Search Results For: Commercial
December 7, 2021
Press technology speeds up massive project
Fire watch. It’s a term contractors are very familiar with, but not necessarily one they love. It means more people to hire, and that means more time and money spent on a project. And when that project is a new 53-story building slated to take nearly four years to complete, saving time and money is […]
September 21, 2021
For overnight shutdown, product reliability is non-negotiable
In the hospitality industry, the last thing you want to do to a hotel full of guests is shut off the water. But when you have no choice, you want that inconvenience to be over as quickly as possible. When you’re the contractor called in for this no-time-to-waste job, you’ve got to know that all […]
August 20, 2021
Pressing saves time and money on tricky hospital job
The biggest project Jordan Haugtvedt has worked on lately ended up getting a big helping hand, thanks to Viega ProPress and MegaPress technology. Haugtvedt has been with Q&Z Heating and Plumbing in Grand Forks, North Dakota, for nine years and currently holds the position of journeyman/foreman. When the local hospital came calling, asking not only […]
August 17, 2021
No more sizzle: plumber trades solder for press
Bob Baker has a love/hate relationship with CPVC tubing. On the one hand, the hard water in the Calgary area causes CPVC fittings to deteriorate pretty quickly. But on the other hand, that deterioration means his company, Baker Plumbing Inc., has a constant supply of work. “We look after a dozen or so hotels in […]
July 22, 2021
Smart Connect saves contractor headaches
The proverb reads “haste makes waste.” When you’re in a hurry, precautions have a tendency to take a back seat and costly mistakes can happen. Matthew Fleming, vice president of All-Star Plumbing in Manasquan, New Jersey, had a recent project in a strip mall. Compliments of Covid-19 and all the pitfalls it created, it ended […]
July 20, 2021
MegaPressG helps save zoo animals
When you’ve got exotic critters that require additional heat to mimic their natural home, it’s a race against the clock when the gas line is shut down because of a leak. That was the nature of an urgent call Frank Bonetti Plumbing received: The Oakland Zoo in California had a leak and needed help – […]
June 22, 2021
Joining pipe on oil-tank farm made easier with Viega
Picture this: an idyllic farm in beautiful California full of … oil tanks? Well, maybe the oil tanks aren’t the picturesque animals and rolling green hills you were imagining – but the thousands of feet of stainless tubing and press fittings used on the project just might be. At an oil-tank farm for an oil-distribution […]
May 18, 2021
CRW Mechanical goes big with MegaPressG
Time savings, cleanliness, ease of installation – there were many advantages to CRW Mechanical’s use of Viega MegaPressG recently on a large project in Virginia. The crew was brought in to work on an existing shopping center in Herndon, Virginia. The complex included 19 gas meters that had previously been installed inside a parking garage, […]
April 12, 2021
A view from the top
The challenge of simply breathing at 14,000 feet in elevation, where the air is exceptionally thin, is tough enough. But add in the manual work done on a construction site, plus weather and Covid-19 precautions, and you’ve got a pretty challenging jobsite. This is exactly what crews from Olson Plumbing and Heating dealt with on […]
February 8, 2021
Contractor dumps threader, picks up MegaPressG
Here’s yet another example of Viega saving a contractor time – this one on a rooftop near Toronto. Nick Cisternino, of owner-operated Principle Air Systems, installed three packaged heating/cooling units on an existing commercial building in Woodbridge, Ontario, Canada. The units required about 350 feet of 2” gas pipe from the on-ground meter, up the […]
November 30, 2020
Retrofit in active warehouse possible with MegaPressG
While forklifts were cruising the aisles of a warehouse in Grantsville, Maryland, a crew from BYCO Enterprises had to carefully retrofit that same space with 1,340 feet of gas line. MegaPressG fittings were the perfect solution to meet the challenge. The warehouse was already stocked and operational, so the small BYCO crew had to navigate […]
