Glass Texpo | San Antonio, Texas | May 20 – 21

Meet JEI Building Envelope Engineers in person!  Bring your toughest problems, engineering questions or just stop by for a friendly introduction.     May 20- 21, 2021 San Antonio, Texas Download FREE SHOW PASS.  2021 Texpo Free Pass_JEI Structural Glazing Engineering Schedule An Appointment with JEI Licensed Professional Engineer  Find out more about Glass Texpo.

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Glazing Engineer Tools for Systems Outside Height Reqs for Florida Product Approval

Florida Product Approal Tip

Engineer Tools | Systems Outside Height Reqs for Florida Product Approval To talk to an engineering contact: JEI Structural Engineering 816-505-0987 Info@JEIstructural.com www.JEIstructural.com Building Envelope Design Consulting Services Building Envelope Engineering Design and Consulting Company Facade Engineering Design Company Aquarium Exhibit Design Company Building Facade Design Company Commercial Building Skylight Design Company Commercial Glazing Contractors…

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Code Changes for Safe Glass Guardrails

glass guardrail code updates

Read our article in USGlass Metal & Glazing November 2020 Issue. Glass Guardrails As structural engineers it’s important to pick our heads up from the code to understand its intent.  When it comes to guardrails, the code has been updated quite a bit in the recent past.  Monolithic, laminated, cap, no cap…. It’s a lot…

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Gorilla Breaks Glass at San Diego Zoo Animal Exhibit

Gorilla Breaks Glass

Temper, Temper Experts say it’s common for Gorilla’s to beat on glass because of the sound it makes.  They use it scare away peers.  Gorillas can be aggressive.  There are lots of examples online of animals breaking glass.   Our team, by quick observation, can tell that tempered glass was not used in this case.   Zoo…

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JEI Structural Engineering at GlassBuild Connect

GlassBuild Connect 2020 In anticipation of limitations on 2020 in-person events, NGA has worked behind the scenes to produce an online marketplace called GlassBuild Connect: The Glass & Fenestration Online Experience. GlassBuild Connect will showcase exhibitors’ products and services for buyers and prospects to explore. Online attendees will also have access to educational events, economic…

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Delegated Design for Glazing System Blunders

Delegated Design is quickly becoming a required and widely misunderstood engineering practice. Stewart Jeske, P.E. sheds light on this subject and uncovers common misunderstandings and blunders. Delegated Design for Curtain Wall, Storefront, Glazing Systems   JEI Structural Engineering is licensed is growing by adding excellent communication and affordability with innovation and problem solving skills.  Our…

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Storefront Clearance – Use Hilti EZ-P – JEI Glazing Engineer Recap

When using the Hilti KwikHUS EZ you can now use the EZ-P under the same design per Hilti’s latest data, good example of always looking at the latest info on a product when using it. The EZ-P used to be metric only and required a separate design to use the shallow pan head instead of…

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Glass Consulting Engineering for Commercial Facade

JEI Structural Engineering Curtain Wall Design Company

JEI Structural Engineering has been serving glazing contractors, architects and manufactures since 2003. Providing Glass Consulting and Structural Engineering Services for Commercial Projects. Glass consulting for building enclosures is rare. Aluminum, glass and glazing system design is not taught in universities. Finding the right engineering expert is more important than ever. Building enclosure is moving…

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Glazed Curtain Wall Assemblies – Restoration & Replacement

civil engineering job

A few weeks ago I watched an ASCE webinar for PDH credits that covered this topic of assessing building materials and their impact on the environment. It’s an important topic.  So much so that the AIA Continuing Education recently published an article called Glazed Curtain Wall Assemblies – Restoration and Replacement Strategies.  Matt Gorny, MAE,…

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