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NCI Newsletter
From the NCI (National Comfort Institute) July,
2005 Newsletter - reprinted by permission:
Contractor of the Month
Vince DiFilippo, DiFilippo's Service, Paoli, PA
Vince DiFilippo is a name many will recognize as an
active contributor to the HVAC industry. He is
president of DiFilippo's Service (That's Phil-ippo,
not Flipo) located in Paoli, PA.
In 1998 Mainline Chamber of Commerce awarded him the
Small Business of the Year Award. ACCA named Vince
Residential Contractor of the Year in 1999. Then in
2001 The News named Him the Best Contractor to Work
For. You may ask, why another honor?
We chose Vince as July's Contractor of The Month
because of his unique story and rapid implementation
of NCI practices into his company, and we feel other
NCT members would benefit from his experiences in
building his Performance-Based Contracting™
business.
Vince was first exposed to the industry at 10 years
old when his brother hauled him around on jobs all
summer…that was 32 years ago. Vince received his
first training from NCI at a Boot Camp just over 6
months ago, then immediately attended a regular 2
day Air Diagnostics and Balancing seminar and became
certified.
DiFilippo's Service had been a service only company
for years, referring replacements and installations
to another company. Just over a year ago, they
decided to add replacements and installs to their
offering, they never looked back.
Are we seeing a pattern forming here? Some companies
have the ability to just do things different from
the competition, then they prosper in spite of the
different approach. When asked the keys to success
in his company, Vince gives credit to his employees
and the fact that they hire only the best. Then he
mentioned "attention to detail...but everyone says
that," and struggled to describe it because they
simply live it every day. "Maybe it's the training,"
says Vince "or the drug testing, or the way a system
has to look when we're done… it's a simple thing,
but we honestly pay attention to detail, and that's
what makes us so good."
One of DiFilippo's favorite jobs was an install
project, the Wheelan residence. It was a low
basement ceiling job, with poor access. The system
had devoured two condensing units because of a tight
and restrictive fitting entering the 5 ton air
handler. So they split the air handler in half and
made the system work - because they had to.
Different? Yes. Successful? Yes.
You can visit with Vince first hand as he will be a
featured speaker at the National Comfort Team Annual
Conference in Memphis this September as well as at
HVAC Comfortech 2005 in the special Presidential
Track on Performance-Based Contracting™.
We think you'll find his approach and experiences
motivating and extraordinary. Congratulations to
DiFilippo's service on adding another honor to their
long list of achievements - NCT's July's Contractor
of the Month.
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