October 30, 2020
Unique Viega tables act as visual catalog for fittings
A couple of pieces of furniture in the Lehman Pipe and Supply offices in Florida qualify as truly unique. They’re custom-made “Viega tables,” created from a large variety of Viega fittings. A MegaPress Stainless table is stationed at the Pompano Beach location, and a ProPress Copper table is on display in the Miami office. Both […]
September 25, 2020
Brewpub breathes new life into historic site
A century ago, the building was a factory that produced munitions for the U.S. military through the end of World War II. Dilapidated and in shambles for years, the entire Peters Cartridge Company in Kings Mills, Ohio, has now been through a massive overhaul and is an up-and-coming development. The Superfund site – abandoned and […]
August 20, 2020
Distributor uses Viega in own facility
When the premium wholesale plumbing supplier decided to build a large training and distribution center in Phoenix, not only did they choose to stock Viega products, but to show them off in their own plumbing and piping as well. The 35,000-square-foot building was recently completed for use with customer training. “The Workbench” gives tradespeople the […]
August 20, 2020
Simplifying a downtown restoration
When you take an old space and make it new, there are inherent challenges to it. And that’s exactly what happened with a restoration project in downtown Buda, Texas. Tight spaces to work in meant Viega products were a perfect partner. In the downtown space, old and unused factories have slowly been getting facelifts. Developers […]
July 15, 2020
Laundromat project finished faster with Viega
For Robert Gonzalez, MegaPress products have proved to be something that keeps his small company competitive in today’s market. And while he initially saw some potential benefits to using MegaPress and ProPress, once he put Viega to work he started to realize how much more efficient his crew could be. Now it’s a solution he […]
May 1, 2020
CONTRACTOR SOLD ON VIEGA THANKS TO SPEED, REDUCED MANPOWER NEEDS
“I’ll never go back to threading pipe if I don’t have to!” That’s what Preston Turk, Project Manager for LD Mechanical in Montrose, Colorado, said after using Viega MegaPress on a recent job. LD Mechanical was brought in to work on a MUD (Mixed Use Development) project in the mountain town of Telluride, Colorado. With […]
May 1, 2020
BRANCH CONNECTORS GREAT ALTERNATIVE TO TEE FITTINGS
Saving time, reducing the steps for installation, and making things simpler on everyone – that’s what a crew from Guy’s Mechanical Systems discovered the Viega MegaPress Press-In Branch Connector can do for a project. Out of Rochester, Pennsylvania, the group has been working on a 20-story high-rise in downtown Pittsburgh. Renovating the aged building – […]
November 1, 2019
RADIANT INSTALLATION EASY WITH VIEGA
Although the crew at Guido Construction hadn’t put in a Viega radiant system before, they got plenty of help along the way, and the project potentially opened the door for many more. Guido was asked to install radiant heating in an outdoor patio area in an upscale private dining club in the San Antonio area. […]
July 1, 2019
PROPRESS STAINLESS TOUGH ENOUGH FOR EXTREME WEATHER CONDITIONS
Not only are Viega fittings going into several locations of a car wash chain in Utah, but they’re replacing a competitor’s fittings in other locations that were previously piped. Cody Kimber, owner of Colf’s Plumbing, said the owners of Tagg-N-Go car wash were thrilled with how Viega ProPress Stainless fittings performed and looked in more […]
July 1, 2019
DOWN THE LINE: SHOPPING MALL RE-PIPED WITH MEGAPRESSG
Nearly five miles of pipe. That’s what a crew from Limbach Inc. was tasked with replacing – a total of 24,500 feet of old carbon steel gas pipe. On the roof of a large shopping complex in Philadelphia. With as little inconvenience to the tenants as possible. And without using any hot work on the […]
July 1, 2019
