Avoid Delays On Recovery Funded Projects

August 30, 2010

 Avoid Delays On Recovery Funded Projects

The glazing industry is starting to see the trickle down of government recovery money, but it’s not without a price. These projects are tagged with important features. That glaziers will do well to be aware of most of the projects are for Department of Defense installations or GSA and have blast resistance requirements.
A significant percentage of the recovery money ends up in the hands of architectural firms. Responsible for design and construction oversight. The design budgets are nice and fat and many of the architectural firms hire blast load consultants to provide design input, write specifications, and …review your submittals during the construction phase. So now the typical submittal has to jump through an additional hoop. The blast load consultant is usually eager to make their value known. And that translates to a necessity for every “t” being crossed. And every “i” dotted.
Submittals which are rejected (for what ever reason) require time, effort and often a tangible dollar amount to be resubmitted. Sometimes the blast load consultants may not be altogether familiar with glazing systems and this results in a nightmare of rejections and resubmittals. 

Projects with recovery earmarks are good business when you understand their process.

So stay tuned! Next time we’ll cover some of the items typically required in the submittals for blast resistant glazing.

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