One Pattern the Canadian Glass Industry Needs to Face
On August 31, 2023, Integro Building Systems – one of the largest curtain wall manufacturers and installers in North America, operating out of Vaughan, Ontario – filed for bankruptcy. Liabilities: listed $56 million to over 600 creditors. On March 18, 2024, Antamex Industries filed an assignment into bankruptcy, pursuant to the Bankruptcy & Insolvency Act […]
Demystify the Performance Mock-Up
A façade looks perfect on drawings. The question is: how will it perform when exposed to wind, rain, building movement, and temperature extremes? That is the purpose of a Performance Mock-Up (PMU). PMU testing is much more than a contractual requirement or a final pass/fail exercise. Air infiltration, water penetration, structural wind load, interstory movement, […]
Visual Mock-Up Process
Every major facade project has a moment where the design stops being a drawing and becomes a physical object you can stand in front of, touch, and review. That’s the visual mock-up – VMU. Done well, it resolves specification ambiguity before fabrication starts, aligns the owner’s visual expectations with what the system can actually deliver. […]