Our goal with our Construction Department is to complete every project in a safe and timely manner. We use in-house employees, which allows us to carefully time-manage our work force and meet challenging demands for each and every project.

Thermodyne Services understands that for the general contractors we work with to be successful, they must use successful, team-oriented subcontractors. You will find at Thermodyne Services, we hold ourselves to high quality standards and prompt completion of projects, and this does not end when the project is finished. We often continue providing service and maintenance to many property managers and/or building owners after installation. To view our various projects, click here.

Jimmy DePetris, LEED AP BD+C

Vice President

Jimmy DePetris is a LEED AP with specialties in Building Design and Construction (BD+C). He has worked on several LEED projects including two LEED Silver projects, two LEED Certified projects and one LEED Registered project.

Jimmy is responsible for our HVAC Commercial and Industrial Construction Department. This includes plan and spec (new construction and renovation), tenant build out (first and second generation) and design/build. He has over 20-years of HVAC estimating experience in commercial and industrial construction. He is also a graduate of the Northeast Florida Builders Association Apprenticeship Program. Jimmy DePetris has worked for Thermodyne Services since 2004.

Jacky Bentley

Senior Project Manager

Jacky Bentley has worked in the HVAC field since 1982. He attended Northeast Florida Builders Association as an apprentice, becoming a Journeyman HVAC mechanic in 1989. He has held a mechanical contractor’s license since 2002.  He served on the NFACCA Board of Directors from 2003-2004.  As Senior Project Manager at Thermodyne Services, Jacky oversees all commercial and industrial construction projects. He has attended numerous manufacture training classes. He also has a cutting edge training in all the variable refrigerant flow manufacture systems.

John Wheeler

Project Manager

John Wheeler is responsible for the supervision of individual construction jobs. He oversees employees, making sure that jobs are completed on time. John has more than 47 years in the HVAC construction industry. He was worked on multi-story buildings, military bases, commercial buildings, schools, as well as individual projects such as:

• Duval County Unified Courthouse Facility
• Everbank Stadium
• Mayo Clinic, Waycross, GA
• ATF National Training Center
• Winn-Dixie Supermarkets
• Publix Supermarkets

He has received the clearances needed to work on military bases, STF and Duval, St. Johns and Nassau School properties. He has worked for Thermodyne Services since July 2016.