Commercial Chapter and Recruitment Committee update

 

Brent Friesen, Fenestration Canada's Commercial Chapter Chair and Paul Warltier, Recruitment Task Group Chair. 

Don Welsh MBA from TORMAX Canada Inc. will delve into the world of Automated Entrances and explore a wide range of pedestrian automatic doors. Welsh’s presentation will cover project requirements, building code compliance, site conditions, product applications, fire routes, barrier-free designs, and more.

 

Don Welsh, TORMAX

The City of Vancouver is at the forefront of advancing energy and emissions requirements in building codes in Canada.  This session will summarize the nature and current state of requirements in BC and how these are impacting the fenestration industry.  Sean will also share his thoughts on likely future directions of these code requirements to help industry better anticipate potential additional change.

 

Sean Pander, Green Building Manager for the City of Vancouver

Glass coating chemistry selection can affect both anticipated aesthetic and performance project characteristics, while expectation of glass and coating configuration and operation vary widely within CSI MasterFormat Division 08 and 09 based on the detailing of performance, prescriptive, or proprietary types of specification. This course provides specifiers, architects, and designers critical education about specifying silicone-based glass coating technologies based on project-driven requirements. Attendees will learn about key technical, aesthetic, and performance considerations for spandrel and backpainted glass, including applicable standards. Product defense methods will also be addressed to improve communication between design and construction teams, and strengthen their data-driven focus to utilize silicone-coated glass to meet design and performance goals.

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Casey Anderson, ICD High Performance Coating

Insights on the trends that are driving innovation in fenestration and commercial glazing.

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Geoff Shellard, Architectural Design Manager for Guardian Glass. 
 

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Enjoy lunch and visit our exhibitors. 

 

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This presentation will cover the following topics:

 

History of fenestration engineering and how structural engineering has been managed in construction.

The transition from standardization fenestration systems to customization systems and how this impacts engineering.

Who is responsible for code compliance, the manufacture, the engineer or architect and how is responsibility passed through the process?

How do you navigate conflicts on code and standard and who can make the decisions.

Specs that appear to be “copy and paste” versus the request for project specific structural design and thermal modeling.

 

Anton Van Dyk, Layton Consulting

 

Visit our exhibitors and networks with the other attendees.

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