Precision Balancing (PBI) was incorporated April 24, 1992.  PBI’s primary activity is the testing & balancing of heating, ventilating, and air conditioning systems serving commercial, industrial, medical, laboratory, and retail facilities.  These services are provided either directly to the owner or on a subcontract basis through other contractors.

During the Testing & balancing process, adjustments are made to the HVAC systems that ensure the proper and efficient operation of the equipment that contribute to the safety and comfort of people within the conditioned space.

PBI’s strength lies in the quality of service performed.  Our track record which dates back much farther than the date of our incorporation is one of complete client satisfaction and confidence in our work.  We are entrusted with the adjustment of systems which vary from class 10 clean rooms to central chilled water and boiler plants of large industrial complexes.

Much of our work is performed under “service” arrangements in which terms and rates are defined.  Engineering and maintenance departments of large facilities such as Northrop Grumman (formerly Westinghouse) and the National Institutes of Health can then contact us whenever our services are required.  With this type of arrangement, we can respond to their needs much faster than if a contract or purchase order had to be written each time.

We also actively bid projects.  We have developed good relationships with many contractors in the area and are often called upon to provide bids to them as a subcontractor.

PBI is proud of the fact that much of our work is obtained through recommendations from our existing clients.  This to us indicates their complete satisfaction with our services.  Our ethic is to do whatever is necessary to get the job done, which pleases our client and ultimately the owner.  We know that any system we have worked on is operating at the highest level of performance possible.  In a world where most are trying to get by with doing the least possible to satisfy a contract, PBI has time and again demonstrated a willingness to go beyond what is normally expected to assure that a quality product is delivered to the owner.

Precision Balancing has made great efforts to rise above what is expected from the traditional test & balance company.  We envision ourselves as partners with the design team, the contractor and the owner in a common pursuit to achieve the most efficient operation of a building’s systems.  We are usually satisfied that they are operating at their optimal level of performance when we leave the job.

PBI is a certified National Environmental Balancing Bureau (NEBB) member.  This agency is dedicated to providing stringent requirements for certification and continued membership.  While issuing uniform standards to be upheld by its members, it also provides educational opportunities and forums in which the HVAC and testing & balancing industries can be discussed, reviewed and analyzed.  Realizing that the technology in the business is ever changing, NEBB not only encourages its members to stay current with these changes, but has been a leader and pioneer in developing the techniques required to properly balance new systems and equipment as they are introduced.  NEBB members stay on the leading edge of the new technologies.

A short description of the background of the key personnel of PBI will further illustrate the competency of the firm and perhaps offer a clue as to why it has been so successful.

David Veloso, president of PBI started his balancing career in 1974.  Trained by what was then the premier balancing contractor in the area, he was able to draw from the wealth of knowledge held by the technicians and managers of that firm.  In addition, formal training was provided by the Associated Air Balance Council (AABC), which subsequently certified Mr. Veloso as a T&B technician.

After 10 years of learning the nuances of testing and balancing, Mr. Veloso moved on to an engineering firm; again one of the most renowned in the area.  During his eight years there, the “other side” of HVAC work was learned.  Not only did he know how to adjust the systems to make them work, he now had gained a better understanding of why they were designed the way they were and what the designers actually intended.  This insight greatly expanded his comprehension of “systems” and afforded him the ability to see them as a functioning part of a building rather than just a collection of fans, ducts, and pumps located in the mechanical room.  This total system concept has been carried on to PBI and is taught to all its personnel.