VIEGA PRESSES NEW MICROBREWERY INTO SERVICE
It’s not just a brewery. Source Brewing is a destination, a place to enjoy a craft brew in a scenic location. And while you’re there, look overhead – you’ll see some Viega products adding to the décor. Source Brewing is a new destination-style microbrewery, and owner Philip Petracca uses locally sourced ingredients, the reason for […]
March 1, 2019
CHANGE TO PUREFLOW CHECKS MULTIPLE BOXES
Labor savings on the job. Less waste to clean up at the jobsite. Less work in the warehouse. There are so many reasons that Ryco Inc. in Pennsylvania is loving the Viega PureFlow System. Getting Ryco converted to Viega from a couple of different cold-expansion competitors has been a huge win in the northeast. In […]
March 1, 2019
CHANGES ON OLD PIPING SYSTEM A SNAP WITH MEGAPRESS
MegaPress fittings saved the day for Holbrook Service in Colorado Springs, Colorado. When their crew was called to a bank in the city for work on an aging hot-and-chilled-water system, Janson Fish and Russell Piano, with Holbrook, ultimately chose Viega for the repairs. They found tight quarters in the basement of the bank, with carbon […]
March 1, 2019
PROPRESS BENEFICIAL IN QUICK REPAIR
There’s never a good time to lose hot water in a building – but days before a busy holiday weekend just might be the worst. That’s what happened at a hotel in New Hampshire. Father and son duo Kevin and Hunter Hart were able to get hot water going again for the hotel in just […]
March 1, 2019
CLEAR FOR TAKEOFF: CLIMATE MATS SAVE TIME FOR BOSTON MEDFLIGHT
When every second counts, there’s no time to waste clearing snow or ice. That’s why the team at Boston MedFlight decided to install snowmelt products at its new headquarters and operations center at Hanscom Field in Bedford, Massachusetts. Viega got the call for snowmelt and radiant heating products that are used inside the hangar and […]
March 1, 2019
Viega Propress, Megapress, Radiant, Snowmelt, Flushing—We’ve Got It All.
The beauty of constructing your own building is using your own products, and that’s exactly what Viega LLC just finished doing with the efforts of Braconier Plumbing and Heating Co. The new Colorado Seminar Center will open in April and is next door to the company’s new permanent headquarters building that opened for business on […]
November 1, 2018
HISTORICAL BUILDING GETS PROPRESS BEHIND THE WALLS
A beautiful facility created for amazing music is getting fixed up – and Viega is there. The Philadelphia Metropolitan Opera House (MOH) is a historic building that has changed hands and offerings through the years. Thanks to some work and agreements in 2017, a $45 million renovation began, and Viega ProPress is part of the […]
November 1, 2018
VIEGA SOLUTIONS PERFECT FOR TIGHT QUARTERS
When you combine an aging building, extremely hot conditions, tight work spaces and a need for quick tie-in, Viega systems are the perfect answer to retrofit needs. That’s what contractors working on St. Joseph Villa in Salt Lake City, Utah, discovered. Rich Lobrovich and Chad Hustad, Project Managers for First Service Mechanical, used ProPress and […]
November 1, 2018
VIEGA MAKES DAILY CLEANING EASY
Word-of-mouth recommendation. That’s the essence of why Viega products were used in a meat-processing facility in Pennsylvania. Godshall’s, a premium meat and turkey product company, had soldered and sweated fittings in an older building, and when plumber Karl Keath presented Viega fittings to company heads, they were intrigued. But it was when they visited another […]
November 1, 2018
VIEGA FLUSHING PRODUCTS: A GOOD FIT FOR HIGH-USE CAMPGROUND
When you’ve been hiking for hundreds of miles, a campground with showers and a state-of-the-art restroom facility is definitely a highlight of any day. That’s what Devils Backbone Camp in Virginia offers, thanks in part to Viega flushing technology products. Devils Backbone Brewing Company has two locations in Virginia, with varied beverages and food. The […]
November 1, 2018
Burning the Midnight Oil
