Industrial pipe rack in a data center mechanical room with stainless fittings and overhead LED lighting
Tier III Certified · Mission-Critical MEP

Engineered Flowfor CriticalUptime.

Chilled water loops, glycol risers, and condensate drains threaded through your raised floor and overhead trays—every joint torqued to spec, every P&ID matched before we strike an arc.

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Pipe Sizes:½″ – 24″ NPS
Working Pressure:Up to 600 PSI
Glycol Handling:20–50% EG/PG
Chilled Water Loop DesignGlycol Riser FabricationHydrostatic Testing to ASME B31.9BIM-Coordinated InstallCommissioning & TABTier I–IV Facilities600 PSI Working Pressure RatedP&ID & Isometric Fluency
Transparent Process

How a Job Gets Done.Nothing hidden.

Flip each card to see timestamped specs, pressure ratings, and a note from the crew lead who ran that phase.

Engineer reviewing P&ID drawings on tablet in mechanical room
01
Pre-Construction

Site Survey & P&ID Review

We walk the slab before we touch a drawing. Every conflict caught here costs nothing.

Day 1–3 of engagement
Inspect specs
Phase 01

Site Survey & P&ID Review

"I pull the P&IDs the night before and mark every elevation conflict in red. When I walk the floor, I'm not discovering—I'm confirming. If the GC's BIM model doesn't match the ceiling grid, we find it here, not after the hangers are in."— Crew Lead, Manifold
Drawings ReviewedP&IDs, Isometrics, MEP Coordination
Conflict ResolutionPre-fab offset design
Survey Accuracy±⅛″ field verification
Day 1–3 of engagement
Copper pipe spools being fabricated and pressure tested in a workshop
02
Fabrication

Prefabrication & Hydrostatic Testing

Spools built in a controlled shop. Every assembly pressure-tested before it ships.

Day 4–18 of engagement
Inspect specs
Phase 02

Prefabrication & Hydrostatic Testing

"Everything we can pre-build, we do. The shop is cleaner than any mechanical room you'll ever visit. We hydrostatic every spool to 1.5× working pressure and log the chart. If it doesn't hold, it doesn't ship. Simple."— Crew Lead, Manifold
Test Pressure1.5× WP (up to 900 PSI)
Hold Duration4-hour minimum per ASME
Glycol Mix Accuracy±1% concentration
Day 4–18 of engagement
Crew installing insulated chilled water pipes on overhead hangers in data center
03
Installation

Coordinated Install

Sequenced with electrical, fire suppression, and structural—zero interference.

Day 19–45 of engagement
Inspect specs
Phase 03

Coordinated Install

"We run the BIM model on the iPad and check every hanger location before the drill comes out. If electrical needs to shift 3 inches, we move first and document it. The GC doesn't hear about coordination problems from us—they hear about solutions."— Crew Lead, Manifold
Pipe Sizes½″ to 24″ NPS carbon/copper
Hanger SpacingPer MSS SP-58, labeled
Insulation SpecArmaflex/Fiberglass to ASHRAE
Day 19–45 of engagement
Technician balancing hydronic system with calibrated flow meter at terminal unit
04
Commissioning

Commissioning & Balancing

Every circuit balanced to ±5% GPM. TAB report delivered before punchlist.

Day 46–54 of engagement
Inspect specs
Phase 04

Commissioning & Balancing

"Balancing is where most crews rush. We don't. I've seen data halls go down because a PDU row was 30% over-cooled and the next row was starved. Every terminal unit gets a measured GPM, logged against design, and signed. The TAB report is yours before we demobilize."— Crew Lead, Manifold
Flow Tolerance±5% of design GPM
Pressure DropVerified at each AHU/CRAC
DeliverableSigned TAB report + as-builts
Day 46–54 of engagement
Maintenance technician sampling glycol from chilled water system in server room
05
Maintenance

Ongoing Maintenance

Quarterly glycol sampling, annual valve cycling, emergency response within 4 hours.

Ongoing — 24/7/365
Inspect specs
Phase 05

Ongoing Maintenance

"We built it, so we know every valve by number. Quarterly glycol samples get sent to a certified lab—pH, inhibitor concentration, freeze point. If something's drifting, you hear from me before it becomes an event. Four-hour emergency response is a contractual commitment, not a marketing line."— Crew Lead, Manifold
Glycol SamplingQuarterly, certified lab analysis
Emergency Response≤4 hours, 24/7/365
Valve CyclingAnnual, logged per ASHRAE 188
Ongoing — 24/7/365

Every phase is documented and transferable.

As-builts, TAB reports, hydrostatic test charts, and glycol lab results are delivered in PDF and AutoCAD format. Your facility team inherits a complete record.

By the Numbers

Fifteen years of proof,
not promises.

147+

Tier III / IV Projects

Completed since 2009

99.97%

Uptime Maintained

Across all active maintenance contracts

4hr

Emergency Response

Contractual SLA, 24/7/365

0

Hydrostatic Failures

In 15 years of operation

Certifications & Standards

ASME B31.9 QualifiedASHRAE 188 CompliantOSHA 30-Hour CertifiedBICSI RCDD CoordinationTier Standard FamiliarBIM / Revit Coordination
Large insulated chilled water pipes in data center mechanical room
Circuit boards and server rack infrastructure representing data center operations
Data center corridor with overhead cable trays and cooling infrastructure
Field Reports

What engineers say
after the job closes.

Verified clients ·No anonymous quotes
"Manifold was the only mechanical sub that showed up to the coordination meeting with a marked-up P&ID. Every RFI they submitted came with a sketch and a spec reference. We didn't have a single glycol riser conflict on a 2.4 MW expansion—that doesn't happen by accident."
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Derek Okonkwo

Lead Mechanical Engineer · Vantage Infrastructure Group

2.4 MW Colocation Expansion · Denver, CO

"We had a CDU line develop a pinhole on a Saturday night during peak load. Manifold had a crew on-site in under three hours, isolated the loop, and we never dropped below N+1. Their documentation made the insurance claim trivial—timestamped photos, pressure logs, everything."
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Sandra Hirsch

VP of Operations

Emergency Response + Ongoing Maintenance Contract

"TAB report was on my desk two days before the punchlist walk. Every terminal unit within 4% of design GPM. I've been specifying mechanical subs for 22 years—Manifold is the first crew I've ever seen deliver that without a single revision request."
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James Tillman

Senior Project Manager

Hyperscale New Build · Northern Virginia

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Walkthrough.

A Manifold crew lead walks your mechanical room, reviews your P&IDs on-site, and delivers a written scope within 48 hours. No cost, no obligation—just an honest look at what the job requires.

01

Pre-visit P&ID review

Send us your drawings beforehand — we arrive prepared.

02

60–90 minute floor walk

We document elevations, conflicts, and access constraints.

03

Written scope in 48 hrs

Itemized, priced, and ready for your review.

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