| Featured Expert - Lloyd Keller
To contact Lloyd, please call 1-866-998-1387 or send him an email. Featured Case Study - Field Testing for Curtain Wall Leaks A five storey (plus mechanical penthouse) office building is clad almost entirely in glass and metal curtain wall, with a combination of conventionally capped pressure plates and structural silicone glazing. Soon after handover in 2007, the owner noticed water coming into the building under some wind and rain conditions. EllisDon and the glazing subcontractor used several methods to identify the source of these leaks. | Quality AssuranceBuilding construction is a complex blending of planning, implementation and confirmation. The obvious aesthetic and physical attributes as well as the obscure and hidden performance characteristics of the building and its systems must be monitored and accepted over the course of the construction program. Surprises and compromises are not the intended result of the original project vision. The EllisDon Quality Assurance program was developed to bring back expectations as a standard to our project portfolio. EllisDon's QA program permeates throughout $3billion worth of construction projects annually. We have the experience to adapt our system to the diverse methods and concepts employed by consultants, subcontractors and regulatory officials across the globe. The fundamental thread that characterizes our program is to ensure that we always maintain a means to identify benchmark standards to measure performance as the construction process evolves either at the site or in the subcontractors shop. This must be done incrementally as the project evolves so that we can identify non-conforming items as they happen and prepare a plan to modify the procedures for improving methods to reduce and eliminate future non-conformances. By careful planning and utilizing efficient quality assurance systems, you can significantly reduce the potential for painful performance deviations as you put your new building product into service. With over 50 years of construction experience, EllisDon will be the first ones to endorse the benefits of our QA resources. And now, this service is at your disposal also.
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