Dynamic Systems, Inc. Relies on HOLDRITE Products to Increase Efficiency, Save Costs on Hospital Projects

Eliminating the Hassle of Making Trapezes

Before they discovered the HOLDRITE EZ-Strut™ telescoping galvanized trapezes, Dynamic Systems made their trapezes out of strut. Strut typically comes in 20’ lengths and takes many hours to cut down to the one- to four-foot lengths that are needed.

“When we’re working on a hospital project with multiple floors,” explained Dynamic Systems Project Superintendent Denny Gosser, “we really don’t want to bring in 20′ lengths of anything. There’s just no room for it. With HOLDRITE EZ-Strut, we get an easy telescoping trapeze that comes pre-manufactured in a box of 25 brackets. Two models provide telescoping options from 12″ to 40″. It’s easy to store these types of products in a building that’s already having problems with overstorage of material during the construction process.”

Making Medical Gas Lines Easier to Install

Hospitals depend on their medical gas piping systems to deliver piped oxygen, nitrous oxide, medical air, and more. When installing these gas lines, Dynamic Systems uses the HOLDRITE Silencer™ #250 and #280 variable-size isolation clamps to attach the medical gas line to the HOLDRITE EZ-Strut trapeze. The clamps prevent dissimilar metal contact by working as an isolator between the galvanized bracket and the copper tubing. The two clamp models support 1/2″ to 2″ tubing and piping, thus simplifying needed inventory from nearly 20 strut clamp sizes down to just two.

“We’ve been using the HOLDRITE clamps for about 12 years,” said Gosser. “They install quickly without any nuts and bolts—one piece just slides over the top of the other. It’s very fast and efficient. Plus they’re easy to store and a lot less expensive than the isolated strut clamps that we used in the past.”

Saving Valuable Space in the Wall

Dynamic Systems also increases the efficiency of their hospital projects by using HOLDRITE’s specially engineered brackets and clamps that easily fit inside the wall while leaving room within the walls for other necessary contents. These brackets save both space and valuable construction time.

For supporting domestic water risers and medical gas risers inside the walls, Dynamic Systems depends on the HOLDRITE #SB1 Stout Bracket®, a telescoping galvanized bracket that spans from 10″ to 18″. Gosser likes the way its compact design not only fits perfectly between the studs, it also fits inside a 3 5/8″ wall much easier than a piece of strut with strut clamps, with room to spare.

“In general, we’ve found that HOLDRITE products go in faster, are already premanufactured, come in boxes that are easy to store on the project, and are installer-friendly.”

—Denny Gosser, Project Superintendent, Dynamic Systems

The firm also uses HOLDRITE #SB3 Stout Brackets for bathroom fixture rough-ins. As part of their high-efficiency approach to construction, Dynamic Systems builds entire bathrooms in their offsite warehouse, right down to the tile and paint. They then ship the completed pods to the site, set them in place, and install the overhead pipes. “The HOLDRITE #SB3 Stout Bracket is another telescoping galvanized bracket,” noted Gosser. “It mounts inside the wall studs so we can anchor the drop-eared 90s for shower heads. The #SB3s provide the stability we need, while saving muchneeded space inside the wall.”

Speeding Up Installations

HOLDRITE brackets help Dynamic Systems install fixture stub-outs more efficiently. The HOLDRITE #107-18 copper-bonded brackets are used to support domestic water stub-outs, while the #114-C copper toilet carrier brackets are used to hold the stub-outs for the flush valves. Gosser finds that both are faster and easier to install than other options.

“The HOLDRITE #107-18 copper-bonded bracket takes just two screws and two solder joints to install,” Gosser said, “and you don’t need to put any clamps on it because it’s already copper-plated so the tubing solders right to it. The 114-C copper toilet bracket just bolts to the carrier, so it’s all in one package. This really helps with our prefabrication work. In general, we’ve found that HOLDRITE products go in faster, are already premanufactured, come in boxes that are easy to store on the project, and are installer-friendly.”

For more information about Dynamic Systems, Inc., visit http://www.dynamicsystemsusa.com. MCAA thanks Dynamic Systems, Inc. for hosting a tour of its fabrication facilities during the MCAA Fabrication Conference in May.