Curtainwall design, fabrication and installation is many-faceted - an echo of the many options it offers for creative expression. Glass and metal curtain walls are highly engineered and built to close tolerances. The result is a gridwork of lightweight metal, assembled either from individual pieces in the field or as part of factory-preassembled panels and fitted with some combination of transparent and opaque infill panels. Installation requires the placement of these precision-built parts on a skeleton built to much greater dimensional tolerances, involving the work of numerous trades. Thus, proper and timely communication among the members of the project team - architect, specifier, wall manufacturer, general contractor, installation contractor and the glazier - is essential for a successful installation. There are generally five matters of chief concern for the design and erection of metal curtainwall.
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