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Construction and Performance of Curtain Wall Systems for Super Highrise Buildings – the Hong Kong’s Experience Prepared by Raymond WM Wong Division of Building Science & Technology, City University of Hong Kong

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Construction and Performance of Curtain Wall Systems for Super Highrise Buildings – the Hong

Kong’s ExperiencePrepared by

Raymond WM WongDivision of Building Science & Technology,

City University of Hong Kong

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Development of Curtain Wall Systems in Hong Kong

1st Generation – Early to late 1970’s

features: mainly non-proprietary products design by local window manufacturers.

common systems: stick-type, spandrel and cover, unit-in-frame types

material: aluminium sections, fabricated locally and erected in-situ using manual means

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Development of Curtain Wall Systems in Hong Kong (Cont.)

2nd Generation – Early 1980’s to early 90’sfeatures: mainly proprietary products usually in standard design out from the manufacturer’s inventory

common systems: stick-type, spandrel and cover, unit-in-frame and sometimes unitized types

material: sections in aluminium or its alloys, fabricated overseas and delivered to site for installation.

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Development of Curtain Wall Systems in Hong Kong (Cont.)

3rd Generation – mid 1990’s onwardfeatures: mainly proprietary or expert products usually tailor-designed and made for highly specific purposes

common systems: majority are in unitized types

material: sections in aluminium alloys, some in stainless steel, large areas of glass was also used, large amount of accessories and fixing components are involved, components fabricated overseas (incl. China) and delivered to site for installation.

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Use of Curtain Wall Systems in Hong Kong’s buildings (Cont.)

1) Office buildings

2) hotels

3) Shopping centers

4) Public/Functional buildings

5) Residential buildings

6) Other types

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The city profile of Hong Kong as viewed from the Kowloon Peninsula. Generations of tall buildings sprung up from the harbour side since the 1970’s can be seen.

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Aerial views of the downtown area of Central District

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Close up seeing the building façades of some high-rise buildings in downtown areas

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Buildings using Curtain wall of the first generation - The office zone of East Tsim Sha Tsui developed in the late 1970’s

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Common types of curtain wall systems for high-rise buildings

1) Stick system

2) Unit system

3) Unit and mullion system

4) Column-cover and spandrel system

5) Various types of glass wall system

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Typical stick system wall –the Gateway at Tsim Sha Tsui

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Typical unitized system wall – the Cheung Kong Center

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Glass wall and skylight for the Festival Walk Shopping Mall

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Glass wall for the Terminal Building at Hong Kong ChekLap Kok International Airport

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pGlass wall used for the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Center

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The glass wall for the International Finance Center (Hong Kong Station)

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Glass Hubs at podium roof of the International Finance Center

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Curtain wall for the Cyberport Development

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Functions and performance requirements of curtain wall for high-rise buildings

situations where buildings in Hong Kong are expected to face

• Very large building envolop (say, up to 50000 sq m)

• Typhoon situations (wind speed up to 60m/s)

• Thunderstorm situations

• Extreme temperature difference

• Exposure to salty or polluted atmosphere

• Long period of air-conditioning/cooling time

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Functions and performance requirements of curtain wall for high-rise buildings

1) strength and stability – dead load and wind load

2) weather resistance – ability to keep out water & wind

3) thermal insulation and condensation – max 30W/sq m

4) sound insulation – 25dB or above

5) fire resistance – usually no specific requirement if enough separating distance from relevant boundary is provided

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Testing of curtain wall

1) air infiltration

2) water penetration under static & dynamic pressure

3) structural adequacy under static & dynamic pressure

4) vertical and horizontal seismic movement

5) hinge and frame test

6) in-situ pull-out test

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Installation process

1) transportation, storage and handling

2) anchorage and connection provision

3) installation arrangement

4) final fixing and inspection

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Handling of the window units

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Built-in anchor and hanging brackets

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Cases for References

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Shun Hing Plaza- 68-storey office building constructed in composite form (core wall plus external steel frame)

