Civive Air Services
Better Comfort. Higher Standards.
Built by faith. Proven in the field.
My name is Scott Berry, and I’m the owner and operator of Civive Air Services.
I grew up in the HVAC industry. Heating and air conditioning was not simply a trade I discovered later in life. It was our family business, and it became part of who I am.
For approximately 15 years, I helped run our family owned and operated HVAC company in Las Vegas, Nevada. I learned the trade in the field, but I also learned what it takes to operate the business behind the service calls. I worked with customers, diagnosed and repaired equipment, installed systems, supervised projects, trained technicians, handled pricing, and helped keep the company moving.
Nearly 30 years in HVAC. During that time, I have worked as a service technician, installer, field supervisor, comfort consultant, and business operator. I have diagnosed difficult system problems, designed large commercial projects, managed installations, and helped families make important decisions about their homes and comfort.
My experience did not come only from working in the field. I attended HVAC technical school and continued pursuing industry education throughout my career.
Over the years, I have completed training in compressor operation and failure analysis, system installation, electrical troubleshooting, airflow, air balancing, refrigeration, diagnostics, service call management, customer communication, comfort system sales, and HVAC business operations. I have attended more classes and training programs than I could list here.
I have always believed that experience and education should work together. Training cannot replace years in the field, and years in the field should never become an excuse to stop learning. HVAC equipment, refrigerants, controls, efficiency requirements, and safety standards continue to change. A good technician has a responsibility to keep learning and understand the equipment he is working on.
Proper diagnosis requires more than recognizing a symptom. It requires understanding the system’s sequence of operation, taking accurate measurements, testing components under actual operating conditions, and proving the cause before recommending a repair.
There was a time when I likely could have taken over our family HVAC business. Because of choices I made and the direction my life took, that did not happen. For a long time, I viewed it as an opportunity I had lost.
Today, I see it differently.
I believe God had another destination and a different purpose for my life.
I was living in Las Vegas when God began opening doors that eventually brought me all the way to Springfield, Missouri. I had never lived here, and I initially knew no one. Looking back at everything that had to happen to bring me here, I cannot take the credit. The relationships, opportunities, and changes that unfolded over that year and a half could only have been orchestrated by God.
My life has not followed a straight or easy path. I have experienced success, failure, loss, and seasons when I had to rebuild from the ground up. Those experiences humbled me. They taught me that technical knowledge alone does not make someone trustworthy. Character, accountability, honesty, and how you treat people matter just as much.
Through my faith in Jesus Christ and the support of people who refused to give up on me, my life began to change. I completed a year long discipleship program through Victory Mission in Springfield. That season strengthened my relationship with God and taught me the value of discipline, service, gratitude, accountability, and keeping my word.
That part of my story matters because it changed the kind of man and business owner I want to be.
Today, I serve in HVAC and facility maintenance at Central Assembly of God while owning and operating Civive Air Services here in Springfield.
In many ways, Civive Air Services is my opportunity to take everything I learned from our family business, everything I gained through decades of technical training and field experience, and everything God taught me through the hardest parts of my life, and use it to build something of my own.
Starting over is not easy. Building a company from the ground up requires faith, sacrifice, and determination. Some days are encouraging, while other days test me. But I keep showing up, doing the work, and building this company one customer and one kept promise at a time.
I believe Civive Air Services has a purpose. Nearly 30 years in HVAC. I am building it with extensive industry training, faith, determination, and a commitment to treat people right.