Building Envelope Systems: Achieving High Design and Optimizing Performance on an Accelerated Construction Schedule

Credit type: 1 AIA HSW LU.

The building envelope makes a significant impact on the overall success of new building projects. Project teams are striving to achieve iconic and high performing designs, with the challenge of accelerated schedules and tighter budgets. As performance requirements become more stringent, supply chain issues persist and construction costs explode, it is becoming a real challenge to deliver on these demands.

More and more architects are turning to prefabricated solutions to ensure they are on track to hit schedule and budget requirements while optimizing building performance and achieving design intent. Learn how single-source solutions optimize building performance by integrating barrier systems and insulation to achieve 38% more efficiency than other wall systems. Achieving high performance does not need to affect the final design, prefabricated facades now feature a range of possibilities thanks to textured formliners that can simulate stone, metal and unique shapes, or cast-in materials to achieve brick, stone, terracotta or tile effects that minimize material consumption.

The final result is a high performing iconic design that supports the project schedule and budget needs.

Learning Objective

• Understand the processes around creating a single source prefabricated building envelope product and how prefabrication can ensure performance excellence, while enhancing quality and lowering risk.
• Learn which envelope scopes are included in a prefabricated systems that can save you time and ensure you meet budget goals.
• Understand the range of design options from materials to stains and articulations that are possible in a prefabricated system.
• Learn when and how to engage with a prefabricator to ensure your project delivers positive outcomes for all stakeholder groups.

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  Dan Stenzel

  Product Manager

  Wells

  Dan Stenzel

  
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  Daryll Mendoza

  Pre-Construction Engineer

  Clark Pacific

  Daryll Mendoza

  

  Daryll Mendoza is a preconstruction engineer for Clark Pacific, a leading manufacturer of prefabricated building systems, based in West Sacramento, California. For the past several years, Daryll worked on precast façade buildings, managing the coordination and completion of projects using products such as architectural precast and glass fiber reinforced concrete. In her current role as preconstruction engineer, Daryll works with design teams during the early stages of projects by presenting precast solutions to meet project needs.

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  Aaron Seward

  Editor in Chief

  The Architect's Newspaper

  Aaron Seward

  

  Aaron Seward is Editor-in-Chief of The Architect’s Newspaper. Seward is an award-winning editor whose career has centered on interpreting architecture for the profession and the general public. He was editor of Texas Architect magazine for six years and prior to that held several positions at AN, including executive editor. In addition to those publications, Seward’s writing on architecture, culture, and the built environment has appeared in Architect, Curbed, Domus, Metropolis, and other publications. He has a BA in Literature, Writing and the Arts from The New School for Social Research.