“Due to the slope and tri angle shape of the glass ceiling, it was a challenging task, and we had to address all the issues it presented,” Fred says. “By collaborating with the architects and the owner, we were able to meet their design intent, while staying within the owner’s budget.” “Now everybody really likes it,” Fred adds. “The architect had nothing but positive comments and the owner nominated us for a VRCA award. We gave them exactly what they wanted while staying within their budget.” The BLUME Towers are located in the community of Dalhousie, Calgary Alberta. That project is made up of two towers reaching 15 storeys high. DESA was responsible for the fabrication and installation of 35,000 square feet of DESA 2500HP Curtain Wall and over 4,500 panels of OBE 6500 Series Unitized Curtain Wall, which they assembled in their own facility in Rocky View. There, Fred says the architect had a “challenging design with five or six different colours in the opaque areas.” “We had to look for ways to achieve thatwithout blowing the budget,” Fred recalls. “Printing on glass was not an option so we came up with the idea of using a film application for the opaque areas. We applied a film on the inner surface of the sealed units, which gave the architect an extreme level of design freedom.” Fred credits DESA’s success on both projects, again, to their capacity as a ‘one-stop-shop’ and their ability to collaborate with the architects throughout the entire process. At the same time, he also credits the hard work and dedication of DESA’s team. That includes their team of in-house designers, Project THE CONSTRUCTION SOURCE CANADA
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