During the renovation process, our team can also provide third-party quality control inspections of the exterior assemblies. Our team of consultants also provides AAMA & ASTM field performance testing of installed systems to ensure they perform to the stakeholder’s needs.įor existing buildings and renovation projects, our building envelope consultants can perform forensic analysis, provide repair recommendations, and review renovation plan details of enclosure systems. During the construction phase, our consultants take part in the mock-up review and testing and provide quality control field inspections of waterproofing and building enclosure assemblies.
Our building envelope consulting services typically start in the pre-construction phase, in which our professionals provide plan & submittal reviews to identify and help resolve constructability issues and gaps in the plan’s specifications. Our consultants have been involved in an extensive range of building types, including Multi-Family, Student Housing, Recreation Facilities, Laboratories, High Rise Commercial Office space, Healthcare, Casinos, and large Parking Structures.īuilding Envelope Consulting for New Construction This invaluable insight allows us to help our clients by finding and solving issues early on, preventing water intrusion from occurring. Engineering Our Engineering Division offers full-service design, drafting, and structural engineering for building envelope, building faade, exterior cladding, and curtain wall systems. Having investigated hundreds of buildings, we encountered nearly every scenario of what can go wrong and have assisted in creating solutions. We are an engineering and consulting firm with a focus on building envelopes, building facades, curtain walls and cladding systems. What sets our building envelope professionals apart is our team’s proven track record with decades of forensic experience. We help owners, architects, and commercial contractors in every stage of a building’s life cycle, from planning, design, construction, and post-occupancy. VERTEX provides highly qualified QA/QC consultants who are well versed in all aspects of building envelope performance. When functioning these parts become inconspicuous in our environment until they start to leak and cause problems. Often referred to as the Building Envelope, it includes all of the basic components that separate the building’s interior and exterior, including below-grade foundation, exterior walls, windows, doors, roofs, etc. We help owners, architects, and contractors ensure their building enclosures will stand the test of time and the elements.īuilding integrity and performance begins with the exterior shell and foundation. RLV has been involved in numerous, repair, replacement, redesign, of window system cooperating with the best window manufacturers for over 30 years.VERTEX has a team of highly qualified QA/QC consultants specializing in waterproofing and building envelope performance. Drafts occurring around the window are almost always the result of inadequate detailing of installation procedures coupled with low quality control standards during the construction process.
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RLV has the expertise to design, repair, replace the window system to achieve the best natural light transmission, energy efficient, and thermal control.Īir leakage, both through the window and around the frame, is a commonly voiced complaint that occurs frequently when sub-standard windows are used, or as a result of shoddy installation practices. Windows come in various styles, sizes, materials, and combinations thereof.
The design, repair, replacement of window performance must be determined based on the building’s geographical location, climate, building structure (low-rise, high-rise, commercial, etc.).
Windows are massively influencing the structure’s envelope design.