The Peck-hannaford & Briggs

What The Peck-hannaford & Briggs does

The Peck-hannaford & Briggs (operating as Peck Hannaford + Briggs or PH+B) is a Cincinnati-based mechanical contracting firm founded in 1899 that designs, fabricates, installs, and services HVAC piping and sheet metal systems for commercial, institutional, and industrial customers. Since transitioning to employee ownership via an ESOP in 2018, the firm has continued to operate as a private, regionally focused contractor serving the Ohio, Indiana, and Kentucky Tri-State area with a staff of 51–100 employees across its Corporate Office and its Steel Place Fabrication and Operations Center. Its core services span HVAC piping (carbon steel, stainless steel, and alloy systems from 1/2 inch to 36 inch), in-house sheet metal ductwork fabrication, design-assist and design-build engineering supported by BIM (REVIT, AutoCAD, Navisworks), and a comprehensive service and maintenance division covering boilers, chillers, cooling towers, pumps, refrigeration, rooftop units, variable refrigerant flow systems, and computer room units, plus preventative maintenance programs and 24-hour emergency response.

The firm generates revenue through two streams: project-based construction contracts won via competitive bidding (plan/spec), design-assist, and design-build delivery, and recurring service and maintenance agreements including total responsibility contracts, full-time onsite personnel, and preventative maintenance programs. It serves a diversified enterprise base across healthcare (Cincinnati Children's Hospital, Christ Hospital, Tri-Health), pharmaceutical (Allergan, Patheon), manufacturing (Procter & Gamble, General Electric, Ford), government (Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, FBI Cincinnati, Department of Veterans Affairs), higher education (University of Cincinnati, Xavier, Miami), data centers (Peak 10, PNC, Kroger), entertainment (Union Terminal, Cincinnati Music Hall), and financial services (5/3 Bank).

Its technical backbone combines licensed professional engineers, BIM-enabled shop fabrication, and PH+B Sync, a proprietary internal software platform that digitizes safety forms, time tickets, service tickets, and time sheets for field personnel. The firm holds memberships in MCAA, SMACNA, ASHRAE, NCPWB, NEBB, ACI, and ASME, has earned Allied Construction Industries Safety Innovation Awards, and reports an Experience Modification Rate (EMR) of 0.64, reflecting strong safety performance on its project portfolio.

Name

The Peck-hannaford & Briggs

Legal name

Peck Hannaford + Briggs, Co.

Website

https://peckhannafordbriggs.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1899

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

The Peck-hannaford & Briggs is a 125-year-old, employee-owned Cincinnati mechanical contractor that designs, fabricates, installs, and services HVAC piping and sheet metal systems for healthcare, manufacturing, government, education, pharmaceutical, and data center clients in the Ohio, Indiana, and Kentucky Tri-State area.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Mechanical Contracting and HVAC Services

NAICS

Plumbing, Heating, and Air-Conditioning Contractors (23822)

akta.pro primary industry

HVAC & Refrigeration Contracting (IMAFALAB)

akta.pro secondary industries

Chillers, Boilers & Central Plant Operations (BPABACAG), Hard Services (MEP/HVAC, Electrical, Plumbing) (BPABAAAA)

Keywords

• Mechanical contracting
• HVAC piping
• Sheet metal fabrication
• HVAC maintenance
• Design-assist BIM

Headquarters

HQ city

Cincinnati

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Supply Chain, Operations, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. HVAC Piping Installation: Design engineering, coordination, fabrication, and installation of HVAC piping systems ranging from 1/2 inch to 36 inch carbon steel, stainless steel, and other alloys. Shop fabrication with field installation for complex central utility plants and expedited schedules.
2. Sheet Metal Fabrication and Installation: In-house fabrication of ductwork, fittings, and welded assemblies for hospitals, pharmaceutical facilities, research laboratories. Field installation coordinated with construction team scheduling.
3. Service and Maintenance Contracts: Complete range of maintenance options including total responsibility contracts, full-time onsite personnel for facility operation and maintenance, and scheduled facility maintenance programs. 24-hour emergency response capability.
4. Preventative Maintenance Agreements: Custom-tailored preventative maintenance programs for HVAC systems including chillers, boilers, cooling towers, pumps, RTUs, refrigeration, and computer room units. Benefits include energy savings, extended equipment life, and reduced downtime.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Peck Hannaford + Briggs provides design engineering, BIM coordination, in-house fabrication, installation, and ongoing maintenance of HVAC piping and sheet metal systems for commercial, industrial, healthcare, government, and educational facilities. The firm delivers projects via design-build, design-assist, and plan/spec methods and operates a service division offering preventative maintenance and 24-hour emergency response for boilers, chillers, cooling towers, pumps, refrigeration, RTUs, VRF, and computer room units.

Product overview

Peck Hannaford + Briggs is a mechanical contracting company offering a portfolio of interconnected services for commercial and industrial HVAC systems. The core offerings include Piping Services (fabrication and installation of carbon steel, stainless steel, and alloy piping systems from 1/2" to 36") and Sheet Metal Services (in-house ductwork fabrication using BIM 3D coordination). These are supported by Design Build/Assist/BIM services (licensed professional engineering with REVIT, AutoCAD, and Navisworks) and a comprehensive Service & Maintenance division covering specialized equipment maintenance including Boiler Services, Chiller Services, Cooling Tower Services, Pump Services, Refrigeration Services, RTU Services, VRF Services, Computer Room Unit Services, and Preventative Maintenance Programs. The company also developed PH+B Sync, an internal software platform for digitizing safety forms and operational documentation, but this is not a customer-facing product.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• PH+B Sync: Internally developed software platform allowing field personnel to digitally complete and transmit safety forms, time tickets, service tickets, time sheets, and much more.

