Nason Mechanical Systems

Nason Mechanical Systems was a local one-man shop that became a family business that grew into a trusted resource for commercial and industrial heating, cooling, piping and plumbing systems in Central and Southern Maine. It started in 1933 on Winter Street in Auburn, Maine. Harry E. Nason, one of many sons in a family of plumbers, branched out on his own. He was later joined by his son, Harry E. Nason, Jr., who took over the business after the death of his father in 1963. Highly respected in the Lewiston/Auburn area for its boiler and plumbing work, Harry E. Nason, Inc. grew and prospered as it developed specialties first in boiler work and later in air conditioning and refrigeration. By 1989 the Company had long outgrown its Winter Street home and moved to what was then a new 8,000 sq ft facility on Merrow Road in Auburn, where the Company is located today. In 1996 Harry and his wife Frances hired Peter Traill as their Chief Executive Officer. Peter brought much needed business skills to the company. Two years later, seeing that the Company was in good hands, Harry and Frances handed over the reins to Peter. Under his leadership, a more focused business plan and a new culture emerged. Skills in service and construction became more evenly balanced and the Company's engineering capacity was expanded to support those activities. Peter retired in 2013, leaving management of the Company in the capable hands of Rick Murphy, Todd Gagne and Mark Morin. Rick has been the Company's Operation Manager since 1997 and Todd and Mark serve as Engineers for the Company. The trio has extensive knowledge and experience in the HVAC trade and have been the back bone of the Company's growth for many years. Nason Mechanical Systems has developed a motivated, highly collaborative and very professional team of field technicians whose skills, flexibility and productivity are central to the Company's success. The Company maintains a workforce of 35 employees including 27 field technicians, 3 engineers, an operations manager and administrative staff. Together we serve more than 750 clients in medical, educational, industrial, food service and commercial markets.