New England Air, Inc.

New England Air is a Foxborough-based commercial HVAC and sheet-metal contractor, working on air conditioning, heating, ventilation and refrigeration systems for offices, hangars, schools, restaurants and industrial buildings, with 24/7 emergency service. The Caudle family has run the shop since the late 1980s — BBB traces it to 1989, the company's own site says 1988 — making it one of the more established commercial HVAC operators in the area. Its permit history backs up the commercial focus: 38 permitted projects on file, including a $330,000 dry-cooler and AC replacement in Attleboro and a $230,000 industrial equipment-and-ductwork job in Hingham, along with work across Newton, Brookline, Malden and Norwell. BuildZoom scores the company 100, above 87% of Massachusetts contractors it tracks. Its Massachusetts HVAC license is verified active on the state registry. Its licensing picture elsewhere is more mixed: BuildZoom shows two City of Newton sheet-metal contractor licenses as inactive, reported to have been cancelled at one point, alongside a Massachusetts sheet-metal business license and a Newton plumbing/heater contractor license that are listed active but haven't been independently verified. Given the scale of the commercial work this company takes on, confirm current licensing on any specific trade involved before signing a contract.