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Michael F. Mamayek Executive Vice President, HVAC Design/Build

 

Value Delivered

Mike provides the single-source guidance and innovative HVAC and design/build construction solutions clients need to achieve optimum facility operation and an ongoing return on their investment. After an initial client meeting, he works with Illingworth-Kilgust Mechanical's design and estimating personnel to develop an appropriate client solution, prepare an estimate and present the proposal. Once a client approves a proposal, he manages the HVAC design/build project to ensure successful delivery. In addition, he uses expertise gained from his participation on major HVAC services industry technical committees and other organizations to help clients as well as those in the firm's design/build and fabrication departments understand both the current status and future direction of key industry standards and codes.

 

Mechanical Engineering, HVAC & LEED Expertise

Mike began his career as a sales engineer at Milwaukee Furnace Company, a family-owned business, where he sold and designed light commercial and residential mechanical systems. In 1977, he joined Illingworth-Kilgust Mechanical as a project manager. Since then, he has held a variety of positions of increasing responsibility.

 

Mike holds a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Detroit and a certificate of management from Marquette University's Continuing Education Division. He is a registered professional engineer in Wisconsin, a NEBB and TABB supervisor for testing and balancing air and hydronic systems, and a NEBB supervisor for commissioning heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC), and plumbing systems.

 

Mike is active in numerous state and industry organizations, including the Sheet Metal and Air Conditioning Contractors National Association (SMACNA) and the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE). He is also a member of the Wisconsin Society of Professional Engineers, the National Society of Professional Engineers and the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. At the state level, he is an advisor to Wisconsin's Environmental Service Technician Apprenticeship Program, chair of the HVAC Advisory Code Council and co-chair of the Sheet Metal Apprenticeship Advisory Committee.

 

A winner of ASHRAE energy and technology awards, Mike chairs the organization’s Technical Committee 7.3 (Operation and Maintenance Management) and is a voting member of its Standards Committees SPC-170P (Ventilation of Health Care Facilities) and SPC-180P (Standard Practice for Inspection and Maintenance of HVAC Systems). Mike also served for 10 years as a voting member of ASHRAE SSPC-621 (Ventilation for Acceptable Indoor Air Quality). A former member of SMACNA’s Technical Resources Committee, he presently serves on the organization’s HVAC air duct leakage, duct design and bidding green task forces. He also chairs the organization's task forces on Indoor Air Quality Guidelines for Occupied Buildings Under Construction and HVAC Systems Commissioning, and participates on the HVAC Contractors Council Steering Committee. He is a member of the SMACNA College of Fellows and was named the organization's Contractor of the Year in 2005. A Leadership in Energy & Environmental Design (LEED)-accredited professional, Mike is a board member of the National Center for Energy Management and Building Technologies, and the International Certification Board.

 

The Personal Side

Mike and his wife, Darlene, have three grown children. Active in his community, he is a member of the Wisconsin Leaders of Tomorrow - Elmbrook Chapter, and a former member of the Brookfield Optimist Breakfast Club and Village of Elm Grove Public Works Committee. For six years, he also served in the U.S. Army Reserve. His outside interests include tennis, snowmobiling and reading.