Facade Engineering Consultants
OUR SERVICES
Frame Facades provide a variety of services for all the stages of your projects
01.
EARLY DESIGN SERVICES
The best time to have a façade consultant on board is at early stage, when the initial project studies are carried out. Frame services will allow to identify possible issues in terms of facade feasibility and provide early coordination with the main structure design and MEP to achieve a fully coordinated solution
02.
DETAILED DESIGN
During detailed design, we support our Clients through facade detailing of the main typologies, supporting this through structural, thermal and acoustic calculations and fire assessments on the facade systems to meet the project local regulations.
03.
SUPPORT DURING TENDER PHASE
The tender phase is a crucial part of the facade procurement. Frame Facades can help providing a strong facade specification and support with bid alignment, either technical and commercial. This is the best way to identify the most suitable facade contractor for your project.
04.
CONSTRUCTION QUALITY
ADVISE
While a strong facade design is the best way to have a product "fit for purpose", site construction has always its difficulties, and Frame Facades can help with regular site inspections, quality control of the installed material and review of the status of the facade installation to ascertain the quantity of material installed.
05.
PROJECT SCHEDULING
AND COST MANAGEMENT
Project and cost management is one of the strong point of Frame Facades. From the beginning of the project we can support with cost identification and programme management of the facade, supporting the planner and the quantity surveyor with cost reviews and providing value engineering whereas required.
06.
QUALITY ASSURANCE AND EXPEDITING
Frame Facades support our Clients through factory inspections to facade subcontractors and sub-sub contractors whereas required, either to make sure of quality but also to provide expediting services, ascertaining the production planning and finding bottlenecks, while advising for solutions on how to expedite production.
FOR ARCHITECTS
We understand the struggle of looking to achieve a great aesthetics for your building and questioning whethere some solutions are feasible or correct for that specific project. Frame Facades can support architects through:
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Preliminary design
Thermal, structural and acoustic engineering
Specification writing
Preliminary costs advice
Façade strategy and decision making
Support with preliminary site logistic strategy
Existing façade renovations and refurbishment analysis
Façade carbon content estimation
Advice on access and maintenance strategy
FOR DEVELOPERS
Sometimes it is difficult to understand what could be the best facade strategy for your building considering also the impact in costs and site logistics before having a facade contractor or a main contractor on board. Frame Facades can support you during this initial phase providing:
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Preliminary costs advice
Façade strategy and decision making
Support with preliminary site logistic strategy
Failure investigations
Site inspections and supervision
Suppliers inspection
FOR MAIN CONTRACTORS
You have been awarded a great project with a very interesting facade package but you find difficulties to select the best supplier and understand the quality of the bid returns or also the completeness of the scope provided? We understand that this is not easy task sometimes, and this is why Frame Facades can provide:
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Façade sub-contractors deliverables review
Façade sub-contractors bid alignment and review
Programme management
Façade construction management
Coordinated construction design
Tests attendance
Site inspections and supervision
Suppliers inspection and expediting
“We are continually faced by great opportunities brilliantly disguised as insoluble problems.”
LEE IACOCCA