As building enclosure specialists, HEA has providing building enclosure consulting services on a variety of projects, of varying complexity and varying scales. HEA maintains the highest level of quality standards throughout the design, bidding, testing, and installation of building envelopes. Services provided by HEA ensure that the enclosure systems will resist and withstand all applicable loads including but not limited to wind, snow, ice, seismic, thermal, and solar radiation as required, resulting in a high performance enclosure system for the building. HEA assists in the development of project documents, including the preparation of sketches and specifications to ensure a complete and comprehensive building enclosure package for the project. In addition, HEA’s experience in regarding to the procurement and fabrication of materials utilized within custom envelope systems make them an invaluable resource throughout the design and construction phases to ensure that materials meet not only their performance targets, but also meet the design intent of the team.
HEA has experience in the following types of exterior envelope systems:
- Unitized Curtain Wall Systems
- Storefront Systems
- Window Walls and Ribbon Windows
- Operable Components
- Metal Panels and Cladding
- Masonry & Stone Cladding
- Terra Cotta Rainscreen Cladding
- Pre-Cast Concrete Cladding
- Suspended and Structural Glass Systems
- Steel and Glass Walls
- Double skin facades
- Cavity Walls
- Recladding Systems
- Overcladding Systems
- Historic Facades
Through a rigorous consulting process, HEA’s staff ensures that the exterior envelope is properly design, constructed, and installed, providing the owner with a high quality and high performing building envelope system.