Monday, May 18, 2009 — DENVER, COLORADO — It comes as no surprise that technology is making this world a smaller place.

Mobile phones, wireless Internet access and laptop computers make it possible to connect with almost anyone and work virtually anywhere. In the case of American Professional Services (APS-Hoods), technology makes providing commercial kitchen range hoods on a national scale a reality.

The fact that a company doesn’t have local headquarters doesn’t always mean that hiring it will cost you more, said Massoud Farazandeh, general manager of Nationwide Fire Protection Corp., an affiliate of APS-Hoods.

APS-Hoods, which is based in Denver, CO, recently completed a restaurant kitchen hood installation and fire system installation job in Tatum, NM. The owner was opening a new restaurant and was in search of an installation company that specialized in commercial hoods.  She couldn’t get any New Mexico or Texas companies to come out and offer an estimate because of the town’s remote location, Farazandeh said. Tatum, which is located near the New Mexico/Texas state line, has a population of less than 700. The nearest major city is Lubbock, Texas, which is more than 80 miles away.

The restaurant owner called a company located about 45 minutes away and they weren’t interested in giving her a bid.

“We came along and did a job no one else was willing to do in their own state,” Farazandeh said.

The restaurant owner sounded surprised when Farazandeh told her that his Colorado-based company would perform the much-needed work.

“A lot of people don’t realize that we accept jobs such as this, which are located out of state and in remote areas,” Farazandeh said. “It was far, but that’s the way we operate. We’re a national company that goes anywhere in the country to do a job.”

Farazandeh said he wants to get the message out that APS-Hoods will “come to your neighborhood no matter where you are and provide the same quality of work that we do in Denver.”

Technology helped make the job possible. The customer paid a travel fee, but every other cost was equal to or less than she would have paid a local company, Farazandeh said. With a laptop and Internet access, he was able to find all of the parts and materials necessary to complete the job and have them shipped directly to the restaurant location.

“It was just as easy as it would have been in Denver,” he said. “We had everything we needed delivered on time.”

That included materials needed to do some custom work. For example, once workers penetrated the ceiling, they realized they needed to fabricate a duct to go around a rafter. This part was made and welded on site to fit precisely between the rafters, Farazandeh said.

“Every job is unique,” he said. “You have to know the building, discover what was done right and fix what was done wrong.”

Other custom work APS-Hoods often provides is stainless caps and strips to function like molding around the floor and ceiling. Sometimes water seeps through in areas, so workers make molding to prevent the water seepage. This is made of stainless steel so it can be hosed down and washed when needed.

In some restaurant set-ups, there is a space between the ceiling and the top of the hood. In those cases, APS-Hoods might suggest making stainless steel skirting to create a wall.

“That’s something a lot of companies I know can’t do,” Farazandeh said. “They just get a piece of equipment and install it. They can’t customize anything.”

The Tatum, NM job typically would have taken one week to finish, but Farazandeh and his crew worked extended hours to complete it in four days.

“The way we use technology today, the entire country is like a hometown,” he said. “People need not think they will have to pay us a lot more because we’re coming from another state.”

The restaurant owner was quite pleased with the finished product.

“They were very impressed with the work and she gave me our final check halfway through the job,” Farazandeh said. “That hasn’t happened too many times during our career.”

Learn More
For more information about the services offered by APS-Hoods, (800) 750-7313, or visit the company’s Web site: www.aps-hoods.com.

About APS-Hoods
APS-Hoods is a full-service restaurant fire protection business that installs, services, repairs and performs routine inspections and cleaning for hood and fire suppression systems. Founded by Chief Executive Officer Massoud Farazandeh in 1989, APS-Hoods has grown into a national leader in hood cleaning and fire protection for restaurants and facilities.

APS provides superior service, a quality guarantee and maintains a highly qualified and dependable staff.All crew members are professionally trained to comply with the National Fire Prevention Association Standards and state and local codes.

APS-Hoods is fully insured and bonded. They are licensed in the mechanical and electrical fields, as well as fire protection contracting. APH-Hoods is affiliated with the National Fire Protection Agency and the Colorado Division of Fire Safety Fire Suppression Program.

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