asset list with serials in the first month.”
“They talked us out of a replacement twice. When they finally said replace, we didn't argue.”
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