Industrial buildings
Northstar Railway
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CASE STUDIES
Advantages with Uponor residential and commercial solutions
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Multifamily homes
Uponor PEX Accelerates Productivity for Multiple Multifamily Projects
Over the past several years, Danny Capomolla, project manager at DSO Mechanical, has been installing plumbing systems in dozens of multifamily projects throughout Connecticut.
Single family home
Weber Hill Villas
The Weber Hill Villas are comprised of 24 attached and detached single-family homes nestled along a quiet forest with lot sizes ranging from one-quarter to one acre. These LEED® and Energy Star® homes are ADA-compliant and built to withstand 250-mph, wind-blown debris. With a top-of-the-line design in mind, the team at Dale Hicks and Associates, LLC chose Uponor PEX piping systems for the plumbing and fire safety — a brand they have relied on for years.
Multifamily homes
Historic Remodels in a Growing City
Challenge
In a Pittsburgh suburb, developers are breathing new life into a historic school, convent, and chapel. With city preservation guidelines requiring the retention of architectural features, such as stained-glass windows, wood floors, and hallway configurations, the plumbing contractor needed a solution to transform the existing spaces into 148 apartments with modern multifamily water demands, including kitchens, bathrooms, and laundry
In a Pittsburgh suburb, developers are breathing new life into a historic school, convent, and chapel. With city preservation guidelines requiring the retention of architectural features, such as stained-glass windows, wood floors, and hallway configurations, the plumbing contractor needed a solution to transform the existing spaces into 148 apartments with modern multifamily water demands, including kitchens, bathrooms, and laundry
Multifamily homes
321 West Sixth Street, Austin, TX
The second-largest high rise in Austin's central business district required a plumbing solution that delivered installation speed and unmatched quality. Austin-based The Porter Company chose Uponor PEX-a and Kitting Services to decrease overall installation time, speed up the planning process, and facilitate quicker construction start times.
Office building
Uponor System Protects First Responders
Customer Challenge
Deliver an efficient, sustainable snow and ice melting solution that keeps pace with a demanding construction schedule.
Deliver an efficient, sustainable snow and ice melting solution that keeps pace with a demanding construction schedule.
Hotels
Gaylord Pacific Resort & Convention Center
An 18-story resort and convention center in Chula Vista, CA, needed a streamlined HVAC piping solution that promoted timely installation. Control Air Enterprises selected a prefabricated Uponor PEX piping solution for the chilled water and hot-water risers to the guest room fan coils. Uponor Prefabrication Services added simplicity for additional labor savings on the project.
Industrial buildings
Drake Plastics Manufacturing Facility
An existing structure with plans to become an industrial manufacturing facility needed a reliable plumbing solution that would integrate with the building’s current system and be fast to install. Graves Mechanical chose Uponor hybrid products with innovative, one-step transitions for faster, easier installs along with the benefit of onsite support.
Multifamily homes
Waterline
A mixed-use, commercial and residential supertall skyscraper in Austin – the tallest building in Texas – needed a sustainable heating and cooling solution for a hotel lobby with soaring ceilings as well as a durable, corrosion-resistant domestic water system that could last for decades.
Multifamily homes
Applewood Pointe
Developed by Uponor, this new solution takes the guesswork and freelancing out of piping installations. Each kit, which includes all the needed ProPEX® fittings, adapters, valves, and rings, is delivered to the job site — one kit per room or apartment — along with a material list and an isometric layout for the installer to follow, helping to minimize mistakes and maximize efficiency.
Cultural institutions
Minnesota Zoo Built Safe Walkways with an Uponor Snow Melt System
Installed in 2015, the Uponor snow and ice melting system at the Minnesota Zoo enables safe, year-round accessibility for guests by eliminating the need for constant snow removal. Designed to withstand harsh Minnesota winters, the hydronic system continues to help the zoo maintain consistent operations while protecting guests, staff, and infrastructure, even after more than a decade of use.
Multifamily homes
Luxury High-Rise Benefits from Uponor PEX
Because of its alignment with the bustling culture of innovation in nearby New York City, the developer for 99 Hudson in Jersey City, N.J., wanted a plumbing solution that offered long-standing quality and reliability while the installing contractor required a system that offered the most efficient installation possible to maximize profitability. An Uponor AquaPEX® plumbing system with ProPEX® fittings met both needs to provide a durable, reliable, and efficient domestic-water system for the unit risers and in-suite plumbing.