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Entrances, skylights, and cladding beside the window package

Entrances, skylights, and cladding beside the window package

Gatehouses, garage canopies, steel skylights, and stone or aluminum cladding are listed as their own rows, not as options on a window.

Entrances, gatehouses, and garage canopies
Windows and curtain wall on the same plot

Windows and curtain wall on the same plot

The record shows both standalone window contracts and packages that put the wall, the windows, and the canopy in one agreement.

Curtain walls
What to send with a window or curtain wall inquiry

What to send with a window or curtain wall inquiry

A usable inquiry names the project, the scope, the area basis, and the drawings. Contract sums in the company table are not unit rates.

Aluminum windows and doors
Thermal-break aluminum on a residential plot

Thermal-break aluminum on a residential plot

A plot package needs the series named on the elevation, not a brand adjective in the email.

Aluminum windows and doors
Casement, tilt-turn, or sliding

Casement, tilt-turn, or sliding

The opening type belongs on the schedule. It changes the hardware, the frame, and the way the unit is installed.

Aluminum windows and doors
Write the glass build-up, not a tint name

Write the glass build-up, not a tint name

Low-E is a coating position and a performance target. A color word does not order the glass.

Aluminum windows and doors
Louvers and light wells inside a window package

Louvers and light wells inside a window package

Hefei Meike Mansion is a window-and-louver package. Qingchuan Yayuan adds light wells and glass canopies to the window title.

Aluminum windows and doors
The opening schedule the shop can cut from

The opening schedule the shop can cut from

Width, height, quantity, floor, and opening type are the fabrication list. A render is not.

Aluminum windows and doors
Stick or unitized curtain wall

Stick or unitized curtain wall

The Class 2 qualification covers the contracting. The system is chosen against the structural grid and the site access.

Curtain walls
Vision glass and spandrel on the same bay

Vision glass and spandrel on the same bay

A curtain-wall bay is not one sheet of glass. Spandrel, shadow box, or metal panel hides the slab edge.

Curtain walls
Air, water, and wind come from the specification

Air, water, and wind come from the specification

This website does not publish a curtain-wall performance number. The project specification does.

Curtain walls
Wall, canopy, lines, and grilles in one package

Wall, canopy, lines, and grilles in one package

Nanjing Liuhe plot 1 is the clearest mixed line in the table: wall, canopy, lines, grilles, skylight, windows, and unit doors.

Curtain walls
Exterior coating written beside the curtain wall

Exterior coating written beside the curtain wall

Changshu Yincheng Mall is titled curtain wall and exterior insulation coating. The coating is not implied by the word wall.

Curtain walls
Aluminum panel thickness and finish

Aluminum panel thickness and finish

The draft on this site says 2.5–3.0 mm and a fluorocarbon finish. The joint drawing replaces that draft.

Aluminum panel and stone cladding
Stone slab, thickness, and anchor

Stone slab, thickness, and anchor

Shucheng phase 3, building P1, is an exterior stone package. Thickness and anchor type come from the stone schedule.

Aluminum panel and stone cladding
Entrance cladding as its own contract row

Entrance cladding as its own contract row

Changshu plot 2017A-015 has windows in one row and entrance aluminum panel plus stone in another.

Aluminum panel and stone cladding
Lobby aluminum panel is an interior elevation

Lobby aluminum panel is an interior elevation

Zhangjiagang plot 2012-B54 is logged as lobby aluminum panel installation, not as an exterior wall.

Aluminum panel and stone cladding
Exterior stone on one named building

Exterior stone on one named building

Shucheng lists building P1 only. The rest of the phase is not in that row.

Aluminum panel and stone cladding
Drainage on a steel skylight

Drainage on a steel skylight

Zhangjiagang plot 2011-B16 is a steel skylight. Water has to leave the rafters, not the glass only.

Steel skylights and canopies
Laminated or insulated glass overhead

Laminated or insulated glass overhead

Overhead glass is a safety choice and a thermal choice. The product page keeps both as a draft.

Steel skylights and canopies
A steel canopy at the drop-off

A steel canopy at the drop-off

Suzhou Huangdai is logged as a steel canopy. Projection and clearance are the design, not a decorative depth.

Steel skylights and canopies
When the glass canopy sits inside the window contract

When the glass canopy sits inside the window contract

Qingchuan Yayuan names light wells and glass canopies inside the window works. They are still a steel-and-glass item.

Steel skylights and canopies
Coating on exposed canopy steel

Coating on exposed canopy steel

The draft says the coating follows the corrosion specification. Outdoor steel over a gate or a drop-off is not indoor shop primer.

Steel skylights and canopies
Unit portals that repeat across a plot

Unit portals that repeat across a plot

A large residential plot repeats one portal many times. Count the types, then the quantity of each.

Entrances, gatehouses, and garage canopies
Garage canopy and the vehicle path

Garage canopy and the vehicle path

The draft says the projection follows the vehicle path. The path is a drawing, not a guess at the ramp.

Entrances, gatehouses, and garage canopies
West plot and east plot are different packages

West plot and east plot are different packages

North of the Taicang party school, the west package has a gatehouse and the east package does not.

Entrances, gatehouses, and garage canopies
Gatehouse panel plus a steel canopy

Gatehouse panel plus a steel canopy

Shanghai Songnan phase 1 is exactly that pair: gatehouse aluminum panel and a steel canopy.

Entrances, gatehouses, and garage canopies
Unit doors inside a facade package

Unit doors inside a facade package

Nanjing Liuhe includes unit doors in the same line as the curtain wall and the windows.

Entrances, gatehouses, and garage canopies
What the Class 1 decoration qualification covers

What the Class 1 decoration qualification covers

The certificate lists professional contracting of building decoration and fit-out at Class 1, valid through 15 November 2029.

Building decoration
Public-area fit-out on a residential plot

Public-area fit-out on a residential plot

Public rooms are the fit-out this company can describe from the qualification. Apartment interiors need their own bill.

Building decoration
Insulation and exterior coating

Insulation and exterior coating

The Changshu Yincheng package pairs coating with the curtain wall. The build-up still needs its own thickness.

Building decoration
One contractor for the facade and the fit-out

One contractor for the facade and the fit-out

The company profile describes windows, curtain walls, and decoration together, with standing installation crews.

Building decoration
What the fit-out bill should list

What the fit-out bill should list

A fit-out inquiry without a bill becomes a description of a photograph. The bill is the contract.

Building decoration