At SURE Mechanical, we are proud of the wide range of services and differentiators that we have been able to build into our business model. SURE Mechanical is a minority-owned commercial Heating Ventilation and Air-conditioning (HVAC) contracting firm in Southern Ohio that offers a full range of mechanical design, fabrication, installation, design-build, and engineering services.
Quality Mechanical Installation & Fabrication
Drawing Coordination
Building Information Modeling (B.I.M.)
Lean Construction
Design-Build
Sustainability - Green / LEED
Scheduling
Constructability Review
Estimating
Safety
Prefabrication
Diverse Workforce Development
SURE Mechanical employs a diverse group of project managers, journeymen, and apprentices at our 12,000 SF facility located in a federally designated HUBZone. We also qualify as a Small Business Enterprise (SBE) in the City of Cincinnati and Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) in Ohio.
The SURE Team is dedicated to the implementation of Lean principles and tools on all of our construction projects. Lean utilization builds team collaboration, cooperation, aims to reduce waste, and empowers the workforce to identify and participate in the solution of problems and challenges. At SURE Mechanical, we abide by Lean philosophies, by utilizing Lean tools in the planning and administration of all of our projects.
At SURE Mechanical, we feel it is our responsibility to act as stewards of our environment. We strive to manage our facility with an emphasis on conservation and recycling. The SURE Team is comprised of individuals with varying experience including several LEED projects. Our President, Chukwuma Ekwueme is a LEED Accredited Professional, and looks forward to assisting our clients in achieving their project’s sustainability standards or goals. Our LEED resources can also be supplemented through our industry partnerships, as required.
Building Information Modeling (B.I.M.) is a tool by which a building is designed and coordinated in a 3-dimensional computer model. This enables the project team to easily identify conflicts, accurately incorporate changes, provide for effective facility management, and maintenance once a project is completed. By leveraging our relationship with our industry partners, SURE Mechanical is able to manage or participate in the B.I.M. process on any project.
On projects that do not employ B.I.M. design, SURE Mechanical performs all systems coordination utilizing 3D software. This process allows our team to optimize prefabrication opportunities and facilitates the completion of fabrication drawings for our shop. Since our estimating system ties into the 3D coordination software, we are able to quickly ascertain the cost associated with a proposed change or value engineering suggestion.
Prior to beginning work on any project, the SURE project team reviews the drawings to identify any constructability challenges and determine which portions of the work can be prefabricated in our 10,000 SF pipe shop.
Maximizing prefabrication offers several benefits to our construction projects. First, consistent quality is achieved, because all of the work is being performed in a clean, controlled environment. Also, on-site material storage is decreased to a minimum, and assemblies are delivered to the project as needed for installation. Finally, since work is being performed at our facility, the on-site crew size and installation time are decreased.
In summary, optimal prefabrication not only increases efficiency, but it leads to a safer site, cost effective , and a more reliable construction experience for our clients.
Notable among SURE Mechanical’s CORE Values is increased minority inclusion in the mechanical HVAC trade. To achieve this goal, SURE Mechanical is implementing a deliberate policy of targeted recruitment and training of qualifying applicants from under-served Cincinnati area communities. To this end, we have partnered with ABC (Associated Builders & Contractors) to customize their existing 4-year HVAC apprenticeship program to meet SURE Mechanical’s aggressive plan for inclusion. In working toward the fulfillment of that vision, we work with community organizations and churches to recruit hard-working, enthusiastic apprentices to join our team. Our apprentices are supported and mentored by our Core Journeyman Group – a diverse group of highly skilled and experienced HVAC journeyman with a combined experience of approximately 100 years in a variety of mechanical construction arenas.
At SURE Mechanical, we hold all of our employees accountable for safety. We expect them to abide by our safety standard, which is modeled after the OSHA guidelines, or a project-specific standard (whichever is more stringent). All of our apprentices have a minimum OSHA 10 hour- training while our Journeymen, foremen, and management staff have OSHA 30 hour -training. Additionally, overall safety supervision is provided by the Operations Manager and Project Manager.
“We expect our employees to go home to their families in the same condition in which they came to work each day.” – Chukwuma Ekwueme, President.