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Installing of the curtain wall

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Close up of the mullion frame at the external faces of building

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Close up of the walling frame with mullion and transom in position

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Wall to cover the bracing members located in the building exterior

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Fixing the mullion onto the floor structure

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Detail of the fixing bracket

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Wall framing components

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Manulife Tower (Lee Garden Hotel Redevelopment) –50-storey office building in composite construction

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Overview of the building’s exterior

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Curtain wall installation for the typical floors

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Close up of the rebate on the sides of the building exterior

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Close up seeing the walling arrangement of the sky garden

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The hanger brackets and the secured units on the floor edges

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Transporting the wall units into the building interiors

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Placing the window unit into position

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Close up of the standard units

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To be continued in Part II . . . .

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The Center- A 80-storey office building constructed in structural steel frame (mega-structure).

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The configuration of the building frame

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A separating line between the curtain wall and the building structure – work suspended pending to the approval of the fixing detail

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Gondola set up to facilitate the installation of the curtain wall units

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Hanging, fixing and joining detail of the units

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Pyramid feature at the building corners

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The backing structure of the pyramid feature

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Detail of the backing frame before placing of the glass panes

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Forming the inverted pyramid feature at one of the building corners

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Seeing the window from the pyramid’s interior

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Wall cleansing machine and the sliding door on the penthouse

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Rail track for the hanging-type sliding door to provide a flush exterior look for an opening for the wall cleansing machine

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Stretching out of the wall cleansing machine from a hydraulic arm

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Close up detail of the automatic cleansing robot that mounted onto concealed track provided on the window units

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Cheung Kong Center- A 62-storey office building in composite construction

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Cheung Kong Center at night

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Installing the curtain wall during the construction of the superstructure

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Belt truss at building top

Curtain wall installation close to the building top

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Belt-truss and Outrigger systems

Transfer Truss system

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Backing frame for the louvered panels at the transfer truss level

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Installing the standard panels on typical floors

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Fixing detail of the panels

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Fixing detail of the panels

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Detail of the louvered panels

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Exterior detail of the standard panels

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Exterior detail of the standard panels

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Elevation and sectional detail of typical panels

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Enlarged detail of a typical panel unit

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Storage arrangement of the panel units inside building interior

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Close up of standard panels seeing the section and junction detail of the units

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Stainless steel entrance canopy forming part of the building façades

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Residential Development at Stubbs Road- A 66-storey residential building with internal and external shear walls forming the major part of the building structure

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Backing arrangement to the building exterior before the fixing of the wall panelling

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Detail of the built-in anchor channel and the fixing bracket

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Touching up of the window and wall units

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Detail of the fixing at the rebate window

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Maintenance Consideration

common problem sources where failures to curtain wall often occurDesign failure – selection and appropriateness of the system, non-compliance to design and performance standards, imperfection in the jointing design and detailing, improper use of materials etc.

Construction and structural failure – wrong location or method of fixing, improper anchorage and connection provision (including failure in welding), failure in the walling components, unpredicted deflection or deformation appears in the background structure, poor supervision and workmanship.

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Maintenance Consideration

common problem sources where failures to curtain wall often occur (cont.)Aging and deterioration – discolouring and surface damaging due to weather action; corrosion due to air pollution, acid rain, or electro-chemical effect to dissimilar metals; aging and hardening of the glazing compound or sealing gasket, deteriorating of the insulating materials that lead to further dampening of the walling materials/components, disfiguring or loosening of the fixing and connections, loosening or broken-off of the glazing or other fitting items.

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Maintenance Consideration

Signs to observed during maintenance inspectio

- Sign of distress and deterioration of the entire wall system,- cracked, loose or missing glass panels,- bulging, bowing, separation, delamination, rotation, displacement of panels,- marks of water, staining and rust,- damaged and missing parts, corrosion, loosening or other defects,- extrusion, wrinkle, split, missing or other signs of deterioration of the sealing materials.- moisture appears around or behind the curtain wall.

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