Manhattan Mechanical Services honored by Crain’s Chicago Business Fast 50

Manhattan Mechanical Services, an Illinois-based merit shop industrial mechanical contractor, recently received recognition as one of Crain’s Chicago Business Fast 50 2020 Finalists. This honor marks the third consecutive year that the company has finished in the top 50.

Serving Illinois and Indiana since 2011, Manhattan Mechanical Services provides skilled merit shop mechanical services, including pipefitting, welding, shop fabrication, ASME “R” stamp repairs, scaffolding, turnaround/shutdown service, and process piping.

This annual award recognizes the Chicago area’s fastest-growing companies. To qualify, a candidate must meet specific requirements set by Crain’s Chicago Business. Those in consideration must be in business for a minimum of six years; be headquartered in Cook, DuPage, Kane, Lake (both Illinois and Indiana), McHenry, or Will counties; earn a minimum of $15 million in revenue the previous year; and maintain continuous growth.

As part of its efforts to provide top-tier training to its employees and promote job growth in the Chicagoland/Northwest Indiana area, the company is set to open a new, 20,000-square-foot training facility in East Chicago in October 2020. The facility will feature a 50-by-200-foot fabrication shop, craft training center, and corporate offices.

In addition, the company plans to invest approximately $2.5 million to create an estimated 75-100 jobs over the next several years. The in-house training program incorporates the National Center for Construction Education and Research (NCCER) curriculum for employee training and education.

Manhattan Mechanical is an accredited assessment center through NCCER, offering training in boilermaking, millwright, scaffolding, insulation, pipefitting, field safety, safety technology, rigging and for life operations. Its training program is, first and foremost, safety-focused.

Manhattan Mechanical can supply customers with multi-craft professionals, whose flexible job-site skills result in labor cost savings of up to 25 percent. The commitment to well-rounded training for Manhattan Mechanical employees sets the company apart in the Chicago market, driving growth year after year.