Author: Chris

St. Louis’ Top 5 Largest Mechanical Contractors

Integrated Facility Services (IFS) is proud to announce that we have been named one of St. Louis’ Top 5 Largest Mechanical Contractors by the St. Louis Business Journal.  We are also recently named a 2022 Midwest Top 50 Specialty Contractor by Engineering News Record. “IFS continues to be an innovative and growing leader in our industry.  […]

Preventive Maintenance for your Plumbing System

PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE OFTEN ELIMINATES DISRUPTION Proper maintenance of your commercial, industrial, or municipal building plumbing systems can save money and energy. We take for granted our water heaters, toilets, faucets, sinks, drains, ice makers and water coolers until they stop working. Then comes the panicked call to the service company, and a repair job that […]

Fix a Leak Week

All leaks in any part of your pluming system whether clean water or sanitary wastes are damaging to your home, possibly unhealthy and a waste of resources. If drain lines are leaking they are both a health and structural hazard. Typically these types of leaks are best left to an experienced person to repair. These […]

Severe Weather Week – Communication

Throughout the week we have discussed many specifics when it comes to severe weather; thunderstorms, tornadoes, floods, and being prepared.  What we haven’t covered is the many ways to receive severe weather updates.  This information is critical in the event of severe weather and you need to be informed.  There are many ways to receive […]

Severe Weather Week – Thunderstorms

Today we are discussing the dangers with thunderstorms.  Thunderstorms are dangerous because they include lightning, high winds, heavy rain that can cause flash floods, and tornadoes.  A severe thunderstorm is a thunderstorm that contains large hail, one inch in diameter or larger, and/or damaging straight-line winds of 58 mph or greater.  So what should we […]

Severe Weather Week – Flash Flood

Today’s topic is something we at IFS are all too familiar with; flooding.  Severe weather comes in many forms and in most cases it brings rain.  As we know, excessive heavy rains can cause flooding.  Flash flooding poses many risks and most underestimate the power of water.  Low water crossings are especially dangerous when water […]

Severe Weather Week – Tornado Safety

The first thing that pops into many peoples minds when they hear the words “severe weather” is TORNADO.  In St. Louis, we have seen the destruction first hand.  No doubt many of you in the area will remember the Good Friday Tornadoes in 2011.  Those images and feelings will stick with us forever.  Many of […]

Severe Weather Week – Preparedness

It is Severe Weather Week and this week we will be sending out daily communications focused on different topics surrounding severe weather.  Today we are going to focus on being Prepared.  There are many things we need to do to be prepared, today we are going to focus on three main points that will help […]

Reduce Your Chiller’s Energy Usage

Reduce Your Chiller’s Energy Usage up to 30% by Adding a Variable Frequency Drive! A centrifugal chiller is typically the single largest consumer of energy in a building and as the cost for large horsepower VFD comes down, their application on centrifugal chillers has become more economically attractive. Since most chillers operate at part load/off […]

The Importance of Retro Commissioning

Most buildings have never gone through a formal, systematic commissioning or quality assurance process, and are likely performing below their potential. Retro-commissioning is designed to assist in improving building performance, and in the process capture the energy and demand savings opportunities. Retro-commissioning not only identifies problems due to design flaws or events that occurred during […]

What You Need to Know About Pipe Welding

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Pipe welding started in the 1920’s and is now almost a century old art and science. Why did welding begin? Because as systems and pipe sizes grew, the need for stronger, faster, and longer lasting joints became a necessity. Remember in the 1920’s there was no plastic to glue, no grooved pipe system, no mechanical […]

Air Masters contracted for HVAC upgrade at Chesterfield City Hall

ST. LOUIS – The City of Chesterfield has contracted Air Masters for a $724,000 HVAC upgrade at Chesterfield City Hall. Air Masters will function as the Prime Contractor, managing all construction work and activities to fulfill the scope directed by the City of Chesterfield. The project will replace the existing 14-year-old heating, air conditioning and […]

Air Masters completes HVAC modernization project at North County Technical High School

ST. LOUIS – Air Masters has completed a $9 million HVAC modernization project at North County Technical High School in Florissant for the Special School District of St. Louis County. Air Masters served as the mechanical contractor and designer as well as the prime contractor. The three-phase Design/Build project began March 24, 2014 and was […]

Air Masters Completes North County Christian School Energy-Saving Boiler Upgrade

ST LOUIS, MISSOURI – Air Masters Corporation has completed an extensive boiler upgrade project at North County Christian School (NCCS) in Florissant. The project increased efficiency and reliability of the school’s power plant while reducing operating costs. As part of the $275,000 project, Air Masters removed the school’s two fire-tube boilers and installed new high-efficiency […]