Papers

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  • More Than a Facade

    • Paper by Edward Losch · Marc Maguire

    In 2014, the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) approved the Precast/Prestressed Concrete Institute (PCI) as an accredited ANSI Standards D…

  • Case Study: Renovation of Fountain Place

    • Paper by Alfonso Lopez P.E. · David Dunham P.E · Diarmuid Kelleher P.E., S.E.

    Fountain Place is a project that exemplifies the latest technology and applications in building skin design and jumbo structural glass applications, …

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    SSG and Seismic

    • Paper by Jon Kimberlain, Senior Scientist Valerie Hayez, Senior Scientist Jie Feng, Research Scientist Mark Mirgon, R&D Technologist

    With the advent of more sophisticated analysis methods and the desire to optimize geometries of structural silicone joints in high performance design…

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    Case Study: Kao Ho Hospital Development, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

    • Paper by Jerry Ma, jerry.t.ma@dow.com Jason JS Lin, Project Manager

    U-shaped annealed profiled glass, or U channel glass is used in both the interior and exterior glass façade for decades, as it has long and durable s…

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    Transfer Topologies

    • Paper by Nada Tarkhan, Project Manager

    This research looks at the relationship of material and geometric distribution to set a methodology for integrating structural and thermal design. Th…

  • Facade Mock-ups

    • Paper by Andy Lang, AScT

    Curtain walls and window walls are typically specified to meet a variety of different performance and testing criteria, some of which can be quite st…

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    Steel As A Curtain Wall Framing Material

    • Paper by Charles Knickerbocker, Curtain Wall Manager

    This paper will explore steel forming methods other than cold drawn or hot rolled processes, and how they allow steel to be utilized as the primary f…

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    Reinforced Polymer Concrete Screen Walls

    • Paper by Brock DeSmit, Partner Jessica Hong, Lead Designer Becher Eli Neme, Principal, Founder

    Apertures is a six-story, commercial building in the Roma Norte neighborhood of Mexico City–a neighborhood severely impacted by the 1985 and 2017 ear…

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    Preserving a Historic Facade

    • Paper by Maria Mohammed, S.E., Design Engineer John Fidler, RIBA, Intl Assoc AIA, FRICS, FSA, FRSA, FIIC, FAPT, President

    Environmental and socio-economic benefits of sustainable preservation have become apparent most recently in the restoration of the historic former Ma…

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    The Seismic Capability of Curtainwalls

    • Paper by Peter Lalas MIEAust CPEng NER APEC Engineer IntPE(Aus), Principal Facade Engineer

    The testing of aluminum/glass curtainwalls for seismic capability, mainly inter-story drift, has been carried out on many curtainwalls over the last …

  • Seismic Design of Jumbo Glass Structures

    • Paper by Alfonso E. Lopez, P.E. · David Dunham, P.E.

    The design of structural glass systems continues to evolve with the parallel development of new manufacturing technology. Improvements in the manufac…

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    The Evolution of AEC Professional Silos

    • Paper by David Olsen, AIA, Senior Associate Megan Leon, P.E., Design Engineer Christopher Chiuchiolo, LEED AP, Project Manager Andrea Bono, P.E., LEED AP BD+C, Senior Consulting Engineer – Building Technology Nick Rustia, P.E., Facilities Development, Project Manager Diane T Sands, MLIS, MFA, MS-GIST, Librarian

    Healthcare projects in northern California require specialized knowledge to navigate regulation, technological advancements, and project execution du…

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    Kinematic Structural Glass

    • Paper by Lisa Follman, AIA, Gregor Horstmeyer, PE,

    The structural glass storefront facade at 111 Main Street in Salt Lake City lends itself as a case study in accommodating large building displacement…

  • Seismic Movements

    • Paper by Gijs Libourel · Daniel Segraves

    A common building upgrade to add value to existing commercial real estate is the renewal of the entrance lobby. The lobby facade is replaced to give …

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    Thermal Analysis of Complex Glazing

    • Paper by Adrian Turcato, Chris Stutzki, Erik Olsen,

    The use of bidirectional scattering distribution function incorporated in a transient systems simulation program, allows engineers to accurately dete…

  • Transitions Between Diverse Envelope Systems

    • Paper by Kristian Fosholt, LEED AP BD+C · Megan Koehler, AIA, LEED AP BD+C · Andrew Tsay Jacobs, AIA, EIT, LEED AP BD+C

    The Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital at Stanford University in Palo Alto, California features an extremely diverse set of facade systems within one…

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    Adaptive Facades

    • Paper by Walter Haase, Werner Sobek, Enrica Oliva, Michele Andaloro,

    Facade engineering aims at appropriately balancing the demands imposed by the context and the capabilities inherent to the materials, the geometries …