Façade design and procurement

The proceedings of the International Conference 'Facade design and procurement' held in Bath 2003.  The proceedings comprise tenty three papers by leading facade specialists. 

The papers cover all aspects design and procurement of building envelopes.
 

• Linking manufacturing to design 

• Procuring glass for buildings 
• The importance of record keeping in faç:ade design and material selection 

• NATFAC: a simple tool for the comparison of options for a double skin faç:ade 
• Pressurisation as a simple means of reducing both capital and whole life building costs 

• Education for the undergraduate student 
• Creating tomorrow’s facade engineers 

• Environmental faç:ade design tool 
• From single to double skin facades 

• Procurement and design of faç:ade work for existing buildings 
• Integrated systems 
• The design of facades to new Lloyds TSB HQ, London 

• Procurement and design of faç:ade work for existing buildings 
• Integrated systems 
• The design of facades to new Lloyds TSB HQ, London 

• Issues in design for whole life performance 

• Achieving an airtight building 
• Developing the industry's knowledge and understanding of the threat from chemical biological weapons 

• Aluminium thermal barrier facades 
• Thermal Transmittance (U-value) Assessment of Glazing Frame 

• Specifying glass 
• Communicating down the cladding supply chain 

• Leaking buildings - an industry in denial 
• The application of standards in assessing faç:ade materials and quality 
• Maintainability of facades in the tropics 

• Cleaner design in facades 

• Analysis of the faç:ade engineering in Japan 
• Glass and metal facades - the Singapore chapter 
• Managing cladding interfaces within the building faç:ade 

• The design and installation of glass flooring and fire-rated glass flooring 
• Polymer composites - back to the future 
• Development of an enhanced core material for composite cladding panels