Design Pitfalls of Storefronts & Curtain Walls - with Anthony Santocono

Presentation Overview:

Design Pitfalls of Storefronts & Curtain Walls

1. This is a comprehensive journey that starts out as performance failures of storefront and curtain walls.

1. These failure typically fall into the categories of leaks and thermal issues and sometimes material finish.

1. We will be looking at basic building science, general installation methods of frame and glazing, water control, condensation resistance and finish care.

Speaker Bio:

Anthony Santocono - Kawneer Company Inc

Anthony was awarded a position at Kawneer Canada in May 1986, based on an award sponsored by Kawneer to his attending College. He was hired as a draftsperson and within 3 months was working for product engineering group doing most of the technical drawings for new products. In 1987, he became the first Canadian Kawneer tech to develop systems and with the usage of AutoCAD and begin the process of all Kawneer product design and engineering with AutoCAD.

In the early 90’s he became part of the Kawneer product engineering group that was responsible for all the design, development and testing of Kawneer’s Hi-Performance product lines with of ISOweb and ISOport thermal break technology.

In 1997, he became the product application engineer for Kawneer specializing in   Curtain Wall, Windows and Skylights. Then in 2007 he was offered the position for Field Investigation Technician too which he is still serving today. This position takes him to many project sites around the USA and Canada to provide forensic and investigative services of Kawneer product performance. He also trains the Kawneer Customer base on installation and fabrication of Kawneer Systems. This May he celebrated 35 yrs. of service with the Kawneer Company.

Tuesday June 8th, 2021

1:00 pm - 2:30 pm 

Members $0 / Future Members $20

Event Location: Online

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