Install complex curtain walling
Overview
This standard covers the positioning, securing and preparation of complex curtain walling. The complexity could be because the products have unique requirements relating to their production, have features that are difficult to achieve, or require a mixture of materials and processes that are particularly unusual. Curtain walling systems will either provide the external surfaces of a building or be positioned within a large aperture. You will need to position system components correctly, secure them to the main structure of a building and prepare them to support the panels.
This standard is for you if you work in the Fenestration Industry and are involved in on site installation work of Curtain Wall systems with complex features/requirements
Performance criteria
You must be able to:
- comply with health and safety requirements and procedures at all times
- obtain reliable sources of information and assess the implication of complex requirements on installation processes
- report any issues with requirements for complex curtain walling that you feel may affect safety, quality or timescales to relevant people
- check installation sites and all relevant surfaces are prepared to meet specifications
- use specified installation materials and fixings following safe working practices
- position installation materials to meet specifications
- identify, select and use appropriate tools and equipment for fixing complex curtain walling following safe working practices and manufacturers' instructions
- fix installation materials to structures so that they are secure and apply specified materials following manufacturer's instructions to provide a weatherproof installation
- check installation materials are undamaged and are capable of supporting panels following standard operating procedures
- finish work checking that installation work is plumb, functions as required and meets specifications
- remove tools and equipment from work areas and store them following standard operating procedures
- remove surplus materials and debris from work area and dispose of them following standard operating procedures and current legislation
- restock any materials used from appropriate sources that are necessary for further work
- identify any problems relating to installation work and deal with them following standard operating procedures
record information on work in appropriate information systems
pass relevant information to customers about operation and cleaning of curtain walling following standard operating procedures
Knowledge and Understanding
You need to know and understand:
- types of complex requirements that could arise including unique production requirements, difficult features or unusual combinations of materials or processes
- implications of complex requirements on installations
- special methods, equipment and resources necessary to deal with complex requirements
- health and safety responsibilities, obligations and procedures that need to be followed
- how to ensure installation sites are prepared correctly and following safe working practices
- purpose of Datum points and how to use them
- different types of materials used for installations and weatherproofing of internal and external finishes
- factors that could determine whether sections are assembled prior to positioning or assembled in situ and the benefits of them
- why it is important to ensure no applied loads are carried by individual sections
- how to handle different types of installation materials
- methods for securing installation materials to different types of structures
- how and when to check and ensure structures are aligned and plumb and why this is important
- how different installation materials fit together
- type of damage that can affect installation materials and how to minimise the risk of damage
- how to deal with surplus materials including disposal, recycling and reuse
- h type of materials to be restocked and how to obtain these
- how to undertake final inspection of installation work, including whether drainage is clear and functioning
- types of problem that can occur with installation work and the standard operating procedures for dealing with them
information systems be used and why it is important to use them
information and instructions to provide to customers relating to operation and cleaning