Wheaton Sprague Launches New Website!
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Wheaton Sprague launches new website! Check out the details of our new site here.
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Aerial Shots of Seattle's 970 Denny
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Check out pictures of 970 Denny in Seattle, a project Wheaton Sprague completed for Walters & Wolf Curtainwall.
Read MoreBJC Opens Two New 12-story Towers on Washington University Medical Campus
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BJC HealthCare has opened two new 12-story inpatient towers on the Washington University medical campus, in an expansion of St. Louis Children’s Hospital.
Read MoreASHRAE 90.1 Fenestration Addendum Moves Forward→
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ANSI/ASHRAE/IES Standard 90.1-2016—Energy Standard for Buildings Except Low-Rise Residential Buildings, which includes several references to fenestration products, recently underwent a public review.
Read MoreAre you ready for Hurricane Season?
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Are you ready? Wheaton Sprague’s consultants have ample experience helping clients to prepare against the damaging impact of hurricane season and have assisted clients in the aftermath of damage to their buildings.
Read MoreHow to Improve Project Efficiencies with BIM→
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Building Information Modeling (BIM) has been a buzz word in the industry for the past decade. In 2011, 13 percent of people in the building industry were aware of and using BIM. That rose to 62 percent in 2017, according to the National BIM Report 2017 published by NBS. The number of industry professionals who were neither aware of nor using BIM decreased from 43 percent in 2011 to only 3 percent in 2017.
Read MoreGlass-Related Construction on the Rise→
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Construction spending increased in most building sectors relevant to the glass and glazing industry, according to the latest report from the U.S. Census Bureau. The value of construction put in place, at a seasonally adjusted annual rate, in nonresidential construction edged up 0.1 percent from January to February and 1.3 percent from February 2017
Read MoreAmazon's Headquarters: Block 14, 19, and 20 Time Lapse
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Senior Engineer, Jeffrey Cook, invites us to view the camera construction of Amazon's "Rufus", Block 14, Block 19 and the spheres, and the start of the core on the Block 20. Wheaton Sprague has been proud to partner with Walter's & Wolf Curtain Wall for the facades of several of these towers.
Read MoreWill Your Engineering Save you Money on Increasing Glass and Glazing Materials?
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Will Your Engineering Save you Money on the Increasing Prices of Materials? The latest Producer Price Index (PPI) data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) shows that prices for materials used in the glass and glazing industry went up in February.
Read MoreProgress on Charlotte Douglas International Airport
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The Charlotte Douglas International Airport Curtain Wall Project is shaping up nicely. Pictured here is the east connector elevation looking toward the concourse, and currently under construction.
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Whitepaper: The Changing Face of Facade Design
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This paper looks at how changing aesthetic preferences, performance requirements, functionality and cost of materials have influenced facade trends over time from timber, to concrete, to steel, to glass, and how advancements in composite timber have seen a revival in the use of timber in architectural design.
Read MoreGetting to Know Our New Senior Consultant, Paul Griese
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Wheaton Sprague Building Envelope is pleased to announce the hiring of Paul Griese, as Senior Design Consultant for our Building Envelope Consulting Division. Paul hails most recently from a position as Project Manager for Fabbrica where he managed unitized curtain wall projects with material sourcing from international vendors, involving major developers, architects, and top envelope consultants. His past experience includes nine years with Curtain Wall Design Consulting.
Read MoreWS Welcomes New Design Consultant to Cincinnati
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The Consulting Group of Wheaton Sprague Building Envelope is excited to welcome Bob Bartolt, RA, LEED AP as a consultant to the Cincinnati, Ohio office. Bob is a registered architect experienced in all phases of the design and construction process.
Read MoreBuilding Envelope Commissioning
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The purpose of this Glass Information Bulletin is to acquaint those associated with the glazing industry with the impact Building Envelope Commissioning (“BECx”) can and will have as commissioning is implemented in construction projects. BECx is a process intended to verify through standards and testing that the materials, components, and systems that make up the building envelope achieve the objectives and meet the performance requirements of the owner.
Read MoreWhat is a Curtain Wall?
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Curtain wall is a term used to describe a building facade, or "skin" which does not carry any dead load from the building other than its own dead load. These loads are transferred to the main building structure through connections at floors or columns of the building. A curtain wall is designed to resist air and water infiltration, wind forces acting on the building, seismic forces, and its own dead load forces.
Read MoreSuccessful Designs for Curtain Wall Attachment
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Successful designs for attaching curtain wall systems to steel structures start with a basic understanding of the design curtain wall system, how it frames, and how its anchorage system/loads relate to the primary structure to which it is attaching. While there are many types of exterior cladding systems, this article will focus on attachment issues related to continuous aluminum curtain wall systems anchored to the building. We will also address some common problem area applications, as well as how the attachments relate to the structure behind.
Read MoreRain Screen Principle Wall Designs
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We believe that there are two fundamental ‘Rain Screen Principle’ wall designs, however; there are some differences of opinions out in the community. For example, some feel that there is room for only one design principle. We recognize the following two (2) rain screen design principles.
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