Cardoza Plumbing

What Cardoza Plumbing does

Cardoza Plumbing Corp. is a privately held, MWBE-certified specialty plumbing contractor headquartered in Westbury, New York, operating within the five boroughs of New York City since its incorporation in September 1999. The company evolved from Cardoza Corporation, a full-service plumbing contractor founded in 1986 by Eugene Cardoza, and is now led by Marie Cardoza following the 2023 passing of Raymond Cardoza. Cardoza delivers commercial, healthcare, and institutional plumbing installation, renovation, and 24-hour repair/maintenance services, with a workforce of approximately 100-125 journeyman plumbers drawn from Local Union #1 plus 30 office staff, and an aggregate bonding capacity of $100 million.

The company's core technical capability is an integrated design-assist pre-construction practice, anchored on a CADD department running BIM 3D modeling (AutoCad MEP/Autodesk, Trimble Pipe Design 3D, Navisworks Manager) and Revit engineering workflows. This enables Cardoza to engineer efficiency, cost, and waste reduction into project plans before construction, and to coordinate complex medical gas systems (oxygen, N2O, specialty gases including Helium, Argon, Nitrogen), reverse osmosis systems, and acid waste neutralization typical of hospital and laboratory environments. The combination of union-trained labor, specialized healthcare plumbing knowledge, MWBE certification, and long-standing relationships with top-tier NYC general contractors (Turner, Lend Lease, Skanska, Tishman, Holt) constitutes the operational backbone that has enabled projects ranging from a $185,000 St. Barnabas contract to a $34.9 million NYU Langone Kimmel Pavilion installation.

Cardoza generates revenue primarily through project-based fixed-price contracts, time-and-materials work, and design-assist arrangements negotiated with general contractors and construction managers. Contracts span one-time installations (hospitals, universities, commercial towers, airports) plus recurring 24-hour emergency repair and maintenance services for commercial, institutional, and residential clients. Marquee project references include NYU Langone, Mount Sinai, NY Presbyterian, Hospital for Special Surgery, Columbia University, Rockefeller University, Citi Field, One World Trade Center, and LaGuardia Airport, with major joint ventures with Paramount Plumbing on stadium-scale work. Marketing and demand generation rely on industry reputation, GC relationships, trade affiliations (Plumbers Local 1 and 200, Building Trades Employer's Association), and project portfolio visibility rather than digital channels.

Name

Cardoza Plumbing

Legal name

Cardoza Plumbing Corp.

Website

https://cardozaplumbing.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1999

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Cardoza Plumbing Corp. is an MWBE-certified, union-affiliated specialty plumbing contractor in New York City executing commercial, healthcare, and institutional plumbing installation, renovation, and maintenance for hospitals, universities, and major commercial developments via direct general contractor relationships.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Commercial Plumbing Contracting

NAICS

Plumbing, Heating, and Air-Conditioning Contractors (238220)

SIC

General Bldg Contractors - Nonresidential Bldgs (1540)

akta.pro primary industry

Plumbing & Pipefitting Contracting (IMAFALAC)

akta.pro secondary industry

Plumbing Installation, Service & Repair (IMAIABAB)

Keywords

• Commercial plumbing services
• Healthcare plumbing installation
• Medical gas systems
• Institutional plumbing contractor
• BIM plumbing design

Headquarters

HQ city

Westbury

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Plumbing Installation Services: New construction plumbing installation for hospitals, institutions, and commercial buildings. Revenue generated through fixed-price contracts, time and materials (T&M) work, and design-assist arrangements with general contractors and construction managers.
2. Plumbing Renovation and Alterations: Renovation and alteration projects for existing facilities including hospitals, universities, and commercial buildings
3. Repair and Maintenance Services: 24-hour emergency repair services and ongoing maintenance for commercial, institutional and residential clients

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Cardoza Plumbing Corp. is a full-service plumbing contractor providing commercial, institutional, healthcare, and residential plumbing installation, renovation, and repair services within the five boroughs of New York City. Its core capabilities include pre-construction design assist, BIM 3D modeling, Revit engineering, and self-performed plumbing execution for hospitals, universities, and commercial buildings.

