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Left: By utilizing Victaulic's grooved pipe
joining solutions, 70 percent of the mechanical
room was delivered prefabricated and installed
by Shumate in less than four weeks.
Below left: Victaulic's detailed tagging of their
KOIL-KIT™ coil packs helped make the installation of a complex HVAC system even easier.

Victaulic's VIPDs were integral components of
the mechanical room. Delivered modularly, they
provide noise and vibration attenuation, as well as
ﬂow control and straining devices, and they reduce
joint count signiﬁcantly.

" We were able to get everything modeled in
accordance to how it was truly going to work in
relationship to the mechanical drawings, " said
Lorenzo. " We turned the designs around in less
than three weeks. "
The project progressed quickly to fabrication, just
as the coronavirus pandemic initially peaked in the
United States. Fortunately, by using Victaulic
grooved pipe joining solutions, 70% of the
mechanical room was fabricated, then installed
by Shumate in less than four weeks.
" Given the pandemic, the fabrication aspect of this
job became crucial to ensure the project was
ﬁnished on time, " said Troy Slider, Regional Sales
Manager at Victaulic. " Having most of the components delivered to the site modularly allowed for a
fast and precise installation. "
Once the materials arrived on site, the crews
installed the HVAC system in four days. The use
of Victaulic vibration isolation pump drops (VIPDs),
outlet ﬁttings, isolation and control valves, KOILKIT™ coil packs, strainers and couplings on the
2.5 in. (64 mm) and larger piping engineered
conﬁdence into the build and helped the team
complete the project safely and eﬃciently.

" The level of detail Victaulic provided from design
through construction was noticed by everyone on
the team, including the on-site foremen, " said
Doug Weaver, Division Commercial Sales
Engineer at Shumate Mechanical. " This project
included a six-way control valve concept, which is
very unique to the radiant panel design that was
put together for ASHRAE. Between our up-front
work and Victaulic's detailed tagging of their
KOIL-KIT coil pack parts, it helped simplify the
installation of a complex HVAC system. "
Shumate successfully pressure tested the system
without incident and covered it with Victaulic's new
insulation for grooved end products.
" Victaulic did a great job of helping us keep to our
schedule from start to ﬁnish, " said Weaver. " It was
exponentially faster to use Victaulic's fabrication
package and grooved couplings throughout the
mechanical room compared to other traditional
methods. "

A Successful Outcome
ASHRAE set out to demonstrate the economical
renovation of an existing building into an eﬃcient,
high-performance, net-zero energy facility.
Shumate and Victaulic rose to the occasion on one
of the most critical aspects of the building-the
mechanical room and its distribution piping. By
combining VDC and fabrication services with
mechanical joining solutions, the teams helped
ASHRAE deliver on their promise, all while dealing
with the signiﬁcant impacts of a global pandemic
and a short project timeline.

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