Mechanical

Do you know us?

We have been making mechanical contracting connections for more than 75 years in and around the city we call home — Chicago. Our family has built a reputation for excellence because we have the skills and expertise to design, install and service mechanical systems across a variety of markets.

As one team, we work with you to achieve what’s important: deliver on our promises — design, dollars, and deadline — and exceed your expectations. Our tireless focus on safety, quality, scrupulous project management, and a steady drumbeat of communications ensures that happens.

We support commercial and industrial ventures both large and small, providing the right solution and the right team to get it done right.

We have designed and installed mechanical systems in Chicago and the suburbs. Our expertise encompasses a range of markets, making us the go-to-choice for clients.

Simply put, we make the indoors comfortable.

Our work takes us to a variety of markets to solve a variety of mechanical system challenges.

  • Research laboratories
  • Educational facilities – public and private
  • Commercial, residential, retail
  • Industrial
  • Hospitals, healthcare facilities
  • Hotels
  • Data centers

As experts in mechanical systems, our team designs and installs innovative heating and cooling solutions to create healthy environments. With a relentless focus on quality and safety, we excel in mechanical trade piping systems.

  • Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning (HVAC)
  • Testing and Air Balancing
  • Medical and Specialty Gas Systems
  • High Purity Water Systems
  • Steam Piping
  • Refrigeration Systems
  • Process Piping
  • Complete Fabrication
  • Clean Rooms
  • Data Center Systems

Built-in client service

For Great Lakes, client service is built into our DNA. It’s who we are and what we do every day to make connections that last, by …

INNOVATIVE SOLUTIONS

Offering the most innovative solutions using the latest technology and software.

SKILLED TEAM

Providing skilled engineers, people managers and field personnel to deliver on our promises.

LONG-TERM RELATIONSHIPS

Creating relationships that last well after our projects have ended.

The results?

Many of our clients have been with us for more than 25 years, which is something we’re happy to share.

“My team and I appreciate Great Lakes for their focus on communication. It’s a critical skill, particularly when the project is large, complex, and high-profile. Great Lakes communicates weekly, and daily too, so we always know where things stand. This regular one-on-one dialogue establishes a foundation of collaboration, ensuring success for both our companies.”

Service builds trust

Maybe it’s how we communicate; the company’s commitment to talent and technology; our aptitude for exceeding expectations; or, that we have relationships that last.

For Great Lakes, our job doesn’t end at installation of mechanical systems — we provide ongoing service, too.

We help extend the life of equipment, avoid downtime, increase productivity and minimize the unexpected. It’s another way we offer full-service to our clients — and we’re available 24/7 to meet your needs when you need us most.

 

  • Heating & Air Conditioning
  • Piping
  • Medical Gas
  • Ventilation
  • Refrigeration
  • Boilers

Clean Rooms

Designing and installing Clean Rooms requires specialized skills and expertise to be done right. That’s something we know a lot about. Our team is experienced in the design and construction of Clean Rooms, as well as installing, calibrating and certifying that Clean Room environments are free of dust and other contaminates.

For Clean Room and other mechanical systems, it all comes down to building connections. And that’s exactly what we do; every client, every project.

We’re Great Lakes Plumbing and Heating and we build mechanical system connections from the inside out.

We work with clients to build connections that work across a variety of projects.

  • O’Hare International Airport South Cooling Tower
  • Motorola Mobility at the Merchandise Mart
  • Dirksen Federal Building
  • Bank of America Data Center
  • Calumet Sewage Treatment Plant
  • Ryan Fieldhouse and Walter Athletics Center
  • Park Hyatt Chicago and Park Tower
  • Richard and Barbara Silverman Hall for Molecular Therapeutics & Diagnostics
  • Park Hyatt Chicago and Park Tower
  • McCormick Place North
  • The Pinnacle Condos of Chicago
  • Howard T. Ricketts Laboratory at Argonne National Laboratory
  • The Knapp Center for Biomedical Discovery – University of Chicago Medicine
  • Edward Hines, Jr. VA Hospital and Jesse Brown VA Medical Center
  • Technological Institute Infill – Northwestern University