Affiliations
Professional & Trade Association Affiliations
Art Institute of Chicago
ACIG – American Contractors Insurance Group
American Society of Safety Engineers
ASHE – American Society for Healthcare Engineering
ASPE Chicago-American Society of Plumbing Engineers
AEE- Association of Energy Engineers
AIA Chicago – American Institute of Architects
American Society of Heating, Refrigeration & Air Conditioning Engineers
ASME – American Society of Mechanical Engineers
ASPE – American Society of Plumbing Engineers
Builders Association
BOMA – Building Owners & Managers Association
Chicago Certified Welding Bureau
Chicagoland Better Heating-Cooling Council
Chief Engineers Association of Chicagoland
ComEd Trade Ally
Construction Safety Association
Energy Star Partner
IAMFA – International Association of Museum Facility Administrators
ICC – International Code Council
Mechanical Contractors Association of Chicago
Mechanical Contractors Information Exchange Group
Mechanical Service Contractors of America
National Certified Pipe Welding Bureau
National Fire Sprinkler Association
National Maintenance Agreements Policy Committee, Inc.
National Society of Black Engineers
NEBB – National Environmental Balancing Bureau
NFPA – National Fire Protection Association
PCA – Plumbing Contractors Association of Chicago & Cook County
Plumbing & Mechanical Contractors Association of Northern Illinois
Plumbing, Heating & Cooling Contractors Association of Lake & McHenry Counties
Rebuild America
Refrigeration Service Engineer’s Society
Risk Insurance Strategic Claims Management Association
SMACNA Chicago – Sheet Metal Air Conditioning National Association
Society of Safety Casualty Engineers
State of Illinois Licensed Boiler and Pressure Vessel Repair
State of Illinois Licensed Professional Design Firm
TABB – Testing, Adjusting & Balancing Bureau
USGBC/LEED – United States Green Building Council
Vistage
West Suburban Association of Plumbing Contractors
Ace Group
Alliance for Contracting Excellence Group
The Hill Group has been part of the Alliance for Contracting Excellence Group (formerly Mechanical Contractors Information Exchange Group – MCIEG) since 2001. The group, known as ACE, is an alliance of eight private, top-ranked mechanical and facility services contractors from different regions of the US, accounts for $1.6 billion annually in specialty contracting services combined.
ACE provides a forum for the discussion of pertinent industry issues and strategies and provides an extensive peer review critique of each member’s business practices. Each year, ACE member employees meet in various focus groups to review best practices and members frequently partner with each other to provide their customers with the best resources and talent where they need it. All members are ranked in the top 600 specialty contractors by ENR Magazine.
