Unitised Curtain Wall Installation

Installing unitised panels without using the tower crane.

Unitised curtain wall installation.

The fabrication process. Unitized systems allow buildings to be enclosed quickly which can help to speed up the construction process leading to earlier occupation. Stick system this is mostly adopted in low rise and mid rise buildings. Long pieces of aluminum hence the name stick are inserted between floors vertically and horizontally between vertical members to support and transfer the load of the glass back to structure.

With unitized curtain wall forming the core component of the external envelope of the building thermal efficiency sound transmission and fire safety becomes the key performance criteria of the. Products unitized curtain wall. Aluminium profiles are used to form the frame which is normally one storey high. When it comes to meeting these demanding deadlines wicona unitised curtain walls provide a solution.

In unitised construction on the other hand the curtain wall is composed of large units that are assembled in the factory shipped to the site and erected on the building. In this system most of the. Opening vents glazing and infill panels are built into units before being transported to site. Production and installation can be scheduled precisely.

If your project doesn t suit most of the criteria for a unitized system your other option is to use a stick built system. The aluminum unitized curtain wall completely isolates all interior aluminum framing from the exterior elements even at the horizontal stack joint which is the worst thermally performing area for unitized curtain wall. Unitized curtain walls have become the preferred method for enclosing buildings as more building owners architects and contractors see the benefits of this type of construction. These are aluminium framed the non load bearing system which are hanging from the floor slabs and columns.

The vast majority of low to mid rise curtain walls are installed in this way. Watch the final glass install for transbay block 8. The curtain wall construction is classified as two as stick system and unitized system. The zero net uc3500 unitized curtain wall uses our proprietary fiberglass technology to reach new heights in thermal performance.

Unitized curtain wall system is composed of large units that are pre assembled and glazed in factory before shipping to building site for installation.