{"id":1909,"date":"2011-03-09T16:10:58","date_gmt":"2011-03-09T21:10:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/modernpi.com\/?p=1909"},"modified":"2012-06-11T11:04:50","modified_gmt":"2012-06-11T15:04:50","slug":"whitingturner-selects-modern-plumbing-industries-98000-square-feet-vgti-facility","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.modernpi.com\/blog\/news\/whitingturner-selects-modern-plumbing-industries-98000-square-feet-vgti-facility\/","title":{"rendered":"Whiting-Turner selects Modern Plumbing Industries for 98,000 square feet VGTI Facility"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Winter Springs, FL&#8212;February 2, 2011 &#8211; Modern  Plumbing Industries, Inc., a full-service plumbing contractor based in  Winter Springs, was recently awarded two contracts for the plumbing  construction of the Vaccine and Gene Therapy Institute (VGTI) in Port  St. Lucie, Florida for the Oregon Health and Science University.<\/p>\n<p>Baltimore-based Whiting Turner  Contracting Co. oversees construction of the 98,000 square feet  of laboratories and offices. The three-story structure, including  two equipment penthouses on the roof, is scheduled to open in  2012 and will house VGTI Florida&#8217;s research on vaccines that fight  cancer and infectious diseases, including HIV\/AIDS and dengue fever. Its  studies are also focused on improving the immune system functions of  the aging population.<\/p>\n<p>The contracts awarded to Modern Plumbing were for  the base building, excluding the underground scope of work and a  Government EDA funded portion of the building project, which includes  Bio Safety Level 3 laboratories. The building itself will be LEED  certified upon completion.<\/p>\n<p>Modern Plumbing&#8217;s scope of installation  includes a variety of specialty piping for liquids and gases, with a  total installed piping array of 46,898 feet or nearly 8.9 miles. In  addition, the installed piping will be suspended with an estimated 4,724  concrete inserts laid out from a coordinated Building Information Model  (BIM). Vertical piping will pass from floor to floor via approximately  288 fire-rated floor sleeves.<\/p>\n<p>Vice President Eddie Agosto said, &#8220;This project  is a perfect match for our experience and training in the biomedical  and health care industries. The specialty piping, fixtures  and safety features in the new VGTI facility make the precision of our  work crucial. We look forward to working with the rest of the  construction team.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Modern Plumbing will be self performing 99% of  their installation with an estimated 16,189 man hours of trade labor,  mostly from local resources.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to the plumbing fixtures, Modern  will be installing specialized laboratory fixtures provided by others  and equipment that includes:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"unIndentedList\">\n<li> Elevator  sump pumps and controls<\/li>\n<li> Oil  separator<\/li>\n<li> Re-circulating  pumps<\/li>\n<li> Natural  gas water heaters, expansion tanks and mixing valves<\/li>\n<li> Laboratory  vacuum equipment and controls<\/li>\n<li> Laboratory  air compressor and controls<\/li>\n<li> Domestic  water triplex booster pump and controls<\/li>\n<li> Reverse  Osmosis high purity water equipment and controls<\/li>\n<li> Water  softening equipment and controls<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Finally, the project is also nearing agreement  on the incorporation of a vacuum jacketed liquid nitrogen piping system  to delivery liquid gas to two locations in this high tech biomedical  facility.<\/p>\n<p>Although final completion is currently  scheduled for March of 2012, this fast track design\/build contract  anticipates an earlier completion date.<\/p>\n<p>Modern Plumbing Industries has been proudly serving  the construction and service needs of all of Seminole County,  Orange County, Osceola County and many of the areas surrounding greater  Orlando since 1975. \u00a0They offer a comprehensive array of services  for commercial, industrial and residential customers.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:  center;\" align=\"center\">###<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Winter Springs, FL&#8212;February 2, 2011 &#8211; Modern Plumbing Industries, Inc., a full-service plumbing contractor based in Winter Springs, was recently awarded two contracts for the plumbing construction of the Vaccine and Gene Therapy Institute (VGTI) in Port St. Lucie, Florida for the Oregon Health and Science University. Baltimore-based Whiting Turner Contracting Co. oversees construction of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[175],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.modernpi.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1909"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.modernpi.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.modernpi.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.modernpi.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.modernpi.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1909"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.modernpi.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1909\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2398,"href":"https:\/\/www.modernpi.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1909\/revisions\/2398"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.modernpi.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1909"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.modernpi.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1909"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.modernpi.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1909"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}