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New copper pipe installation with clean welds, LED strip lighting, and color-coded manifold valves in a modern mechanical room
After — Post-Retrofit
Gutted mechanical chase showing corroded copper pipes with green scale, split joints, and hanging insulation before plumbing retrofit
Before — Corroded System
Sports Facility Plumbing

Behind the walls.
Before the crowd.

48-hour shutdown. Zero game-days missed.

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Case Studies

Three facilities.
Three emergencies.
Zero misses.

Each project escalates in complexity — building proof that compounds with every scroll.

Corroded galvanized pipes with rust buildup and pinhole leaks in aging rec center mechanical room
Before
New copper pipe installation with clean welds in modernized aquatics center mechanical room
After

Hot Water Capacity

+180%

Facility Downtime

36hrs

Annual Water Savings

290Kgal
Municipal Rec CenterColumbus, OH

Riverside Aquatics Center

Domestic hot-water system replacement, 3 pool-loop headers

The Emergency

Sixty-year-old galvanized supply mains serving a 6-lane competition pool. Swimmers reporting cold showers 3 hours into morning practice. Corrosion pinholes causing 800 gallons/day loss.

Engineered Solution

Replaced 340 linear feet of galvanized with Type-L copper. Installed dedicated recirculation loop and tankless commercial water heaters staged for load balancing.

System Diagram

SUPPLYHOTCOLDOUT
Hot Supply
Cold Supply
Isolation Valve
Install Timeline

Surgical scheduling.
The season never noticed.

Hartwell Events Center — 11-week retrofit mapped against a live Division I basketball schedule. Every phase engineered around event windows.

Week 1Week 3Week 5Week 7Week 9Week 11
Facility Calendar
Home Game
Practice
Home Game
Recruit Visit
Home Game
Practice
Home Game
Media Day
Conference Tourney
Practice
Season Opener
Wk 1–3
Trench-free pipe bursting beneath concourse slab. Night shifts only.
Wk 4–7
Open-chase Type-L copper in both locker wings. LED-lit manifold install.
Wk 8–10
Tie-in to existing sprinkler grid, pressure test, city inspection sign-off.
Wk 11
Punch list, flow-rate verification, facilities director walkthrough.
Active Install
Inspection / Tie-in
Buffer / Punch List
Game / Event

Wk 1–3

Concourse Mains

Trench-free pipe bursting beneath concourse slab. Night shifts only.

Wk 4–7

Locker Suite Copper

Open-chase Type-L copper in both locker wings. LED-lit manifold install.

Wk 8–10

Fire Suppression

Tie-in to existing sprinkler grid, pressure test, city inspection sign-off.

Wk 11

Final Buffer

Punch list, flow-rate verification, facilities director walkthrough.

Post-Install Data

The numbers don't
lie under pressure.

Hartwell Events Center — Pre/Post Retrofit Measurements

Hot Water Flow Rate
22 GPM → 94 GPM+327%
Before
After
System Pressure
48 PSI → 125 PSI+160%
Before
After
Water Loss / Day
820 gal → 12 gal−99%
Before
After
Code Compliance Score
41 % → 100 %+144%
Before
After
"
Mainline came in while we had a conference tournament in 11 weeks. They mapped every phase around our calendar. When the tip-off happened, fifty-two hundred people walked through those concourse doors and not one of them knew we'd just replaced every inch of pipe beneath their feet.
Marcus Whitfield, Director of Facilities Operations at Hartwell University, headshot

Marcus Whitfield

Director of Facilities Operations

Hartwell University Athletics

147
Projects
Completed
0
Game-Days
Missed across all projects
23
States
Active coverage
48hr
Max Shutdown
Guaranteed in contract
Facility Diagnostic

Grade your facility's
plumbing health.

Five questions. Two minutes. A real risk score built from the same diagnostic criteria our engineers use on-site.

5-Step Facility Diagnostic

~2 minutes to complete

Answer five questions about your facility's plumbing history and current conditions. We'll generate a real risk score and plumbing grade — the same framework our engineers use before scoping a project.

Facility type & age
Last major work
Current pain points
Off-season window
Live risk gauge

Live Risk Gauge

0/ 100—LOWCRITICAL
—

Start the diagnostic to see your grade

A — Low Risk
0–25
B — Moderate
26–45
C — Elevated
46–65
D — High Risk
66–80
F — Critical
81–100

Full Report Includes

  • Pipe-age mapping by zone
  • Failure probability by system
  • Recommended phasing plan
  • Off-season scheduling model
  • Code compliance checklist
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