KU Touchless Fixture Installation
Lawrence, KS
PROJECT DETAILS
COMPLETION:
December, 2020
SERVICES PROVIDED:
Plumbing Construction
LOCATION:
Lawrence, KS
OWNER:
The University of Kansas (KU)
After a year of the COVID-19 communicable virus, public areas got closer scrutiny in terms of safety.
When the University received CARES Act funding, one of the projects they decided upon was replacing faucets and flush valves with touchless fixtures in public spaces.
P1 Group was awarded a portion of the installs, which had to be done across the campus in just two weeks, requiring 15 techs to be put on the job.
P1 installed 636 flush valves in 409 lavatories across 15 campus buildings. In addition to the flush valves censors, the team retrofitted approximately 36 actual flush valves, and installed gateway endpoints for all 409 lavatory faucets. The gateways are a cost-saving measure that prevent the faucets from staying on if an object were to block or sit in front of the sensor.