FirstCall News

FirstCall Mechanical Group (“FirstCall”), a leading commercial services company, has partnered with C2H air and electric, a commercial HVAC services company based in Atlanta, GA with operations in Georgia and Tampa, FL 

C2H was founded in 2013 and provides HVAC services and installations to commercial customers across the Atlanta metro area. Matthew Hunt, co-owner and President of C2H, will continue to oversee operations in Atlanta in partnership with his co-owners Matt Dorough and Charles Colston. Evan Eachus, CEO of FirstCall, said, “In just 10 years, Matthew, Matt, and Charlie have scaled C2H to become a leading HVAC provider in Atlanta, with further room to grow with this partnership. We are excited to welcome Matthew and his terrific team to FirstCall”.

We are excited to welcome Tim Riedel to our Board of Directors.

Tim is an experienced leader in the commercial HVAC and building services industry. Tim previously served as the President and Chief Operating Officer of ServiceLogic, the largest privately held HVAC and mechanical company in the United States. During his 15 year tenure at ServiceLogic and its subsidiaries, Tim helped scale ServiceLogic nationally and led its acquisitions and integrations program. Prior to ServiceLogic, Tim held management roles for the building systems division of Siemens Technologies.

FirstCall Mechanical Group (“FirstCall”), a leading commercial services company, has partnered with Mecon, Inc., a commercial HVAC services company based in Clearwater, Florida.

Mecon was founded in 1974 and provides commercial building services to commercial and industrial customers across Central Florida. Brian Flynn, co-owner and general manager of Mecon, will continue to lead services in the region going forward.

Evan Eachus, CEO of FirstCall, said, “We are excited to partner with Brian to grow our operations in the greater Tampa and Orlando markets. Brian leads a terrific team and culture and we are eager to support his growth going forward.”

We are excited to welcome Kay Stroman as our Chief Human Resources Officer.

Kay has over 35 years of experience in human resources, spanning key HR disciplines at all stages of an organization’s growth. Prior to joining FirstCall, Kay served as Interim Chief People Officer of Austin based technology consulting firm, Headspring, until its acquisition by Accenture. Previously, Kay was on the founding executive team of Silvercar, Inc, a fast growing rental car company acquired by Audi in 2017.

Kay is based in Austin, TX.

FirstCall Mechanical Group (“FirstCall”), a leading commercial services company, has acquired Starnes Heating and Cooling, a commercial HVAC services company based in Lebanon, Virginia.

Starnes was founded in 1975 and provides HVAC service and project support to healthcare facilities, school systems, and universities across Western Virginia and Eastern Tennessee. Starnes will be supported by the STR Mechanical team led by our Regional Vice President Chris Landreth.

Evan Eachus, CEO of FirstCall, said, “We are excited to partner with Les Hale and Jody Bailey to deliver exceptional service to our customers across the region. FirstCall now has operations across Virginia in Virginia Beach, Richmond, and Lebanon. We are also thrilled to welcome the Starnes employees to our comprehensive benefits program and training academy.”

FirstCall Mechanical Group (“FirstCall”), a leading commercial services company, has acquired R&W, Inc, a commercial HVAC services company based in Asheville, North Carolina.

R&W was founded in 1958 and provides HVAC service and project support to commercial and industrial facilities across Western North Carolina. R&W will be supported by the STR Mechanical team led by our Regional Vice President Chris Landreth.

Evan Eachus, CEO of FirstCall, said, “We are excited to partner with Stuart Smith to continue to grow R&W in the Asheville area. This is a great expansion of our Carolinas network, which now has branches in Charlotte, Raleigh, Greenville, and Asheville.”

FirstCall Mechanical Group (“FirstCall”), a leading commercial services company, has acquired Conditioned Air, a commercial HVAC services company based in Macon, Georgia.

Conditioned Air was founded in 1938 and provides HVAC service and project support to universities, school systems, and commercial customers across Middle Georgia. Albert McKay, Jr, the family owner of Conditioned Air, will be transitioning to retirement and will be formally succeeded by Wes Herndon, a tenured operational leader at Conditioned Air.

