You're opening a new restaurant, building a second location, or renovating a kitchen. The architect picks equipment they've used before. The mechanical engineer sizes for worst-case. The general contractor wants the cheapest rooftop unit on the spec sheet. Six months after open, your walk-in is short-cycling and your dining room is 78°F at lunch.
Suncoast Cold Systems sits on your side of the table — reviewing the engineer's drawings, vetting equipment selections, writing controls scopes that work for the operator on the line, and overseeing commissioning so the system you paid for is the system you got.
We review the mechanical engineer's equipment schedule against operating reality — restaurant cook lines, grocery cold chains, c-store back-of-house. Catch oversizing, undersizing, and wrong-equipment-for-the-application before you order.
Walk-in monitoring, refrigeration rack controls, RTU economizer logic, defrost scheduling. We write the controls scope so it's vendor-neutral and operator-friendly — not a sales document for one manufacturer.
We mark up the engineer's drawings before bid: service access, condenser placement, condensate routing, refrigerant pipe runs, electrical service. Catch problems on paper, not in the ceiling.
EPA AIM Act phase-down planning. R-454B vs. R-455A vs. R-32 selection for new construction. Phase-down roadmap for existing fleets. Refrigerant management →
We're on-site during startup. Charge verification, controls validation, sequence-of-operations testing, operator training. The day the GC walks away, you have a system that's actually been commissioned — not just turned on.
One point of contact who reads HVAC/R drawings, attends OAC meetings, reviews submittals, flags change orders, and represents the operator's interest from schematic design through warranty period.
Drawings review, equipment list audit, RFP evaluation. Flat fee. Written report within 5 business days.
Full engagement from schematic design through commissioning and the first year of operation. Monthly retainer.
Multi-unit operators standardizing equipment and controls across locations. Custom scope. Dedicated PM.
Suncoast Cold Systems provides design-assist, consulting, and owner's-representation services within the scope of Florida Class A Air Conditioning Contractor license #CAC1824642. We are not a licensed engineering firm.
Drawings or calculations requiring the seal of a Florida Professional Engineer are procured by the owner or design team from a separately retained, Florida-licensed mechanical engineer. We work alongside your engineer of record — we do not replace them.
Every consulting engagement begins with a written services agreement defining scope, deliverables, and the boundary between consulting work and any installation work we may also bid.