Central Park Urban Living, 2021
Most of us take plumbing for granted. When we turn on the tap, we expect that there will be water. When we flush the toilet, we expect that the water will carry the waste away. But it’s not that simple, especially in a building with multiple units. Over the years, we’ve grown to become specialists at multi-unit projects. We now work on many large-scale builds with fifty or more units, and many of our projects start from the ground up.
As a commercial plumbing firm, we offer turnkey plumbing services. That means we work with our general contractor partners from the very beginning. We plan out the drainage, lay the pipe, and figure out everything needed to turn a plot of land into a large multi-unit building. It’s a complex process, and we rely heavily on our smart, highly trained team to make each project come to life.
When planning a commercial project, one of the first things we have to consider is the amount of water needed for the building. How much water will each unit need? How will the water get to each unit? Is their infrastructure in place to connect to? These are just a few of the basic questions we start with as we begin planning. We use complex systems to design plumbing plans for the whole building.
We always have to consider the two basic systems each building needs when designing plumbing: the freshwater system and the wastewater system. Freshwater systems use pressure to bring water into the building to where it’s needed. The wastewater or drain-waste-vent (DMV) system takes the water and waste away. Designing these systems for a large-scale multi-unit building is complicated. It’s a learning process for us each time.
We’ve worked on many large-scale projects over the years, and each time we do, we gain more knowledge. At UMC, Inc., we work hard to focus on quality and improvement continually. One of the areas we’ve put a lot of time and effort into improving is our management delivery system. Using our new system, we’ve reduced waste and breakage and made better use of our inventory. This is just one example of how we reinvent and learn from each project.
We’ve worked with many commercial contractors and partners over the years on large-scale projects. Our role from the very beginning is to make sure that everything is in place so that when the project is done, the water is there. It may seem simple, but every time someone turns on a tap in one of our buildings, the work we do causes the water to flow. We’re pretty proud of that!
