What we've learned putting close to seven million square feet of facade on buildings — systems, cladding, glass, testing, budgets, fire safety and the questions worth asking any facade contractor.
Curtain wall systems
The practical differences between unitized, semi-unitized and stick curtain wall systems.
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Working with us
A facade contractor is not a glass supplier. Design engineering, shop drawings, mock-ups, fabrication, testing, installation and after-sales.
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Quality
Air, water and structural chamber testing of curtain walls, and the role of mock-ups.
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Budgeting
Why curtain wall quotes differ so widely in India.
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Working with us
Seven questions that separate serious facade contractors from assemblers of subcontracts.
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Cladding
Aluminium composite panels, high-pressure laminate and stone cladding compared on cost, weight, fire behaviour and ageing.
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Glazing
How to choose facade glass for Indian heat: why solar factor beats U-value in Hyderabad, what low-E coatings do, when DGUs pay for themselves, and tempered vs heat-strengthened..
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Aftercare
The real design life of a curtain wall, which components age first.
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Systems explained
'Structural glazing' and 'curtain wall' are constantly confused in India. What each term really means, how they combine, and which questions actually decide your system..
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Safety & compliance
What the National Building Code requires of facades: perimeter firestops at every slab, spandrel separation, fire-retardant ACP cores.
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