Boynton Yards, 808 Windsor

The building enclosure includes below-grade waterproofing, exterior walls clad with metal and ultra-high performance concrete panels, stick-built and unitized curtain walls, exterior folding glass doors, plaza waterproofing, and roofing. Highlights of our work include:

• Reviewing the proposed building enclosure design, recommending ways to improve performance and constructability, and helping develop details to integrate the various enclosure assemblies
• Participating in a mockup of the various facade assemblies
• Consulting on the unitized curtain wall with triple-pane glazing and thermally broken aluminum framing, including visiting the manufacturer’s facility to observe the fabrication and quality control processes
• Helping prepare the building enclosure commissioning (BECx) plan and specifications that outline testing requirements, project team roles and responsibilities, and procedures for documenting and resolving construction-related issues
• Consulting on whole-building airtightness testing to help the owner verify enhanced performance goals
• Providing engineering support during construction, including reviewing related submittals, visiting the site periodically to observe installation of the building enclosure, and helping address field conditions
• Observing air-infiltration and water-penetration testing of fenestration systems
• Preparing a BECx report summarizing completed work, construction deviations, site observations, and executed performance testing
• Performing a follow-up review of the building enclosure ten months after occupancy