Facade Engineering University

This is the old, outdated website, which is kept here for reference only. The new website is www.Bec-Miami.com Building Enclosure Consulting is an independent consulting company devoted to education of our customers and other building enclosure consultants in sciences and technology of building enclosures. We pursue this goal by 1) our voluntary in... volvement in the Building Enclosure Council, the Building Enclosure Sciences and Technology Board, and other professional associations, 2) sharing the know-how in conference papers and articles published in professional magazines, 3) sharing the know-how by lectures, seminars, presentations, and workshops, 4) drafting and publishing design manuals, 5) publishing trivia, 6) keeping current with the new developments by attending seminars and lectures of our peers, 7) reading, reading, and again reading professional books, papers, and articles. The (incomplete) list of articles and papers written by us and about us. The links allow to download and open selected articles free of charge. However, we need you to leave us your email address in order to download them. Your contact info is safe with us, our privacy policy is here . 8. Facade Impact Resistance Manual (PDF, size 795 kB) This manual is intended for designers designing large facades in the high wind regions and is organized in four logical steps: Where, What, Why, and Design, explaining the steps a faade designer needs to follow in order to verify and address the elementary impact resistance requirements. The author is a chairman of Building Enclosure Council (BEC) in Miami, FL, covering the areas subjected to the peril of wind-borne debris impact; therefore, he frequently responds to questions dealing with the specifics of the hurricane-proof faade design. This manual is intended to clarify and respond to some frequently asked questions, typically posed by northern designers experiencing lack of information regarding impact resistance design for public, commercial, healthcare, cultural projects, and other large ...Read More