Technician checking a commercial condensing unit

About · Sherman Mechanical Contractors, LLC

Decades of proven mechanical expertise.

A commercial HVAC, refrigeration and plumbing provider serving Greater Central Florida and the Northeast territories, headquartered in Ocala.

Headquarters

Ocala, FL

Territory

Greater Central Florida & Northeast

Disciplines

HVAC · Plumbing · Refrigeration · Controls

First call for all.

Our aim is a single point of contact for everything mechanical in a building, and relationships that outlast any one project.

Sherman Mechanical Contractors, LLC (SMC) provides commercial HVAC, refrigeration and plumbing services in the Greater Central Florida and Northeast territories. Streamlining the needs of commercial facilities is our focus, especially as it pertains to providing a single point of contact to convenience stores, supermarkets, restaurants, hospitals, as well as industrial and institutional facilities.

We strive to be your “First Call For All” and to provide the highest quality of workmanship, all in an effort to build strong, long-lasting relationships with our loyal customers. SMC’s corporate office is located in Ocala, FL, allowing a centralized location while serving the state efficiently and effectively.

From our team to yours, we look forward to partnering and creating solutions in serving our communities with you.

Leadership

Experience built over four decades in the trade

Tom Sherman, President of Sherman Mechanical Contractors

President

Tom Sherman

More than 40 years of expertise and accomplishment in the plumbing and mechanical contracting industry, across large-scale healthcare, federal, hospitality and theme park work.

The projects below were delivered in roles held at previous employers. They describe our President’s professional background, not work delivered by Sherman Mechanical Contractors, LLC.

1986

Apprenticeship, Broward County LU-719

Completed the apprenticeship program that began his career in the industry.

1995

Clemson University & Trane

Graduated from the supervisor’s academy at Clemson University and completed Trane’s Engineered Concept Course.

With SKANSKA USA

General Superintendent

Hard Rock Live at Universal, and the U.S. Courthouse in Jacksonville, FL.

With Lake Mechanical

President

Piloted top-level projects including Orlando VA Medical Center, Disney’s Animal Kingdom, Disney’s Boardwalk Hotel, Disney’s Blizzard Beach, Disney’s All-Star Resort, and Universal Studios Islands of Adventure, Jimmy Fallon Ride Through New York, Toon Lagoon and Port of Entry.

Where our emphasis lies

Markets we focus on

Sherman encompasses and ushers superior service and unwavering integrity to all potential and existing clients, with the intention to cultivate loyal partnerships for years to come.

  • Healthcare
  • Hoteliers
  • Federal
  • Theme Parks
  • Food Service
  • Primary & Secondary Education
  • Commercial Real Estate Property
Rooftop cooling towers and large-diameter chilled water piping at a resort property

One point of contact

HVAC, plumbing, refrigeration and controls under one agreement, in buildings that cannot close for the afternoon.

How we work

From first call to closed ticket

The same sequence on a single service call or a multi-phase installation.

01

Walk the building

We look at the equipment, the access and the constraints before quoting anything.

02

Scope and price

A written scope covering the work, the schedule and what falls outside it.

03

Execute

Licensed technicians, coordinated around your operating hours rather than ours.

04

Document and hand back

Findings, parts and recommendations recorded so the next visit starts informed.

What partnership looks like

Why clients keep us on the phone list

Our reputation is built less on any one project than on being easy to reach and straight with people.

One point of contact

HVAC, plumbing, refrigeration and controls under one agreement and one phone number.

Quality of workmanship

Work we would sign our name to, because we do.

Unwavering integrity

Honest assessments, including when the answer is that a repair is not worth making.

Relationships that last

Most of our work comes from clients we have served for years.

Domestic water heaters, backflow preventer and copper mains in a senior living plant room
Senior living plant room — domestic water and heating mains

Single point of contact

What changes when one contractor owns all four systems

Most facilities carry a separate vendor per discipline. The seams between them are where scheduling, warranty and accountability tend to fail.

Four vendors

  • Four dispatch numbers, four escalation paths
  • Overlapping visits, competing shutdown windows
  • Warranty questions land between trades
  • Equipment history spread across four systems of record

One agreement with Sherman

  • One number, answered 24/7, for every discipline
  • Visits sequenced around your operating hours
  • Installation and service handled by the same team
  • One equipment list, one maintenance record

Let's talk about your facility.

New installation, a maintenance agreement, or a bid package — we are ready to look at it.