The solvents used to join PVC pipes are temperature sensitive, resulting in longer setting times as the temperature drops. This can become detrimental to the productivity and quality of plumbing work performed in winter conditions. Current methods to heat pipe joints are crude, labor intensive and ineffective. The Pipe HeatWrap is designed to hold commercially available heat packs in place around the PVC joint to decrease the time and labor required for the solvent to set. Overview

Construction Solutions, Inc. (CSI) is a proposed start-up company that will leverage an existing Product Innovation PipEline (PIPE) as a source for new product concepts that will be further developed and then commercialized into the trillion dollar construction industry. This PIPE has consistently produced 2-3 viable product concepts per year, two of which have been licensed. These concepts have addressed known problems of potential customers, have been at least initially vetted by industry feedback, and are typically taken to the functional prototype stage. The linked Executive Summary is a representation of what could be done with a start-up company based on this opportunity. Other variations, including incorporating some of the above inventions, can be explored. CSI Business Plan Executive Summary
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