Products and services

• Piping Services Design engineering, coordination, fabrication, and installation of HVAC piping systems ranging from 1/2 inch to 36 inch carbon steel, stainless steel, and other alloys, with shop prefabrication capabilities for expedited installations in complex central utility plants.
• Sheet Metal Services In-house fabrication of all ductwork including straight ductwork, fittings, and welded assemblies for hospitals, pharmaceutical facilities, and research laboratories, using BIM 3D coordination drawings to support field installation.
• Service & Maintenance Comprehensive maintenance options including total responsibility contracts, full-time onsite personnel for facility operation and maintenance, scheduled maintenance programs, and 24-hour emergency response for HVAC systems, refrigeration, and mechanical equipment.
• Design Build/Assist/BIM Design-assist engineering services with licensed professional engineers, and Building Information Modeling (BIM) using REVIT, AutoCAD, and Navisworks for 3D coordination and virtual conflict resolution on complex HVAC projects.
• Boiler Services Servicing, troubleshooting, maintaining, and installing commercial and industrial boilers including power burners, atmospheric burners, and sealed combustion burners, with coverage across brands such as Aerco, Ajax, Bryan, Clever-Brooks, Kewanee, Lochinvar, Smith, Superior, Thermal Solutions, Triangle Tube, and Weil McLain.
• Chiller Services Service, maintenance, repair, and installation of centrifugal, screw, absorption, scroll, and reciprocating chillers ranging from 5 ton to 2000 ton, with coverage across Carrier, Daikin/McQuay, Multistack, Dunham Bush, and Thermal Care brands.
• Cooling Tower Services Installation, maintenance, rebuilding, repair, and replacement of cooling towers including winterization, cleaning, and water treatment services, with coverage across BAC, Delta, Evapco, and Marley brands.
• Pump Services Servicing, troubleshooting, maintaining, and installing commercial and industrial base mount, inline, or submersible pumps up to 125 HP, with coverage across Armstrong, Bell & Gossett, Gould, Grundfos, Ingersoll Rand, Peerless, and Taco brands.
• Refrigeration Services EPA certified technicians for servicing, troubleshooting, maintaining, and installing commercial refrigeration systems including ice machines, walk-in coolers/freezers, and commercial refrigerators/freezers.
• Rooftop Unit (RTU) Services Servicing, troubleshooting, maintaining, and installing commercial and industrial packaged rooftop units, with coverage across Aaon, Engineered Air, and Mammoth brands.
• Variable Refrigerant Flow (VRF) Services VRF servicing, troubleshooting, maintenance, and installation of commercial VRF units with custom design-build installations, with coverage across Daikin, Carrier, Friedrich, Lennox, Mitsubishi, Toshiba, Trane, and York brands.
• Computer Room Unit Services Servicing, troubleshooting, maintaining, and installing commercial computer room units, with coverage across Data Aire, Liebert, and Stulz brands.
• Preventative Maintenance Programs Custom-tailored scheduled preventative maintenance programs for HVAC systems including chillers, boilers, cooling towers, pumps, RTUs, refrigeration, and computer room units, designed to reduce operating costs, extend equipment life by 20% or more, avoid utility waste costs by 5-20%, and improve indoor air quality.

Quantifiable outcome

• Reduce utility waste costs by 5-20%
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers21 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature2 records

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Southland Industries: Design-build mechanical contractor with in-house engineering, fabrication, and service capabilities for complex healthcare, data center, and industrial projects. Comparable integrated delivery model and BIM-led coordination.
• Limbach Holdings: Public mechanical contractor providing HVAC, plumbing, and building services for healthcare, higher education, and commercial customers. Closest publicly traded analog: similar design-assist/build delivery model, recurring service book, and comparable vertical mix to PH+B.
• Bernhard: Mechanical, electrical, and plumbing contractor with energy-services and facility-solutions practices focused on healthcare, higher education, and government. Comparable customer mix and growing energy retrofit emphasis.
• TDIndustries: Employee-owned mechanical and plumbing contractor serving Texas and surrounding regions. Directly comparable ownership structure (ESOP), delivery model, and customer mix of healthcare, higher education, government, and commercial clients.
• Murphy Company: St. Louis-based mechanical contractor providing HVAC, piping, sheet metal, and service to industrial and commercial customers. Comparable size, design-assist delivery model, and recurring service/maintenance mix.
• ACCO Engineered Systems: West Coast-headquartered mechanical contractor with design-build, fabrication, and service across commercial, healthcare, and industrial markets. Similar delivery model and concentration in design-assist and energy retrofit work.

Broad incumbents

• EMCOR Group: Largest publicly traded mechanical and electrical construction services company in the U.S., offering HVAC, sheet metal, plumbing, and facility services. Sets the competitive ceiling on procurement, bonding, and multi-region program capability.
• APi Group: Public safety, specialty, and industrial services platform that includes mechanical and HVAC services. Provides a public-market proxy for the consolidation and platform-expansion thesis that could apply to PH+B.
• Comfort Systems USA: National mechanical contracting platform with design-build, installation, and service across HVAC, plumbing, and process piping. Provides the scale benchmark PH+B competes against on multi-site and larger regional bids.

Regional players

• Shambaugh & Son: Indiana-based mechanical contractor serving the Midwest with design-build, fabrication, and service across healthcare, manufacturing, and education. Closely comparable regional footprint, fabrication capability, and vertical mix to PH+B's Tri-State operation.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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