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ALLEN’S TRI-STATE MECHANICAL, INC.Above: Howard C. Allen, in 2006.Below: Left to right, John, JoBeth andLinda Allen.Howard C. Allen is the first employee inthe office each morning at Allen’s Tri-StateMechanical. The business that is the center ofhis life began serving residences as AllenPlumbing Company soon after World War II.Allen’s continuous ownership since that timeand his hands-on dedication to excellent servicehas caused the company to grow to one ofthe largest commercial and industrial plumbingservices in the Amarillo area with a customerbase of over 4,000. His company hasgrown from just a solo operation to nowemploying over forty employees. Expansionfacilitated the company’s move to its currentlocation at 404 South Hayden. The use of theformer home of Clark Brick Company, refurbishedand branded with Allen’s Tri-StateMechanical orange and white paint scheme,has been a superb recycle of a historic building.Initially the company started with the onlyelectric sewer machine in Amarillo and onepickup to haul it to service calls. Allen’s Tri-State Mechanical still offers residential serviceincluding plumbing, heating and air conditioning,and residential appliance repair.However, as technology has advanced, thenow more aptly named mechanical companyhas diversified to serve commercial andindustrial customers. The company’s distinctiveorange and white fleet of forty vehicles isdispatched daily to provide twenty-four hourfull service to both the Texas and OklahomaPanhandles and surrounding states.Those services are primarily commercialplumbing, pumping, heating and air conditioning,camera inspection, boiler repair,refrigeration, line washing, and commercialrestaurant equipment installation and repair.As Amarillo and the surrounding regiongrows, so does Allen’s Tri-State Mechanical.The firm offers mechanical contracting fornew construction and repair and their commercialand industrial customer base haskept pace with the industrial growth inAmarillo’s great economy. Their work withbig industries in Amarillo has grown to theplace where “they help keep the big wheelsgoing.” Allen’s Tri-State Mechanical works forcounty and city governmental entities providingservices for their facilities and publicinfrastructure as well.Being a leader in providing value-addedservices to customers by creating successfulpartnerships with them is the mission ofAllen’s Tri-State Mechanical. That mission is areflection of the personality of Howard C. Allen.He cares about people, is very customeroriented, and has a “do it right” attitude. Hisphilosophy of not going the cheapest route,but solving his customers’ problems hascemented his pledge to establish lasting relationshipswith his customers by exceedingtheir expectations. He has gained the trust ofAMARILLO - Faces, Places & Open Spaces280