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How Facade Engineering Services can Increase a building's value
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How Facade Engineering Services can Increase a Building’s Value

How Facade Engineering Services can increase a building’s value

Building Facades are functional surfaces that can add both aesthetic and functional value to a project. Facade engineering services ensure a new or existing structure is able to provide a safe and comfortable interior over time, without compromising on style. A well-engineered facade will ensure the longevity of a building, whilst creating an enjoyable environment for occupants.

Facade engineers assess the internal and external conditions of the building before making recommendations on how to improve the durability and functionality of the structure. By evaluating external conditions, facade engineers will manage a combination of thermal, acoustic, and ventilation performance requirements. This ensures that a building is comfortable for all occupants.

Facade engineers offer a range of services in the design and construction of a new building, including:

  • Concept and detailed design
  • Facade tender documentation
  • Site inspections and auditing 
  • Facade waterproofing
  • Facade glazing, cladding, sealant, and material analysis
  • Facade material testing and sourcing
  • Quality control
  • Performance solutions
  • Thermal analysis and façade elements
  • Site inspections

Facade Upgrades

As a building ages, a facade may need to undergo an aesthetic or functional upgrade. When prospective buyers or tenants are assessing a building, the facade is their first impression of its age and safety. A modern and sturdy facade indicates a building’s longevity and durability, increasing its value in the property market.

A well-timed facade upgrade allows a building owner to update the aesthetics of a facade, reinforce its structural integrity, and repair any structural damage that may be present. By engaging a facade engineer, you can ensure that any upgrades are effective, sustainable and long lasting.

Facade Repairs

Exposure to the elements, ageing materials, faulty construction, and general wear and tear can all contribute to the decline of a building facade’s durability. A facade engineer will assess the structure and any damages to identify the needs of a building and provide a range of practical solutions to ensure that the building is safe, therefore increasing its overall value.

Facade upgrade and repair solutions may include:

  • Structural upgrades
  • Concrete repair
  • Brick tie installation
  • Membrane replacements
  • Architectural coatings
  • Balustrade and Balcony upgrades
  • Window replacement
  • Façade painting
  • Engineered and architectural designed alterations

With our team of highly experienced and trained engineers, Elite Australian Engineering can ensure your facade functions according to your needs and priorities. Our design, maintenance and remedial services are available to provide you with a beautiful and durable facade that will add value to your building. Contact us today for all your building facade-related requirements. 

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How Facade Engineering can Improve Sustainability

How Facade Engineering can Improve Sustainability

Over the last decade, we have seen enormous growth in the environmental consciousness of the building industry. The combination of growing social concern and legislation has encouraged a more sustainable approach to the design and construction of buildings. That’s where Facade Engineering comes in!

A variety of additional measures can be taken by the Facade Engineer to ensure the building’s outer layer is made up of the most sustainable materials, without sacrificing on functionality and aesthetic design. The materials sourced should be recycled or recyclable, naturally sourced, and long-lasting. By ensuring the durability of the facade, and therefore building, a Facade Engineer is also reducing the long-term environmental effects of ongoing construction. Additionally, facade components that can generate energy such as solar or wind, should be incorporated into the building to ensure ongoing sustainability.

The sustainable benefits of a well-engineered facade

A well-engineered façade can help to reduce the building’s energy consumption long after construction has ended, and add to the lifespan of a building. Through clever design, a facade can improve natural lighting, heating and ventilation, reducing the need for additional energy. It is up to the façade engineer to provide the future occupants with a comfortable space in which to operate without having to use additional energy. Issues to be addressed include:

  • The amount of natural light that enters a building
  • Airflow 
  • Heat retention
  • Noise pollution from the external environment

With careful consideration of materials and structure, Facade Engineers are able to utilise natural resources to improve the livable environment and bring about a lower environmental impact in the future. When looking to start a new project, it’s essential to engage a Facade Engineer to ensure that the new building is safe, aesthetically pleasing and energy efficient. This is not only beneficial to the environment but also lowers energy costs and reduces the need for costly maintenance for the occupants.

Elite Australian Engineers are experts in the design of environmentally efficient facades. Our team of facade engineers will assess the environment on which it will be built along with any aesthetic goals, to create a facade that will reduce the long-term carbon footprint of your building. Get in touch today 

Facade Engineering Consultants
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What Facade Engineering Consultants do?

Facade Engineering Consultants are responsible for a building’s external ‘envelope’. With expertise in structural and building mechanics, mymedic.es they focus on resolving aesthetic, environmental and structural issues to create a habitable space. Together with a project’s architect, they turn an aesthetic design into a safe and functional reality.

