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Measure before you specify
Static pressure, airflow, temperature split, amp draw. Ten minutes with a manometer tells you more about a building than an hour of conversation about it, and it stops us from inheriting somebody else’s sizing error.
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A mechanical contractor that behaves like an engineering office
Blueprint Mechanical has been designing, building and commissioning systems on the Front Range since 2009. Forty-eight people, one shop, and a habit of putting numbers in writing.
Company
- Founded
- 2009
- People
- 48
- Shop
- Globeville, Denver
- Licence
- DEMO-000000
Four things we do differently, and the reasons.
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Show the assumptions
Every load calculation we issue lists what we assumed about the envelope, the glazing, the infiltration and the occupancy. If an assumption is wrong, that is worth arguing about before the equipment is ordered rather than after it is installed.
03
Write the sequence before you program it
Controls jobs fail because nobody ever put in writing what the building was supposed to do. A week spent on a sequence of operation at the start is the cheapest week on the whole project.
04
Hand over documents, not assurances
A TAB report, a commissioning checklist, a combustion analysis printout, a point-to-point verification sheet. If we say we did it, there is a document with a date on it.
The story, briefly
We started in 2009 doing rooftop changeouts for two property managers who were tired of being told a unit was beyond repair without anyone opening it. The first thing we ever handed a client was a set of readings.
The design work grew out of that. If you take enough measurements on other people’s installations you eventually notice that most of what goes wrong was decided before anyone picked up a tool, and that a load calculation is cheaper than a callback.
The fabrication shop came in 2016, for a similar reason: we were tired of designing a fitting and then watching a generic one get installed. Today we do design-build, replacement, controls and service, and roughly two thirds of our work is for clients who hold a maintenance agreement with us.
We are not the cheapest bid on most jobs. We are usually the one with the load calculation attached.
Who you will actually deal with
Every project has a named engineer and a named account contact. They do not change halfway through, and they answer their own phone.
Priya Raghunathan
Principal Engineer
Runs load calculations and equipment selection. Twenty-two years, most of it on the Front Range, and the person who insists every selection sheet shows the altitude correction as a separate line.
PE, LEED AP BD+C
Curtis Amankwah
Service Manager
Runs the service department and the maintenance agreements. Trained every technician here to take a static pressure reading before touching a thermostat.
NATE, EPA 608 Universal
Dagny Solheim-Ruiz
Controls Lead
BACnet integration and commissioning. Writes the sequences of operation, then verifies them point by point and signs the sheet.
CCP, BACnet certified
Emeka Whitlow
Fabrication Manager
Runs the coil line and the plasma table on Fox Street. Draws curb adapters that fit, which is less common than it sounds.
SMACNA, AWS D1.3
What clients say when you ask them about the paperwork.
Nobody has ever complimented us on our brochure. What comes up, repeatedly, is being told the truth about what needs replacing and being handed a document at the end.
Reviews are illustrative for this demonstration site.
They measured the static pressure before quoting and told me two of my units did not need replacing. That is the first time a contractor has talked me out of spend.
Marisol Trejo-BehnDirector of Facilities, Central Park flex office campusNine rooftop unit replacement, 2025
Come and see the shop.
If you are choosing a mechanical contractor, ask to see where they fabricate. We will show you the coil line, the plasma table, and a curb adapter drawing on the way to being cut.
Or call (303) 555-0148. Mon to Fri 07:00 to 17:00.