An occupied 12-story commercial building – plus the need to replace nearly all the pipe and fittings – could only call for one thing. Viega ProPress. A crew from Green Team Services Corporation was brought in to update a large commercial office building in downtown Miami that was full of old galvanized pipe. James Terry, […]
July 1, 2018
ProPress Puts Contractor Ahead of the Curve
Popular national restaurant chain Texas Roadhouse has been busy opening new locations in the northeast and with short build times, contractor Todd Baker has put ProPress to work to speed up his contributions. Baker, owner of TJ Mechanical, Plumbing and Heating in Litchfield County, Connecticut, has been plumbing Texas Roadhouse locations for the past five […]
July 1, 2018
PROPRESS INSTRUMENTAL IN HOSPITAL CONSTRUCTION TIMETABLE
With an aggressive construction schedule – just 23 months to build a 485,000-square foot, five-story hospital – contractors knew that speedy installation was a must. They turned to Viega for help. The facility is the North Alabama Medical Center, located in Florence, Alabama. Operated by RCCH HealthCare Partners, the hospital is being built to replace […]
July 1, 2018
OLD BUILDING, NEW REPAIR METHOD
A repair project estimated to take all day long was finished within two hours through the use of MegaPress XL and the MegaPress XL PressBooster. Roberts Environmental Control outside of Chicago received a call about a leak in a Michigan Avenue building originally constructed in 1901. The building had a leak in a steam line, […]
July 1, 2018
SIMPLIFYING THE BUILD
Amazing speed. That’s what Anytime Mechanical owner James Music loves most about Viega products, and why his appreciation of the company’s products continues to grow. “I’ve been introducing Viega to a lot of friends and telling them how awesome it is in regards to speed,” he said. “When we first started running gas pipe, it […]
July 1, 2018
Big Project, Big Time and Cost Savings
When the owner of a new vehicle dealership in southern Texas was looking for additional cost savings on his new build, Viega products came up as a compelling solution. TDIndustries Project Manager Robert Huron suggested Viega as a key tool to reduce labor costs, which he said can make up as much as 70 percent […]
March 1, 2018
HOMEOWNER PUTS VIEGA TO WORK IN CUSTOM BUILD
Knowing how well Viega products work in the commercial sector, a British Columbian business owner decided that they’d also be a perfect fit for his new custom-built home. Chris Ceraldi is CEO of AARC West Mechanical Insulation and installs commercial insulation. He said through the years he has insulated a lot of Viega products, particularly […]
March 1, 2018
COPPER RECYCLING PLANT USES MEGAPRESS STAINLESS
After trouble with leaks using other methods, Koppers Performance Chemicals decided to give Viega a try when piping a section of its facility. Koppers recycles scrap copper, so understandably the company wasn’t in the market for ProPress. Instead they found MegaPress Stainless to fit the bill for their needs. Koppers recycles copper-clad materials and scrap […]
March 1, 2018
DISTILLERY CHOOSES VIEGA FOR RETROFIT
A truly unique kind of vodka – one that’s growing quickly in popularity – makes its way through the distilling process flanked by Viega products along the way. At Black Eyed Distilling Co. in Fort Worth, Texas, owners Todd Gregory and Scott Billings make BLK EYE Vodka. It’s as it sounds, a specialty vodka made […]
November 1, 2017
Historic Detroit Building Now Home to MiniBlocs
More than 100 MiniBlocs are at home in a historic building in downtown Detroit, after a large renovation. The David Stott Building received a total rework, from ground floor to penthouse. The 38-story building, named after the owner of David Stott Flour Mills, opened in 1929 and cost a whopping $3.5 million to build – […]
November 1, 2017
MegaPress Saves Contractor Major Time
Blue Line recently ran gas lines for an office complex with warehouses in American Fork, Utah, running MegaPressG lines to each of the 22 units. There is also a two-inch water main in ProPress, about 1,000 feet long with tees and ball valves, providing water to each unit. Using Viega products made it all possible. […]