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Ken Cavaliere Sr.
NYC Licensed Master Plumber #1097
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Ken Cavaliere Jr.
BS Mech. Engineering, NYU Polytechnic University |
Ken Cavaliere Sr. grew up in Middle Village, Queens. After working throughout his childhood with his father Michael Cavaliere, they founded Big Apple Plumbing and Heating together in 1979. He gained his NYC Master Plumber License in 1986. He has attended countless heating seminars and training courses hosted by National Grid, Con Edision and other natural gas and heating professionals, and continues to learn about new plumbing technologies. He continues to maintain the values and integrity of a small mom-and-pop business with the addition of his son in 2010. |
Ken Cavaliere Jr. began working with his father as a young boy as an extra hand during summers. After graduating high school, he attended Polytechnic University in Brooklyn to pursue a degree in Mechanical Engineering. While in school, he continued to work with his father gaining more experience. In 2008, he graduated magna cum laude with a BS in mechanical engineering. Continuing from the internship he began in 2006, he went to work with National Grid in the engineering department designing and overseeing construction of industrial gas heating equipment for high-pressure gas facilities. He left National Grid in 2010 to continue building the family business with his father. |
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Michael Cavaliere
NYC Licensed Master Plumber #559 |
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Michael Cavaliere grew up in 1930's Long Island City, Queens. He served in the Navy during the Korean War on a LST Boat where he learned plumbing in the engine rooms and rose to rank of Chief Petty Officer. After his service in the war, he went on to work as a plumber for five years. He then went on to join the NYC Fire Department and worked in Corona, Ladder #138. After 16 years in the fire department, he retired and founded Big Apple Plumbing and Heating in 1979 with his son, Ken Cavaliere Sr, passing on his experience in plumbing and the family business. Ken Sr. has since passed this tradition on to his son Ken Jr. |
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