ENCLOS DEBUTES NATION’S STRONGEST COMMERCIAL CURTAINWALL WINDOW SYSTEM
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ENCLOS DEBUTES NATION’S STRONGEST COMMERCIAL CURTAINWALL WINDOW SYSTEM
1450 Brickell Avenue will open with the latest in hurricane resistant technologies
EAGAN, MN – May 26, 2009 – Miami-Dade County has been repeatedly damaged by hurricanes sweeping the eastern coast since the early 90’s, and at the forefront of these damages have been the glass facades of the county’s building structures. While the Southeastern tip of Florida has to plan on nature repeating itself, the 35 story “class-A” tower at 1450 Brickell Avenue is set to break Mother Nature’s destructive pattern. Enclos Corp, the construction marketplace’s leading facade contractor in North America, designed and engineered 1450 Brickell to withstand the wind, rain and debris of Southeastern Florida’s worst. Hurricane Andrew for example — now the second costliest natural disaster in US history — havocked Miami-Dade County in 1992 with more than $25 million in damages from 155mph wind speeds. Enclos engineered and constructed 1450 Brickell’s curtainwall with a top-to-bottom large missile impact glass shell to thwart equal and greater wind speeds.
After conducting one of the most rigorous sets of glass testing in the United States, 1450 Brickell’s building shell will be amongst the strongest commercial buildings in the nation. Sequenced lab testing included extreme static water, dynamic water, air flow, and impact testing to confirm Enclos’ industry leading facade standards. The facade system surpassed each testing sequence and will be on display at the tower’s opening in early 2010. It is the first building to meet such high wind resistance standards in Miami-Dade County.
1450 Brickell’s curtainwall consists of dual pane glass that utilizes the latest in glazing technologies. A polyvinyl butryal triple-layer core and polyethylene terephthalate film between the panes increase the glass shell’s physical attributes. But Enclos’ building skin does more than increase occupant security in the event of a storm. The layer and film also double to improve energy efficiency, acoustic properties, and solar gain. With the addition of a Low-E coating on the glass laminate, solar performance is increased by an additional 25%. Having met 1450 Brickell’s safety and security concerns, Enclos designs allotted for a system that lent itself to becoming the first and only office tower in Miami to earn the U.S. Green Building Council’s LEED Gold pre-certification.
1450 Brickell Avenue is a 35-story, 586,00 square foot “class A” office in downtown Miami. Typical floor plates span from 24,000 square feet to 25,600 square feet, offering sprawling views of downtown Miami and the Biscayne Bay. 10,000 square feet of ground level retail space complete the tower at its base. View the complete project profile here.
Enclos – providing the visible difference in the building skin – is a leading facade technology firm, providing comprehensive design, engineering and strategic implementation services for custom facades and curtainwall cladding systems. With over 350 people and 16 office locations, the firm self-performs a spectrum of services and manages a sophisticated global supply chain, a strategy that optimizes capacity, quality and economy for its diverse client base. Enclos has been a leader in facade system development since the advent of contemporary curtainwall systems in the mid twentieth century, and is consistently ranked as a leading facade contractor in national industry surveys today. Many of the most prominent buildings in the world’s great cities showcase Enclos’ innovative approach to engineering and construction. www.enclos.com
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