BizCONSTRUCTION Scott Candrian Founder Sun Mechanical Contracting
Sun Mechanical Leads With Technology for 35 Years Sun Mechanical Contracting has seen the industry go from paper-and-pen drafting to computer-generated 3D designs and automated metal cutting. The firm has also seen annual revenues increase from $77,000 in its first year to combined revenues of $225 million 35 years later. When Scott Candrian opened in Tucson in 1977, the company’s primary scope was plumbing and overhead fire sprinkler systems. He had five employees at a shop on Ventura Street. Today he owns seven companies across the nation and has offices in Phoenix and Casa Grande. His workforce designs, fabricates and installs plumbing, piping, HVAC sys-
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tems, fire protection, structural steel and clean rooms. The Tucson headquarters employs 275 people and includes a 35,000-square-foot automated fabrication shop. Candrian’s commercial client base is so large, it’s hard to name a business that has not used his services. The list includes Intel and Motorola, Raytheon Missile Systems, military bases, courthouses, university buildings and hospitals. He’s currently fabricating carriers, among other components, for the new University of Arizona football stadium north-end-zone addition. Sun Mechanical’s most unique job was the mechanical work for Biosphere II during its original construction, continued on page 171 >>>
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By Christy Krueger