SBIF Project Contractor
Union, Chicago-licensed HVAC contractor with the in-house design-build capability to bid and deliver your SBIF project.
Licensed to Bid. Built to Deliver.
Northern Weathermakers is a City of Chicago-licensed, union HVAC contractor that can bid on projects funded through the City's Small Business Improvement Fund (SBIF) program. The program requires that contractors be licensed in the City of Chicago and that applicants submit two competing contractor bids. Grant eligibility itself is decided by the program, based on the applicant's property and business rather than the contractor.
Winning the bid is only the start. What sets us apart is what happens after it is awarded: our engineering, drafting, and permitting are all handled in-house, so the same team that designs your system is the same team that gets it built and inspected — no outside design firm, no outsourced drafting shop, no separate permitting consultant adding a layer of coordination.
- Chicago-Licensed Contractor
- Union Contractor
- In-House Engineering & Drafting
- In-House Permitting
- Serving Chicagoland Since 1949
Engineering, Drafting & Permitting — All In-House
In-House Engineering & Drafting
Plans and drawings are produced by our own engineers and drafters — not outsourced. One team carries the project from load calculations and system design through construction documents, which means fewer handoffs, faster turnarounds, and a single point of accountability for the technical package a bid reviewer wants to see.
In-House Permitting
We prepare and file our own permit submittals rather than routing them through a third party. That keeps the drawings, the engineering behind them, and the permit application consistent and moving on one schedule — no separate consultant to coordinate with or wait on.
A Complete Commercial HVAC Contractor
Northern Weathermakers carries a project from bid to commissioning with its own engineers, drafters, permit filers, and installation crews, not subcontracted pieces stitched together to win a bid.
Let's Talk About Your Project
If you're collecting contractor bids for a Chicago SBIF project, we'd welcome the chance to show you what design-build delivery looks like from a contractor who handles it in-house.