Installing Committee Task Groups
Scope: Determine how to address issues with specifications, with the end goal of providing specification guidelines on what is available, or minimum criteria.
Status: Task group to meet March 2, 2020, at the Building Envelope Contractors Conference
Contact Steve Dean, Installing Committee Vice Chair, to join this group.
Scope: This is a new task group that is actively looking for volunteers to
- Review & edit existing content
- Provide general diagrams, project photos
- Write sections of new content on:
- Structural Performance
- Design Loads
- Finishes & Coatings
- System Testing
- Building Codes
Status: This new task group will meet on March 2, 2020, at the Building Envelope Contractors Conference
Contact Karen Wegert, NGA associate director of technical services, to join this group.
Scope: To educate architects/specifiers/designers that they need to show an effective thermal barrier that is continuous on drawings at the transition from glazing systems to adjacent construction. To advise glazing system suppliers/manufacturers to include effective thermal barriers in addition to the air/water barriers in these same transitions. To educate glazing subcontractors on how to estimate and plan installation labor when they start to see these requirements in contract documents.
Status: Task group to meet March 2, 2020, at the Building Envelope Contractors Conference
Scope: This is a new task group that is actively looking for volunteers to develop an AIA presentation showing the differences between curtain wall, storefront and window wall, with correct application of each.
Status: This new task group will meet on March 2, 2020, at the Building Envelope Contractors Conference
Contact Karen Wegert, NGA associate director of technical services, to join this group.
Scope: To review, update and maintain the MyGlassClass.com installer curriculum, as well identify any other non-technical educational opportunities for glaziers.
Status: Task group will meet on March 2, 2020, at the Building Envelope Contractors Conference
Contact Stephanie Ellis, NGA associate director of education & training, to join this group.