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Coordination with main structures

A brief summary of the coordination requirements between the facade engineer and the structural engineer in design phase, for any project, as a minimum: - Cladding zones. Definition: From outside of the glass to the edge of concrete. We will need some...

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Signs up

The signboard has been erected for Opus, one of our Zaha Hadid designed projects. We are engaged for facade engineering consultancy. Yaay, first time to see our company logo printed on an actual construction signboard! Happy. Will be even happier when the...

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Hotel facades

The RC works are going ahead full speed on our Address The Boulevard Hotel, while design workshops and coordination meetings with the facade contractor have commenced. We had been involved in this project since schematic stage, prepared the tender documen...

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Complex geometry

Zaha Hadid's Opus by Omniyat, located in Dubai Business Bay, is under construction. The project consists of two 19 story towers connected by a bridge, with the inner facades forming a seamless fluid glass surface, resembling melted ice. Following Agnes's...

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Energy efficient glazing

Agnes Koltay and other facade engineering experts have been recently interviewed by Building Design + Construction magazine, for an AIA accredited online BDCuniversity course on energy efficient glazing solutions.

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Numbers

91 - Agnes got ranked 91 on the 2013 Construction Power Top 100 list by Construction Week. The list collates some of the leaders of GCC construction industry. This came as a surprise! She is one of the five women on the list, and the only facade engineer....

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