WINTER IS COMING: Time to check those boilers
In the north, three things are certain: death, taxes, and winter. It may be swimsuit weather now, but this is the time to schedule a boiler inspection, cleaning and tune up. Most commercial and industrial buildings rely on boilers for their heating. Whether they’re in your basement or on the rooftop, these units require maintenance […]
View ArticleTOP 4 TIPS FOR MAINTAINING YOUR HVAC SYSTEM
Think about what you do every day—what would happen to production, customer deliveries, or inventory if your heating or air conditioning broke down? Food production relies on chillers, factories rely on air circulation, commercial buildings need adequate air handling. When your operating systems are damaged or not working at peak levels, it takes everyone’s attention […]
View ArticleCOTTONWOODS: Fluff can kill your HVAC systems
Wisconsin is getting a snowstorm of another type this summer. Cottonwood fluff that floats in the air may look harmless, but it spreads for miles and covers everything, especially your building’s HVAC Systems. The bloom may last for only a few weeks, but the fluffy seeds can impact your air conditioning for an entire summer. […]
View ArticleDon’t Sweat your HVAC Service
If you own your own business and your own facility, you owe it to your team to maintain a good working heating/cooling system. Poor or inefficient HVAC systems create uncomfortable working conditions affecting productivity, even spreading illness among your team. All it takes is a simple checkup to monitor mechanical, electrical, and plumbing systems because […]
View ArticleHurckman: Celebrating 65 years in business
The business landscape of Northeast Wisconsin has roots going back for generations for a few long-time families. For the Hurckman family, three generations have made sure facilities of regional businesses are in efficient, working order. Today, Hurckman Mechanical Industries is one of the top HVAC and mechanical services firms in the Midwest, but its roots […]
View ArticleCASE STUDY: Historic mill converted to office space
Converting a structure built in 1872 for occupancy in the 21st century meant careful attention to historic details but equipping the building with the latest in HVAC systems. Community leaders worked since 2012 to preserve and repurpose the 82,000 square-foot historic Eagle Mill in Kaukauna. The renovation preserves the historic integrity of the mill while […]
View ArticleCASE STUDY: FVTC Public Safety Training Center
This innovative project was one of the first times a customer asked Hurckman Mechanical to create a system designed to start a fire. The FVTC Public Safety Training Center features 75 acres of simulation technology that integrates tactical learning for law enforcement, firefighters, paramedics, and more in one setting. The facility combines classroom instruction with […]
View ArticleCASE STUDY: 130 sinks, 35 toilets, and 6 months to build a clinic
Most jobs start with putting the ground work in for piping, but for Bellin Health’s Marinette clinic, it waited until the structure was up. Bellin Health’s Marinette clinic is a completely new two-story clinic with multi-specialty services including exam rooms, labs, x-ray rooms, physical therapy, an MRI area and and extremely compressed construction schedule. Hurckman […]
View ArticleCASE STUDY: Innovative problem solving helps build Navitus expansion
Impossibly tight deadlines and problem solving on the job site are two of the challenges Hurckman crews face regularly. Learn how one commercial customer faced those challenges head on. Rapid growth led Navitus to expand it’s Appleton facility only three years after it opened. A new 120,000 square-foot, four-story Appleton building is 70 percent larger […]
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