We are pleased to announce Jeff Curtner’s recent promotion to Director of Plumbing Field Operations.  For over thirteen (13) years, Jeff has proudly represented Queen City Mechanicals as a project foreman, delivering a quality plumbing system on some of the area’s most prominent projects, including the Cincinnati Museum Center Renovation, FC Stadium and most recently Turfway Park Racing and Gaming.  

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In his new role, Jeff will utilize his years of industry experience, problem solving ability and leadership skills to manage the field operations to ensure QCM’s projects are built with a focus on quality, completed on-time and within budget.

We are pleased to announce Drew Lindsay’s promotion to Director of Plumbing Operations. Drew has been a key member of Queen City Mechanicals for five (5) years. During his tenure, he has been pivotal in the acquisition of construction projects, spending the majority of his term as the lead estimator and most recently as the plumbing pre-construction manager. His years of industry experience, keen attention to detail and the relentless pursuit to strive for improvement in all facets of the department, have proven to be the recipe for not only securing, but the successful completion, of some of the most noteworthy projects in the company’s history.    

As the Director of Plumbing Operations, Drew will be responsible for managing the day-to-day operations of the plumbing construction department, while ensuring that we constantly remain focused on progressing towards the company’s long-term goals. Drew will be the communication pathway that links all disciplines within the plumbing construction department, ensuring that estimating, project management, CAD/BIM and fabrication perform at their highest abilities while delivering a quality end product, on time and within budget.

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Queen City Mechanicals is pleased to announce the addition of Todd Haidet to our team. Todd joined QCM in October 2020 as the Controller and brings with him over thirty years of commercial/industrial construction accounting experience.  Originally a native of Northern Ohio, Todd attended the University of Cincinnati, graduating with a Bachelor of Business Administration in Accounting and from this date permanently called the Greater Cincinnati area his home.

As Controller, Todd will utilize his years of experience to provide strategic financial leadership, management of the day-to-day operations of all areas of accounting, oversee all financial planning and reporting functions and provides accurate and timely information to the ownership team.

We are excited to have Todd aboard and furthermore, eager to participate with him as we collectively stride forward towards our goal of establishing Queen City Mechanicals as the Tri-State area's premier, full service, mechanical contracting firm.

Please join us in welcoming Todd to Queen City Mechanicals.

Queen City Mechanicals is proud to have been selected as the plumbing contractor for the new West End Stadium.  This soccer-specific arena will be called home by our own Major League Soccer team, FC Cincinnati.  The facility is located in the west end neighborhood of Cincinnati, at the former site of Stargel Stadium on Central Parkway at Wade Street.  The stadium will officially welcome 26,000 eager soccer fanatics at the grand opening and first game in 2021. The West End Stadium will truly be “The Jewel of the Queen City’s Crown.”

View the West End Stadium project details here.

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Queen City Mechanicals is pleased to announce the addition of Brett Baumann to our team. Brett, a native of Hamilton, joined QCM in November 2019 as a Plumbing Coordinator and Trimble Specialist. His experience of over a decade coordinating commercial plumbing systems within the Greater Cincinnati area, has already proven to provide a positive impact to the CAD/BIM Department as they continue to focus their efforts on internally performing all of the company’s design and coordination demands.

In addition to plumbing coordination, Brett is also the Trimble Specialist for Queen City Mechanicals. This role assigns him with complete responsibility for the Trimble unit and corresponding processes, including but not limited to maintaining the equipment, preparing files with layout points, training field staff and overall supervision of the operation.

We are excited to have Brett aboard and furthermore, eager to participate with him as we collectively stride forward towards our goal of establishing Queen City Mechanicals as the Tri-State area's premier, full service, mechanical contracting firm.

Please join us in welcoming Brett to Queen City Mechanicals.

The collaboration of the field leaders and management was another success, with engaging interaction from all participants. The agenda for this year’s forum included topics such as safety, job costing, BIM, procedural improvements and tools/equipment. The event wasn’t all business, as the afternoon was comprised of some fun filled golf games.

A huge thanks to all members for their commitment to continuous education as we collectively strive to improve our team at QCM!

The staff of Queen City Mechanicals and Blue Chip Plumbing were honored to participate in the 2019 Furniture Fair Celebrity Golf Outing supporting the Cincinnati Chapter of the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society.

The unique event hosted in tandem by Four Bridges Country Club & Heritage Country Club on July 8, 2019 was the fourth straight year that both firms have supported the drive to beat blood cancer. At Queen City Mechanicals and Blue Chip Plumbing we are privileged to have had the opportunity to continue the annual tradition of supporting the LLS in this great event and look forward to another great outing in 2020.

Queen City Mechanicals was honored to participate in the 2019 Turner Foundation Classic held on May 20th at Kenwood Country Club. The second annual golf and dinner event hosted by Turner Construction, is a collection of the Tri-States premier contracting firms gathering to raise funds and show their support of several local charitable organizations. At Queen City Mechanicals we are privileged to have had the opportunity to partake in this great event for each of its first two years and look forward to future opportunities to show our support.

We were honored to once again have the opportunity to show our support of St. Susanna School & Parish by being a corporate sponsor at the 2019 St. Susanna Golf Outing, held on May 17th at Wetherington Golf and Country Club.  The support of Blue Chip Plumbing, a division of queen City Mechanicals, and the many other great firms participating in this year’s event assisted the Booster Committee in raising funds to provide a new wood gym floor that will be installed in the school during the summer break.  At Blue Chip Plumbing, we are privileged to have the opportunity to partner with many great local organizations.

Blue Chip Plumbing, a subsidiary of Queen City Mechanicals, is pleased to announce the addition of Anthony Castellano to the team as Service Manager.  Anthony, originally from New York City, has made Cincinnati his home for the last two decades.  With more than thirty-five (35) years of commercial and residential plumbing/HVAC service experience, Anthony will be responsible for the successful day to day activity of the service field staff.  As manager of the service department, Anthony will utilize his years of both field and management experience to assist his staff with a focus on quality, efficiency and an overall better experience for the current and future customers of Blue Chip Plumbing.

Please join us in welcoming Anthony to Blue Chip Plumbing, where we are available 24/7 to assist with all your plumbing needs.

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Queen City Mechanicals is pleased to announce the addition of Chris Strassell to our team as we officially implement the establishment of an in-house CAD/BIM Department. Chris, a native of Cincinnati, has coordinated the plumbing and HVAC systems of many projects in the Tri State area and helped our market adopt the computer aided design platform nearly three decades ago. As manager of the CAD/BIM Department, Chris will utilize his years of experience to successfully establish, implement and grow Queen City Mechanicals design capabilities. The initial focus of the department will be to eliminate the outsourcing of all design efforts and to self-perform all the company’s plumbing coordination. As the implementation of the CAD/BIM department continues to develop, their efforts will foster growth in QCM’s pre-fabrication process through the creation and utilization of spool drawings to more efficiently build assemblies.

Queen City Mechanicals is pleased to announce the addition of Rick Seaver to our team as we officially implement the establishment of our Exterior Services Division. Rick, a native of the Greater Cincinnati Tri-State area, has been involved in site development for the last decade and a part of the construction industry for more than twenty years.    

As Director of Exterior Services, Rick will utilize his years of experience to successfully establish and grow Queen City Mechanicals presence in the marketplace, with an initial focus on underground utility installations.  As the implementation of the department continues to develop, additional service offerings such as excavation, grading, concrete flatwork and asphalt paving will be added to the line-up of services provided by QCM.

Please contact us for your commercial exterior needs.

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