Product overview

Cardoza Plumbing Corp. is a full-service plumbing company offering a comprehensive portfolio of services rather than a traditional software product. The core offerings consist of Design Assist, BIM 3D Drafting, and Revit Engineering (engineering and design services), combined with Installation and Renovation services across five plumbing verticals: Institutional, Healthcare, Commercial, Residential, and Repair/Maintenance. The company operates with approximately 100-125 plumbers and 30 office staff, serving the five boroughs of New York City since 1999.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Design Assist Pre-construction design coordination service in which Cardoza works as an integral part of the client's team to engineer efficiencies into project plans, reducing costs, saving time, and minimizing waste at every stage of construction.
• BIM 3D Drafting Building Information Modeling and 3D drafting service providing digital representation of physical and functional characteristics of a facility, enabling shared knowledge resources and reliable basis for lifecycle decisions.
• Revit Engineering Engineering service using Revit software to create unified models with real-life information parameters, supporting BIM workflow integration with construction documents and product specifications.
• Institutional Plumbing Services Plumbing installation and renovation for institutional facilities, including superior design, pre-construction planning and coordination, cost savings in material and labor, and on-time completion; fully licensed and bonded for any sized project.
• Healthcare Plumbing Services Complex plumbing engineering for healthcare facilities encompassing patient rooms, administration, food service, emergency systems, and long-term value planning; clients include Mount Sinai Medical Center, Hospital for Special Surgery, North Shore Long Island Jewish, and St. Barnabas Hospital.
• Commercial Plumbing Services Plumbing installation and servicing for commercial businesses with pre- and post-construction expertise, planning, and efficiencies; serves Manhattan's prominent developers and local commercial businesses.
• Residential Plumbing Services Residential plumbing performed by nearly 100 Local Union #1-trained journeyman plumbers, covering backflow testing, hot water boilers, gas lines, sewer stoppage, and other neighborhood plumbing needs.
• Repair and Maintenance Services Emergency and non-emergency plumbing repair services with trained licensed professionals, engineering resources, and state-of-the-art methodologies, including 24-hour service for plumbing malfunctions.

Quantifiable outcome

• $34,900,000 contract value - NYU Langone Medical Center Kimmel Pavilion (largest completed project)
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers18 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Eight partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Turner ConstructioncoreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerLong-standing relationship as trade manager and design-assist partner on multiple healthcare projects including Rockefeller University, North Shore LIJ West Wing Annex, Lenox Hill Medical Facility, and MSMC St. Luke's IPD projects
• Lend LeasecoreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerMajor construction partner on NY Methodist Hospital, NY Presbyterian Hospital Milstein Building, and Mt. Sinai West projects
• Skanska USAcoreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerPartner on NYU Cobble Hill project and Disney Armory Building renovation
• Paramount Plumbing CorporationcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerJoint venture partner on Citi Field stadium project ($26,000,000 contract) due to project's enormous size and aggressive completion schedule
• Tishman ConstructioncoreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerGeneral contractor partner on Jacob K. Javits Convention Center project
• Holt ConstructioncoreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerPartner on NYU Lutheran Medical Center project
• Plumbers Local Union #1coreOthersUnion affiliation providing highly trained journeyman plumbers trained at Local Union #1 trade schools; workforce of approximately 100 plumbers
• Plumbers Local Union #200coreOthersUnion affiliation for additional workforce resources

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Skyline Mechanical: New York metropolitan mechanical and plumbing contractor with institutional and commercial project experience. Comparable to Cardoza as a regional specialty mechanical sub-contractor pursuing healthcare and institutional work in the same geographic market.
• Petrelli Plumbing & Heating: NYC-area commercial plumbing and heating contractor serving institutional and commercial clients in the five-borough market. Most directly comparable to Cardoza in scale, geography, and trade focus, competing for similar institutional plumbing scopes.

Others

• Turner Construction: Major national general contractor and long-standing Cardoza partner on healthcare and institutional builds (Rockefeller University, North Shore LIJ, Lenox Hill, MSMC St. Luke's). Comparable as the upstream buyer of Cardoza's services rather than a direct competitor.

Broad incumbents

• IES Holdings: National provider of electrical and mechanical infrastructure solutions for commercial, industrial, and institutional clients. Comparable project types and customer profiles to Cardoza, though IES is broader across electrical and mechanical and significantly larger.
• Limbach Holdings: Specialty mechanical contractor focused on complex HVAC, plumbing, and building systems for healthcare, higher education, and institutional clients. Highly comparable end-market focus and project mix to Cardoza, with a stronger publicly-traded balance sheet and broader geographic footprint.
• APi Group: Global safety, specialty, and industrial services platform with mechanical services exposure. Adjacent to Cardoza through large-scale mechanical contracting capabilities for institutional and commercial customers, operating as a diversified holding rather than a focused specialty plumbing firm.
• Comfort Systems USA: National mechanical contractor delivering HVAC, plumbing, and related building services. Overlaps with Cardoza on commercial and institutional plumbing and HVAC scopes, with broader geographic reach and scale but less specialty focus on healthcare medical-gas systems.
• EMCOR Group: National mechanical and electrical construction services firm with a major NYC presence. Comparable as a multi-trade specialty contractor competing on the same institutional, healthcare, and commercial mega-projects where Cardoza pursues plumbing scopes, though EMCOR operates at substantially larger scale across multiple service lines.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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