• Tools of the Trade - EMCOR Services-Trimech Corp

    April 27, 2005
    Welcome to the newest department in Contracting Business magazine. Here we look at the products, tools, and services that make a contractor successful.

    Welcome to the newest department in Contracting Business magazine. Here we look at the products, tools, and services that make a contractor successful. Each month we’ll pick a contracting firm — past winners of our Contractor of the Year Award winners of either a Quality Home Comfort Award or a Design/Build Award, and other nationally recognized figures — and see what tools of the trade they prefer and that help make them successful.

    EMCOR Services-Trimech Corp., Pompton Plains, NJ

    Mark Grawehr is president of Trimech Corp in Pompton Plains, NJ.
    Trimech is an $11 million operating division of Emcor Group, Inc., a Fortune 500 company with more than $4 billion in annual revenues. Emcor is a global leader in mechanical and electrical construction and facilities services.
    Here is Mark’s list of the tools used in his company’s trucks, office, and shop.

    IN THE TRUCKS

    • Number and type of trucks/vans:
      10 Chevy vans, 10 Chevy pick-ups, 1 GMC pick-up, 1 Ford pick-up, and 1 Ford rack
    • Inventory on trucks/vans: Inventory on trucks is limited to generic components such as contactors, relays, transformers, and the like.
    • Preferred test instruments
      technicians carry:

      Brand names include:
      Amprobe & Fluke volt meters, Robinair/Yellow Jacket refrigeration gauge set, Raytek infrared thermometer; select technicians carry Shortridge AirData and HydraData multimeters.
    • Preferred brand of ladders:
      Werner Fiberglass.
    • Preferred field communications method: Nextel
    • Preferred wireless field service software: Not in use.

    IN THE OFFICE

    • Preferred business management software:
      Shaker Coins, custom developed. Applications in Microsoft Access, Excel, and ACT
    • Preferred load calculation software:Trane Trace 700
    • Preferred sales management software:ACT, custom developed applications in MS Access
    • Preferred computer/printer equipment:
      Computers: Dell.
      Printers: Xerox, Toshiba, Espson, Hewlett Packard
    • Preferred photocopier equipment: Xerox, Toshiba
    • Business connects to the Internet via: DSL line.
    • Preferred Internet service provider: Conquer The Web
    • Preferred business software package: Microsoft Professional Office, Lotus Notes.
    • Preferred uniform supplier: Corporate purchasing agreement with Aramark.
    • Credit Cards Accepted:
      We don't currently accept credit cards (we used to accept Amex, MC, Visa, Discover, but use was very infrequent).

    IN THE SHOP

    • Preferred HVAC heating equipment brands:
      Trane, Carrier, McQuay, York.
    • Preferred HVAC cooling equipment brands:
      Trane, Carrier, McQuay, York
    • Preferred accessory brands: York, Luxaire, Lennox
    • Amount of equipment inventoried: Zero.
    • Warehouse equipment used: Komatsu forklifts, Grainger hand carts.