heintges - building envelope and curtain wall consultants

 
 
 

Services Overview

 
 
  • FEASIBILITY AND DESIGN
  • BASIC:
  • Constraints Analysis
  • Budget Analysis
  • Design and Performance Goal Review
  • Concept Design Options and Review
  • Existing Conditions Evaluation and Surveys
  • Forensic Analysis and Testing
  • Historic Preservation Research and Criteria Development
  • Life Cycle Cost-Benefit Analysis
  • System Remediation Studies
  • Design Constraints and Performance Criteria
  • Materials Research and Evaluation
  • Budget Review
  • Development of Design Options
  • Sketch Detailing
  • Preliminary Façade, Glass, and Climate Engineering
  • Outline Specifications
  • LEED Criteria Support
  • System Details and Specifications
  • Coordination with Building Structure and M.E.P. Design
  • Thermal Modeling
  • Preliminary System Design Engineering
  • Budget Review
  • Specialized Structural Glass Design and Engineering
  • Wind Tunnel Testing, R.F.P. Scope and Analysis
  • Materials Selection, Sourcing, and Data Analysis
  • Coordination with Project Consultants
  • Budget Review
    • Final Material(s) Selection and Specification
    • Contract Document Details
    • Contract Document Specifications
    • Visual Mock-up Specification and Review
    • SUPPLEMENTAL:
    • Climate Analysis and Modeling
    • Energy and Thermal Modeling
    • Complex Geometry Modeling and Analysis
    • Double Skin Façade Analysis and Modeling
    • New Material Development and Testing
    • Daylighting Analysis and Modeling
    • Acoustic Analysis and Design
    • Snow and Ice Studies
    • Comprehensive Energy and Thermal Modeling
    • Blast Engineering and Design
    • Building Code Reconsideration or Variation Appeals
    • Wind Tunnel Testing Oversight at the Laboratory
    • Design Build or Design Assist Services
    • Peer Review
    • Finite Element Analysis
    • C.F.D. Model Coordination and Design Integration
    • LEED Compliance Submittals
    • Blast Design or other Specialized System Design Testing

    • BID NEGOTIATION
    • BASIC:
    • Subcontractor Pre-qualification
    • Bid Form Review
    • Bid Proposal Analysis and Evaluation
    • Technical Design Negotiation Services
    • Value Engineering
    • Subcontractor Pre- and Post-Bid Interviews

    • CONSTRUCTION ADMINISTRATION
    • BASIC:
      • Review of Subcontractor’s and Suppliers’ Quality-Control Program(s)
      • Shop Drawing Review
      • Engineering Calculations Review
      • Material Submittals and Specification Data Review
      • Visual Mock-up Review
      • Performance Mock-up Submittals Review
      • Performance Mock-up Installation Inspections
      • Performance Mock-up Testing Oversight
      • Field Testing Oversight
      • Factory Inspections
      • Site Inspections
      • Punch-List Review
      • SUPPLEMENTAL:
        • Blast Mock-up Submittals Review
        • Blast Mock-up Installation Inspections
        • Blast Mock-up Testing Oversight
        • Material Supplier Factory Q.C. Inspections
        • N.Y.C. D.O.B. Special (Controlled) Inspections
        • Post-Construction Services