New Structures

Before starting a new project, it is essential to ensure that the structural elements are in line with the strict technical requirements set out by the National Construction Code. It’s important to engage Engineering Consultants in the preliminary stages of a project to ensure the building’s facade upholds the performance standards around issues such as:

  • Weatherproofing
  • Fire resistance
  • Light and ventilation
  • Sound insulation
  • Thermal efficiency

A good facade increases the building’s aesthetic value whilst optimising airflow, capitalising on natural lighting and reducing energy consumption. It is the role of a Facade Engineering Consultant to find environmentally sustainable and innovative solutions that withhold the limitations of physics, without jeopardising the aesthetic value.

Existing Buildings

It is essential to have maintenance plans in place to uphold the functionality and habitability of a building. Consultants may be employed to analyse a facade and diagnose any structural weaknesses that may affect it’s durability, before offering remedial advice and action. Facade Engineering Consultants could be called for issues such as:

  • Cracked glass panes
  • Worn seals
  • Movement with structural elements

At EAE, our Facade Engineering Consultants are experts at finding innovative solutions to creating functional and sustainable structures, without compromising on aesthetics. We work closely with architects to ensure every project functions in a safe and efficient manner to meet your priorities.

Get in touch today for your next project.

Choosing A Facade Engineering Company in Sydney
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Choosing A Facade Engineering Company in Sydney

Choosing A Facade Engineering Company

Building Facades aren’t just sheets of glass or concrete panels. Rather, they’re complex configurations consisting of various materials combined to provide a building with multiple features. A facade is more than an aesthetic feature; it gives a layer of protection and utility to a structure. Whilst architects are responsible for the aesthetics of a building, facade engineers are the ones who find solutions to manifest the design into reality. Therefore, choosing a trusted Facade Engineering Company is one of the most important decisions you’ll make in the development of your project.

Facade engineers need to be involved at the early stages of a project to understand the client’s aspirations and budget in order to assess different solutions and determine what performance requirements are needed for building the facade. Facades are required to meet strict performance requirements including:

  • Weathertightness and airtightness
  • Sound and thermal insulation
  • Lighting engineering
  • Thermal and acoustic insulation
  • Indoor air quality

All these challenges require a knowledgeable and experienced consultant to combine aesthetic desires, structural requirements, and performance specifications into a comprehensive solution. Therefore, it’s important to engage an experienced facade engineer who will be able to guide the design process and also come up with a robust testing regime that could include:

  • Choice of materials
  • Structural design
  • Building physics
  • Heating technology
  • Fire protection
  • Development of new systems
  • Testing
  • Operation and maintenance
  • Tendering
  • Follow-up and supervision

Elite Australian Engineering

At Elite Australian Engineering, we have expertise in combining all the variables of aesthetics, structure, performance and materials to create innovative solutions that are functional, sustainable and visually pleasing. We also work with building services and environmental and sustainability consultants to ensure that the façade is always an integral part of a building’s energy strategy. Our team of façade engineering experts work closely with architects, contractors, manufacturers, installation specialists and consultants within sustainability and environmental issues, to deliver fully integrated solutions for your project. Get in touch today for your next project.

What is Facade Engineering?
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What is Facade Engineering?

Facade Engineering is a key element in the design and functionality of a structure. Largely responsible for a building’s performance in energy efficiency, airtightness, and water resistance, facades are undeniably complex systems. With the ever-increasing complexity and performance demands on buildings, there is a need to accurately validate the design and communicate the client and designers’ intentions to those who have a responsibility for executing the facades of modern buildings.

The facade of a modern building is one of the most costly and imperative elements of building construction and can represent up to 30% of construction costs. Facades represent the manifestation of the architect’s expectation of the external appearance of a building. With the execution of new and more complex energy requirements, the design of building facades must be part of a comprehensive strategy. A number of factors must be taken in consideration including:

  • Predictive thermal modeling techniques
  • Lighting engineering
  • Thermal and acoustic insulation
  • The building’s existing durability
  • Sustainability
  • Structural engineering
  • Preventing spread of fire from or to neighbouring structures

Monitoring everything from the design phase through to the installation is essential as building facades are notoriously difficult to accurately predict. Making sure that the facade behaves in the way it is supposed to, can mean the difference between a successful and unsuccessful project. One more factor to be taken into consideration is the building’s use and occupancy status. It is down to the facade engineer to provide the future occupants with a livable space in which to operate. Therefore, all factors from the amount of natural and artificial lighting requirements through to the noise levels from the external environment must be taken into account.

Elite Australian Engineering provides project-specific consultancy and systems design services for facade engineering. Our facade engineers collaborate with all parties involved in the design and construction process to develop high-performance yet practical solutions. Contact us today to learn more about our facade engineering services.