Our Senior Team Members Average 20+ Years of Commercial HVAC & Refrigeration experience

At BlueHat Mechanical, our customers come first. We know that if your equipment is down, it costs you money. It might be lost production time, loss of product, or create an uncomfortable environment.  It could cost you sales, and some of those customers may never return. BlueHat’s Senior Technicians have an average of 20 years of experience in Commercial HVAC & Refrigeration Service, Maintenance & Installation. You can depend on us to properly maintain your equipment to minimize downtime, and if you do experience downtime we will get your equipment up and running quickly so you can get back to business.

The BlueHat Team

KarimKarim – Owner, President & Seasoned Entrepreneur
Karim Nice, Owner & President of BlueHat Mechanical, spent 12 years building a very successful water and air filtration products company, serving customers in all 50 states and dozens of countries around the world. In that time, he learned the golden rule of service… do what’s best for the customer and everyone wins. In 2012, Karim decided to sell the company so he could focus on bringing that same level of service to local businesses in the Triangle. In the summer of 2013, Karim purchased HVAC & Refrigeration Experts, a highly respected commercial refrigeration and HVAC services company. In the fall, the company relaunched as BlueHat Mechanical with the goal of helping Raleigh area businesses do what they do best without having to worry about their equipment letting them down. Karim has a BS in Mechanical Engineering from Cornell University, and has over 20 years of experience getting his hands dirty and solving real-world problems.

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Jimmy – Field Supervisor
As BlueHat grew and our Service Manager needed more time to dedicate to managing and training our technicians, Jimmy Barnes was a perfect addition. With 30 years of large system HVAC experience, Jimmy has worked on Boiler teardown; burner service and installation of both large and small boilers; Chiller service and repairs (centrifugal, screw, and reciprocating); Pneumatic controls; Carrier DDC controls; Pump and motor rebuilds (B/G, Taco, Paco, Peerless) ;Coupling alignment on both rubber and steel ;Rigging and welding; NC Mechanical license; Steam and water system piping and control devices.

BlueHat Mechanical serves building owners and managers throughout the Triangle. BlueHat’s comprehensive approach to service and maintenance will give your business and building management staff peace of mind through consistent comfort by design. We offer a free building assessment to help determine recommendations and solutions to help operate and maintain HVACR (heating ventilating air conditioning and refrigeration systems). Our planned maintenance packages reduce downtime and energy usage, while extending the life of equipment. New technologies allow us to serve clients in a way that is more environmentally friendly and fiscally responsible.

History

BlueHat Mechanical was born in August 2013 when Karim Nice bought Refrigeration & HVAC Experts – a 15-year-old commercial refrigeration and HVAC service company based in Garner, NC.

With a long term focus and a simple mandate to ‘do the right thing’ for customers and employees, BlueHat Mechanical’s early initiatives were to strengthen relationships with existing customers and to enhance operations with improved technology. An additional Sales/Customer Service position was created to follow up on job satisfaction and the company upgraded the dispatch function with cloud-based dispatch software.

Vision

  • Best Service Provider
    • To be recognized as the premier commercial HVAC/R service company. We are forced to grow because customers flock to us for our exceptional service from our technical expertise to our customer experience.
  • Best Place to Work
    • To be recognized as the preferred employer in the HVACR industry. We have more unsolicited applications for employment than we need.

Core Values

  • Teamwork – We help each other succeed
    • With an outward mindset, we see others as people like ourselves, whose goals, objectives, needs, and challenges matter to us.
  • Professionalism
    • It’s not just the job you do, it’s how you do the job
  • Hustle
    • We are responsive and we act quickly
  • Curiosity
    • We look beyond the obvious to see more
    • We are always learning
  • Take Ownership
    • Be proactive in finding the resources to get the job done.

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