explains. “We feel like we’re the varsity team out here. We feel like we have the best players.” Way Engineering’s employees are dedicated, professional, highly-skilled, and largely longstanding. Between them, they also have a diverse array of experience and capabilities, which enables the company to offer a wide range of services that customers can pick and choose from. Way can take on contracts where they are only doing the piping, or only the sheet metal, or only the plumbing – or they can provide the full scope of mechanical contracting work, and be that one point of contact for customers. That depth of capability is a significant point of difference. Also significant is their ability to deliver work on time and on budget. That reliability and efficiency is important to all customers, but it’s especially vital in the public sector. Matt credits that ability to achieve timelines and budgets – and thus win public projects and stay on preferred lists – to how much BIM modelling and prefabrication they do. “We spend a lot of time in the shop doing virtual design, clash detecting and modelling everything, and then prefabricating everything in the shop,” he explains. “That really drives down our costs. That’s where we feel like we can provide the biggest competitive advantage – and it also helps us provide a better quality product for our clients.” DECEMBER 2023 THE CONSTRUCTION SOURCE AMERICA - SOUTH A commitment to education and innovation has always powered the company. About 10 years ago, that commitment is what attracted Tony McCorvey Sr., the owner of McCorvey Sheet Metal Works, a company with a history almost as long as Way’s. In 2012, Tony purchased Way Engineering with the goal of helping them stay at the forefront of an ever-changing mechanical contracting industry. He invested in office spaces for Way employees, built a new piping and plumbing prefabrication facility, and he sought out leaders who would ensure the company continued to innovate and remain cuttingedge. Matt Sullivan was one of those leaders. He has worked in the mechanical industry ever since leaving the Navy, and he joined Way Engineering roughly five years ago. Since his arrival, the company has grown and evolved considerably. They opened new locations in Dallas, Austin, and San Antonio, and they acquired the Raleighbased Kirlin Carolinas, which now operates as Kirlin-Way Mechanical. “That’s all been in the last five years,” Matt says. “We’ve expanded our footprint quite dramatically.” Today, between their various divisions and offices, Way Engineering takes on a wide range of projects, for a variety of public and private clients. They regularly work in sectors including healthcare, government, education and hospitality, and on projects such as commercial high-rises, corporate campuses, and data centres. They also do sports arenas, with past examples including the Toyota Center, Minute Maid, and NRG Stadium in Houston and the AT&T Center in San Antonio. Matt believes that clients choose Way Engineering for a variety of reasons – the reasons can vary slightly depending on the market sector – but the most common reason is the quality of their staff. “It’s the people we employ,” he
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