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Commercial HVAC & Refrigeration — Est. 2009

When the cold chain
cannot wait.

One truck. Engineer-grade diagnostics. Walk-ins, rooftop units, and rack systems across restaurants, distribution centers, and cold-storage facilities.

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BTUs RecoveredThis quarter — verified across 47 commercial sites
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Emergency Response RateDispatched and on-site within 4 hours, every call
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Avg. Diagnostic TimeFrom first reading to root-cause identification
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Trusted By

Facilities that cannot afford downtime.

From single-location restaurants to multi-site pharmaceutical cold chains.

MGG
Meridian Grocery GroupRegional Grocery
CCS
Cascadia Cold StoragePharmaceutical Cold-Chain
NRG
Northgate Restaurant GroupRestaurant Chain
SHN
Summit Health NetworkHospital Network
PRD
Pacific Rim DistributionDistribution Center
HVP
Harborview PropertiesProperty Management
CFS
Crestline Food ServiceFood Service
APL
Apex Pharma LogisticsPharmaceutical
MGG
Meridian Grocery GroupRegional Grocery
CCS
Cascadia Cold StoragePharmaceutical Cold-Chain
NRG
Northgate Restaurant GroupRestaurant Chain
SHN
Summit Health NetworkHospital Network
PRD
Pacific Rim DistributionDistribution Center
HVP
Harborview PropertiesProperty Management
CFS
Crestline Food ServiceFood Service
APL
Apex Pharma LogisticsPharmaceutical
200K+Sq ft under serviceDistribution & cold-storage
340+Units maintainedRooftop, walk-in, rack
17Years in refrigerationCommercial & industrial
4 hrEmergency SLAGuaranteed response window
Field Documentation

The work speaks
in pressure logs.

Three cases. Three levels of complexity. Each documented with the same rigor we apply to every service call.

Emergency RepairWalk-In Compressor Failure — Friday 6:30 PM

A restaurant kept 340 covers moving while we rebuilt their cold side.

When the walk-in compressor seized during the Friday dinner rush, the GM had 20 minutes of ice left and a full house.

Dispatch was on-site in 58 minutes. Initial superheat readings showed 28°F — far above the 10–12°F target — indicating severe refrigerant starving. The TXV needle was carboned and the condenser coil was 40% blocked with grease migration from the exhaust hood. Full TXV replacement, coil chemical flush, and refrigerant recharge to 410A spec. Box was back to 34°F before the last table cleared. The GM had a written root-cause report in hand by 10 PM.

"I've had mechanics who couldn't tell me what was wrong after two hours. He handed me a printed pressure log before he left."

Marcus Delgado — General Manager, Southside Kitchen Group
58 minResponse time
2.5 hrRepair duration
34°FBox temp restored
340Covers saved
Commercial refrigeration unit interior showing compressor and refrigerant lines in a restaurant kitchen
Infrared SurveyQ1 2026
Pressure / Performance IndexAnnotated
Target SH10–12°F
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On Arrival28°F — critical
Post-TXV14°F
Final11°F ✓
Preventive ContractPharmaceutical Cold-Chain — 38-Unit Rack System Audit

Six months of pressure data caught a cascade failure before it happened.

A pharmaceutical logistics facility tracking 2°–8°C storage compliance needed systematic superheat monitoring across a 38-unit rack system.

Quarterly PM visits established baseline suction and discharge pressure profiles for each circuit. On the third visit, Circuit 14 showed a 4-psi suction pressure drift over 90 days — within spec, but trending. Pulled the refrigerant sample: acid content was elevated, suggesting early motor burnout in the compressor. Replaced the compressor during a scheduled maintenance window. The alternative — an unplanned failure during a weekend — would have put $2.1M in pharmaceutical inventory at risk. The facility's compliance officer now uses our annotated pressure logs in their FDA audit documentation.

"The annotated pressure charts read like a financial report. Our compliance team submits them directly to our FDA audit folder."

Dr. Priya Nambiar — Director of Facilities, Cascadia Cold Storage
38Units monitored
$2.1MInventory protected
0 hrUnplanned downtime
FDA-readyCompliance docs
Industrial cold storage facility with refrigeration rack systems and monitoring equipment
Infrared SurveyQ1 2026
Pressure / Performance IndexAnnotated
Circuit 1–13Baseline ±0.5 psi
Circuit 14 Q168.2 psi
Circuit 14 Q266.8 psi
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Circuit 14 Q364.1 psi ⚠ drift
System RetrofitDistribution Center — Rooftop Unit Efficiency Retrofit

A 200,000 sq ft distribution center cut cooling costs 31% without replacing a single unit.

When peak summer load hits 103°F outside, aging rooftop units running at degraded efficiency become a cost problem and a liability.

Eight RTUs across the facility were averaging 9.2 EER — well below their 12.0 rated efficiency. Infrared thermography identified failing economizer dampers on three units and refrigerant migration on two others. Rather than full replacement (quoted at $480K by another contractor), the retrofit path: damper actuator replacements, economizer recalibration, TXV rebalancing, and a staged refrigerant recovery and recharge program. Post-retrofit monitoring confirmed an average EER improvement to 11.6. The facility manager now receives a monthly efficiency report showing real-time EER calculations against the baseline — the same format used in their energy audit submissions to the utility's demand-response program.

"He came in with an infrared camera and a laptop full of pressure logs. Left with a retrofit plan that saved us $84,000 in the first year."

Terrence Okafor — VP Facilities, Pacific Rim Distribution
200KSq ft served
+26%EER improvement
$84KAnnual savings
83% lessRetrofit vs replace
Rooftop HVAC units on a large commercial distribution center building under bright sunlight
Infrared SurveyQ1 2026
Pressure / Performance IndexAnnotated
Rated EER12.0 target
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Pre-retrofit9.2 EER ↓
Post-retrofit11.6 EER
Industry avg9.8 EER
Free Resource

Cold Chain Compliance
Checklist

The 8-point inspection protocol used on every preventive maintenance visit. FDA audit-ready format. Used by pharmaceutical cold-chain facilities and restaurant groups across the region.

Walk-in temperature log review protocol
Superheat and subcooling measurement checklist
Compressor oil acid test schedule
Condenser coil inspection criteria
Refrigerant leak detection procedure
FDA cold-chain compliance documentation template
Emergency shutdown and recovery protocol
Seasonal RTU pre-load inspection items
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