A new building has been constructed for the Conservative Medicine Department at the Medical Centre of the University of Leipzig. As the university demands a high standard, Bau- und Haustechnik Bad Düben GmbH installed over 25,000 metres of Viega Sanpress stainless steel piping into the approx. 47,000 square metre new building complex.
As hospitals and research laboratories are among the particularly sensitive areas when it comes to safeguarding the quality of drinking water, professional and hygienic installation had the topmost priority in every aspect.
Due to the considerably varying water quality in Leipzig, there was no question of using copper. However, metallic pipe materials were important due to the standardisation of all pipes together with protection against corrosion. The Sanpress system by Viega with stainless steel connectors for correct drinking water installation together with red brass fittings for the rest of the network offered the most room to manoeuvre with regards to these requirements. In the new building, the entire scope of the Sanpress stainless steel system was used in dimensions ranging from 15 to 108 mm.
The professionals also used the Sanpress system with red brass connectors for the system in the distribution network to connect the ventilation equipment. “It was especially with these two very differing pipe networks, which could be carried out with one and the same installation system, that it became clear how helpful a coordinated integrated system is for rapid and on-schedule work on the building site,” is the united opinion of project managers Steffen Ihme and Matthias Uebrück, responsible for all sanitary installations as the on-site supervising fitters.
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