Evan Eachus, CEO of FirstCall, said, “We are thrilled to partner with the Conditioned Air team. The McKay family built a terrific company and culture in Macon – and we are humbled to carry it forward. We are excited to continue to serve our Middle Georgia customers while increasing the healthcare coverage of our employees, introducing new training opportunities, and additional sales resources.”

We are excited to promote Mike Ditty as our Chief Operating Officer.

Mike has over 25 years of experience in the HVAC industry. Prior to this role, Mike served as CEO of STR Mechanical, FirstCall’s first acquisition. Mike led STR Mechanical when it operated as a subsidiary of IES Holdings, a publicly traded electrical and infrastructure services company with 6,500 employees. Previously, Mike held senior management roles at Comfort Systems and Johnson Controls. He is a veteran of the United State Marine Corps.

Mike is based in Charlotte, NC.

FirstCall Mechanical Group (“FirstCall”), a leading commercial services company, has announced the expansion of its operations in Dallas-Fort Worth. FirstCall has hired Chad Lacy as Director of Operation for North Texas. Chad Lacy joins FirstCall from Texas AirSystems, where he was the Service Operations Manager for the Dallas-Fort Worth market.

Evan Eachus, CEO of FirstCall, said, “We are thrilled to partner with Chad Lacy to establish our operations in North Texas. We are already servicing existing FirstCall customers from other regions and we are excited to expand further in coming months.”

FirstCall Mechanical Group (“FirstCall”), a leading commercial services company, has acquired Advance Heating and Air (“Advance”) in Greenville, South Carolina. The Advance team will now operate as STR Mechanical in Greenville, South Carolina.

Evan Eachus, CEO of FirstCall, said, “We are excited to expand STR Mechanical into Greenville. For many years, we have serviced key accounts from our Charlotte hub. We are thrilled to build our local technician presence, offer expanded healthcare coverage to the Advance employees, and provide even faster response times to our local accounts.”

FirstCall Mechanical Group (“FirstCall”), a leading commercial services company, has partnered with TimCo Heating and Air (“TimCo”), a commercial HVAC services company based in Buford, Georgia.

TimCo was founded in 1998 and provides specialized HVAC services for logistics facilities across the state. TimCo has long-term relationships with the leading commercial management companies and excels in planned maintenance for distribution centers.

Evan Eachus, CEO of FirstCall, said, “We are thrilled to partner with Mike Timpson to continue to grow TimCo in Georgia. TimCo is a true partner to the facilities it services.”

We are excited to welcome Brian Kelly as our Chief Financial Officer.

Brian has over 25 years of corporate finance experience, including over 10 years as CFO of private equity portfolio companies. Brian has extensive experience in high growth companies across numerous industries, leading back-office operations through periods of rapid expansion and transformation. Before joining FirstCall, Brian served as CFO of United PF Management, a leading Planet Fitness franchisee group. Prior to that, Brian served as CFO of Kendra Scott Design, a high-growth consumer-retail company.

Brian is based in Austin, TX.

We are excited to welcome Ashish Achlerkar to our Board of Directors.

Ashish is an experienced leader and founder in the services industry. Ashish founded NearU, a leading provider of HVAC, plumbing, and electrical home services, in 2018. Under Ashish’s leadership as CEO, NearU scaled to a platform with 24 market leading brands across the country. Over the course of this growth, NearU maintained its focus on advancing skilled trades and fostering a people-centric culture. Today, Ashish serves as the Executive Chairman of the Board of NearU.

FirstCall Mechanical Group (“FirstCall”), a leading commercial services company, has partnered with STR Mechanical, a commercial and industrial HVAC services company based in Charlote, North Carolina.

STR Mechanical was founded in 2006 and has long-standing relationships with industrial customers, school districts, universities, and healthcare facilities across the region. STR has branches in Charlotte, Raleigh, and Virginia Beach.

Evan Eachus, CEO of FirstCall, said, “We are excited to partner with the STR leadership team to continue to provide terrific service and project execution for our customers and career opportunities for our employees.”