HVAC & Mechanical Placement

HVAC & Mechanical Placement

Precision crane placement for HVAC units, chillers, AHUs, generators, and mechanical equipment — rooftop or ground floor.

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Apartment & Commercial Buildings
Rooftop to Ground Floor
MEPCoordination
Full Lift Plan Included
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The Complexity Behind Every HVAC Lift

Placing mechanical equipment isn’t simply a matter of putting a hook on a unit and lifting it. Urban rooftop projects introduce layered constraints: tight approach corridors, swing paths over occupied sidewalks or active streets, roof load limits that dictate where outriggers can deploy, and crane sizing that must account for the actual rigging geometry rather than just equipment weight.

WMS evaluates every one of these variables before a truck rolls to your site. Our most common HVAC and mechanical placement projects include apartment building rooftop unit replacements, commercial HVAC upgrades at occupied office towers, chiller swaps at healthcare facilities, and AHU placements where crane access requires street closure coordination with the municipality.

In every case, we coordinate with your MEP subcontractors in advance — not on the day of the lift — so sequences are confirmed, utility disconnects are scheduled, and nothing is improvised at height.

HVAC air handler being hoisted with old equipment in dumpster belowWorkers loading large HVAC unit onto box truck with liftgate
Looking up at crane lifting HVAC unit with yellow straps against blue sky

What We Handle

WMS handles the full range of mechanical equipment placements — from a single rooftop HVAC swap to multi-unit replacement programs at large commercial properties. Our capabilities include:

  • Rooftop HVAC unit replacement at residential and commercial buildings
  • Chiller and cooling tower placements at occupied facilities
  • Air handling unit installations where crane access requires coordination
  • Generator set placements and transformer swaps
  • Old equipment removal and dumpster loading from height

Single point of contact from bid to placement. COI-ready for GC and building management requirements on commercial projects.

Ready to Plan Your HVAC Placement?

Call us at (203) 578-0543 or submit your project scope and we’ll respond within 24 hours.

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