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| Russell K. Grimes |
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| President and CEO of Environmental
Systems Corporation of Huntsville |
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- State
of Alabama Contractors License # 9813 Unlimited,
Mechanical & Electrical
- State
of Alabama Board of Heating & Air Conditioning
Contractors # 83512 1853
- State
of Tennessee General Contractor License # 2838850-
149969
- State
of Alabama Liquefied Petroleum Gas Board certified
under permit # 186
- Master
Gas Fitter/Master Plumber #0402
- Presently
serves on the Board of Construction Appeals for
the
City of Huntsville
- Trustee
of the ARSM-HACCA Workers First Self Insurance
Fund
Mr.
Grimes worked in his father’s air conditioning
and refrigeration business from an early age
in Jasper and then Huntsville. After graduating
Huntsville
High School in 1966, he became a union pipe
fitter in the Huntsville-Decatur area and worked
for
Shook and Fletcher thru their Huntsville office.
After attending college, Mr. Grimes returned to
the Huntsville area and worked with Cox Corporation
first as Service Manager then as Vice-President
of Operations. In 1976, he left Cox Corporation
to form Environmental Systems Corporation, doing
commercial service on HVAC, refrigeration equipment
and environmental chambers. The company has grown
from the two original employees to 51 full time
office and field employees. In 1998, he and a partner
started a second HVAC company for residential installations
and service but sold his portion in 2001.
As President, CEO and the Certified Contractor
for Environmental Systems, Mr. Grimes is responsible
for the all phases of the installation and service
of industrial and commercial mechanical systems
including:
- Central
Plants
- Refrigeration
System
- Rooftop
equipment
- Building
Automation and Control
- Indoor
Air Quality assurance to owners and plant engineer
- Piping
Systems
- Air
Distribution Systems and Ventilation
- Specialty
Metal Fabrication and Welding.
Mr.
Grimes has served as:
- Past
President and Director of Alabama Roofing Sheet
Metal-Heating and Air Conditioning Association.
- Past
President of Saginaw Insurance Company,
an offshore captive company for mechanical
contractors in Alabama
- President
of Local ACCA chapter
- Taught
courses in refrigeration at the Joint Apprenticeship
Training Center in Decatur
- Taught
course in Huntsville for contractors
needing electrical certification
for their Huntsville license
Education
- Graduated
Huntsville High School, attended the University
of Alabama, majoring in
engineering
and business
- Certificates
from Trane Company on Commercial Equipment
Selection, Building
Automation Systems,
Indoor Air Quality, Sound Attenuation for
the HVAC Industry, and Customer Relations.
- Attends
continuing education presentations from industry
experts in indoor air quality,
human
resource management, current construction
law and practices,
and small business management
- Attends
regional conferences and seminars as a part
of his duties as a Trustee
of a Self Insurance
Worker’s Compensation Fund relating
to worker’s
compensation, underwriting, and coverage
issues.
Memberships & Associations
- Served
as Charter Member of Lennox Industries Dealer
Board
- Presently
is a Trane Company Strategic Partner
- Serves
of the Board of Appeals for the Construction
Industry, Huntsville, Alabama
- Served
on AmSouth’s Small Business Advisory
Board
- Member
of SBCCI
- Member
and chapter president of ACCA
- Member
of EAI
- Elder,
First Presbyterian Church, taught youth Sunday
School, youth group
leader
- Member
of Metro Kiwanis Club of Huntsville, Chairman
of Young Children, Priority
One Committee and on
the Board of Directors
- Past
Boy Scout troop leader
- Chisenhol
Award recipient for 1998
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| Stephen Grimes |
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| Director of Operations for Environmental
Systems Corporation of Huntsville |
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- State
of Alabama Certified Contractor # 03092-0790
- Journeyman
Plumber/Gas Fitter
- Associate
member of ASHRAE
- Manual
J Certified
Mr. Stephen Grimes grew up working in family
business. Starting as a teenager he worked
as a warehouseman, learned customer scheduling
for equipment inspections before moving on
to fabrication and installation of piping and
duct systems.
Mr. Grimes attended the University of Alabama
and worked part-time in broadcast during
is time in Tuscaloosa.
From 1995 to 1997, he worked for Commercial
Parts and Service Company, Jackson Mississippi
as a Service Dispatcher and Parts manager for
food service industry repair in central Mississippi.
In 1997, Mr. Grimes returned to Huntsville
to take over the service department for Environmental
Systems. Under his direction, the department
doubled its technician force, implementing
new technologies and increasing service sales
by 50%.
In 1999, he became operations manager overseeing
service department and co-ordination of construction
jobs. During this time, he began concentrating
on building automation control systems as a
separate division within the company. Today
as Director of Operations, Mr. Grimes handles:
- Project
Management
- Works
with an industrial hygienist on indoor air
quality jobs
- Teaches
control installation
- Performs
the majority of the customized programming
for control
systems.
Mr.
Grimes attends industry training by Trane Air
Conditioning and EAI on building automation,
industry standards, indoor air quality,
and
business practices.
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| Paul
Smith, P.E. |
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| Director of Engineering
for Environmental Systems Corporation of Huntsville |
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Education:
- The University of Alabama
BS in Aerospace Engineering – 1971
- The
University of Alabama
Master of Science in Engineering Mechanics – 1974
Professional
Associations:
- The
American Society of Sanitary Engineering
for Plumbing & Sanity Research
- American
Society of Heating Refrigerating
and Air Conditioning Engineers,
Inc.
