Caso de estudio

Loring Park Tower, Minneapolis, MN, USA

Los escépticos ceden ante los ahorros en mano de obra gracias a las tuberías PEX de Uponor

El edificio Loring Park Tower de 100 millones de dólares en Minneapolis es la primera torre de apartamentos construida en el centro de Minneapolis en más de tres décadas. La torre de 36 pisos y 366 unidades se inauguró en el cuarto trimestre de 2014 e incluye muchas comodidades, como un gimnasio, un centro de negocios, una piscina, un cine y un salón.

Datos del proyecto

Minneapolis, MN, USA

Multifamily homes

Completion: 2014

Participación de Uponor

Aspectos destacados del proyecto

Desarrollador: Magellan Developer Group, LLC
Contratistas generales: James McHugh Construction Company y Adolfson and Peterson Construction
Contratista de plomería: Metropolitan Mechanical Contractors

Productos utilizados

53,000 pies de tuberías AquaPEX de Uponor de ½ in a 2 in
Conectores multipuerto en T de polímero procesado (EP) de Uponor

Contratista experimentado ahorra mucho tiempo al instalar 53,000 pies de tuberías verticales, conductos principales y tuberías en la unidad en un edificio de 36 pisos

Chico Flores, capataz de plomería de Metropolitan Mechanical Contractors (MMC), ha instalado sistemas de plomería durante más de 20 años y, aunque inicialmente se mostró escéptico sobre el sistema de tuberías PEX, ahora es un firme partidario del producto.

“Al principio, no me gustó”, declara. “Pensé que le estaba quitando la habilidad al oficio. Pero ahora me encanta por todo el tiempo que se ahorra en la instalación y las pruebas”.

Flores estima que ahorra aproximadamente la mitad del tiempo al instalar y probar un sistema de tuberías PEX, en comparación con los sistemas de cobre o cloruro de polivinilo clorado (CPVC). Y cuando se instalan más de 53,000 pies de tuberías en un proyecto de este tamaño, eso implica un gran ahorro de tiempo.

“Como en los accesorios de expansión ProPEX® no se hacen pruebas de ajuste en seco, no hay riesgo de fugas”, explica. “Eso permite hacer las pruebas del sistema con mucha rapidez”.

A Flores también le agrada la eficiencia de instalación que ofrecen los conectores multipuerto en T de polímero procesado (EP) de Uponor. “Los conectores multipuerto son excelentes”, asegura. “Solo hay que instalar el conector en T y poner los flexibles donde sea necesario”.

El proyecto Loring Park Tower utiliza tuberías AquaPEX® de Uponor de 1 ½ in a 2 in para las tuberías verticales y los conductos principales junto con tuberías AquaPEX de Uponor de ½ in a 1 in para los conductos en la unidad.

Datos clave del proyecto como PDF

Pensé que le estaba quitando la habilidad al oficio. Pero ahora me encanta por todo el tiempo que se ahorra en la instalación y las pruebas.

Loring Park Tower

External image of Loring Part Tower in downtown Minneapolis. Building features Uponor PEX piping in commercial plumbing application

Información del proyecto

Country

USA

Completion

2014

Project Type

New building

Building Type

Multifamily homes

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