Facade Engineering
The façade or exterior envelope of a building is the element that makes the internal space habitable, it acts as a filter allowing in beneficial elements of the external climate in whilst providing a barrier to those less desirable elements. It is often considered to be the highest risk of any project. Legislation and Codes set out minimum performance criteria which projects must achieve. This performance criteria is now driven by the need to reduce carbon emissions and improve building energy efficiencies. Successful projects depend on a high degree of collaboration across the design team and throughout the supply chain. However, construction contracts often isolate packages of work, the success of the façade depends on careful co-ordination of these various specialised trades.
The façade of a building is one of the most expensive elements of building construction and can represent up to 25% of a construction budget. Through the application of highly specialised skills the ABeC Consultants will co-ordinate the various technological demands of the building envelope to meet the required design criteria. This role can often make the difference between a successful project and a less such successful project. ABeC Consultants provides independent façade consultancy for design, procurement and construction advice on all aspects of façade engineering and building envelopes across the world. The façade or exterior envelope of a building is the element that makes the internal space habitable, it acts as a filter allowing in beneficial elements of the external climate in whilst providing a barrier to those less desirable elements. It is often considered to be the highest risk of any project.
ABeC Consultants is unique in providing Façade Consultancy, Façade Design, Curtain Wall System Design and Façade Testing all within a single group of companies to building owners, architects, main and specialist contractors in addition to system houses try to transform their vision into reality. ABeC Consultants provides ground breaking complex geometry façade design and optimisation through 3D parametric modelling inclusive of structural analysis and thermal calculations to validate performance.