- The
American Society of Mechanical Engineers
- The
Association of Energy Engineers, Certified
Geo-Exchange
Designer
- Capstone
Engineering Society
- State
of Alabama Engineering Advisor Panel
Mr. Smith gathered much of his mechanical engineering
experience through his positions with the
Monsanto Company and Frank Beaty Associates.
In 1980, Mr. Smith established his own firm,
Paul T. Smith, Consulting Engineer, Inc.
His background includes a wide variety of
mechanical design applications, both new
and renovations, in the industrial, commercial
and private sectors.
Mr. Smith has been involved in every aspect
of consulting mechanical engineering from
conception to construction by doing feasibility
studies,
preparation of detailed energy analysis,
preparing preliminary design, comparing alternatives,
compiling cost analyses and estimates, drawing
plans, selecting equipment, writing specification,
preparing Contract Documents, assisting in
bid selection, inspecting construction and
installation of projects. Many architects
throughout
Alabama have called on Mr. Smith’s
experience to correct the inability of the
existing HVAC
system to meet the required loads of the
building, to help minimize utility costs,
improve the
control of space conditions and correct indoor
air quality problems.
In all of Mr. Smith’s projects, quality
of design has been stressed with emphasis
on simplicity, maintainability and minimum
cost.
His engineering provides progressive plumbing
and HVAC design with an innovative approach.
Before
joining forces with Environmental Systems Mr.
Smith’s firm, Paul Smith & Associates,
Engineering Consultants, had been located
at 2905 West Corp Boulevard, Suite 218, in
Huntsville.
Mr. Smith brings his firms complete staff of
engineers, designers and CAD operators as well
as a trained administrative staff. The engineering
division designs with compliance to the standards
and requirements of:
- International
Building Code
- Southern
Building Code Congress
- ASHRAE
standards
- Local
City Inspections Departments
- Alabama
Building Commission
The Engineering Division has provided professional
consulting services for architectural firms,
industry, commercial clients and school systems
through the southeast. Based on 24 years of
experience, Paul Smith’s designs place
a high emphasis on simplicity, maintainability
with minimal first cost and comfortable environments
for the occupants in an energy efficient manner.
The division has produced approximately 100 projects
per year, ranging in size from consultations
to multi-million dollar facilities, completing
over 2100 individual projects during its 24-year
history.
Professional
Engineering Services:
- HVAC
Design Fire Protection Systems
- Ice
Storage Energy Analysis
- Thermal
Storage Plumbing Design
- Geo-Thermal
Thermal Extraction
- Mold
Remediation Central Plant Design
- Industrial
Piping Industrial Ventilation
- Building
Automation Systems
- Building
Systems Commissioning
- Indoor
Air Quality Assessment
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| Kenneth
R. (Ken) Laney |
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| Director of Business Development
for Environmental Systems Corporation of Huntsville |
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Education:
- The
University of Alabama Birmingham 1971 – 1977
- The
University of Alabama 1968 – 1971
Major: Mathematics
Minor: Geology
Military:
- Active
U.S. Army May 1972 – July 1972
for Alabama Army National Guard.
- Alabama
Army National Guard, Honorable Discharge,
November 1977.
Mr. Laney brings 32 years of experience in HVAC, plumbing and fire protection
systems sales and service to Environmental Systems Corporation of Huntsville.
Before joining Environmental Systems, Mr. Laney began his career with the Dixie
Engineering Company in Birmingham, Alabama in 1971. In March of 1975, he joined
Clary and Associates, Inc. to start up the industrial sales in the areas of
HVAC and plumbing equipment for Alabama and the Florida Panhandle.
In 1976, he rejoined Dixie Engineering as Vice-President handing inside and
outside sales of fire protection systems, cast iron construction castings,
industrial fans and filters, steam specialties and steam hot water generating
equipment.
In
March 1985, Mr. Laney joined what is now Williams & Associates,
Inc. and began inside sales, design and troubleshooting
of hydronic heating equipment
for both HVAC and plumbing equipment.
Mr. Laney began working with Jamco, Inc., in May of 1989. While at Jamco,
Mr. Laney headed outside sales for the North Alabama area for Hydronic Heating
Equipment (Centrifugal Pumps, heat exchangers, water and steam boilers and
all interrelated accessory equipment for HVAC and plumbing systems).
During his 32 years in this business, Mr. Laney has become well respected
as a teacher. He has been a presenter for the ASHRAE Chapter of Huntsville,
RSES Tennessee Valley Chapter, ASPE chapter in Birmingham and seminars for
Trane of Huntsville. Many contractors have called on Mr. Laney for their own
in house training programs for employees. Most recently, he has presented instructional
orientation to the maintenance employees of the Alabama Army National Guard
who are occupying newly renovated building at Fort McClellan. In February 2003,
the Alabama Heating and Air Conditioning Contractors Association approved Mr.
Laney as a provider for their continuing education program to teach specific
programs in 2-hour sessions for Centrifugal Pumps, Hydronic Specialties, Heat
Exchangers and Steam and Condensate Distribution.
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