January 9, 2018   |   News

SkinTec’s Most Read of 2017

Enclos continued to push the curtainwall boundaries with new technological innovations in 2017. Project activities continue to progress on several supertall structures, our educational animation series concluded, and we leveraged drone technology to share captivating footage of some the most challenging curtainwall installations.

As we move into 2018, it is time to reflect on some of the most read features of 2017.

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July 25, 2017   |   News

The Skinny on Supertall

Ambition pushes us higher. The never-ending quest for generational advancement is no more evident than in the buildings indicative of an era. In recent years the number of supertall buildings has increased exponentially, and nowhere in the United States is this more evident than in New York City. Here we will look at the state of supertall building as reported by CTBUH and as experienced by Enclos’ construction teams.

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June 9, 2016   |   News

International Conference on the Architectural and Structural Application of Glass

On Thursday, June 16th, Enclos senior design engineer Austin Bensend, PE, SE, and technical project manager Brian Rogers, Associate AIA, will speak at Challenging Glass in Ghent, Belgium. The bi-annual conference gathers international designers, engineers, researchers and industry partners to discuss architectural and structural glass.  Rogers will present Laser Tracking Metrology: An Integrated Fabrication Process for Geometrically Complex Facade Systems, and Bensend will present Maximizing the Twist of Cold Formed Glazing in the Curved and Bent Glass track.

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