Toronto Southcore Financial Centre & Delta Toronto | 159.71m | 45s | GWL | KPMB

Also, there are also no visible hangers attached to the concrete. Unusual. Window wall is usually mounted to brackets pre-drilled into the floor slabs.

Are they just "gluing" the cladding on? :D
 
Traynor said:
Also, there are also no visible hangers attached to the concrete. Unusual. Window wall is usually mounted to brackets pre-drilled into the floor slabs.

Are they just "gluing" the cladding on? :D
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look at androiduk photo and you will see the support are on the top of the floor slab
 
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That is a nice deck. It looks like there are still about a dozen floors left to go, plus a solid chunk of mechanical. Quite pleasantly surprised with how this one turned out.
 
shorty1965 said:
Anyone??
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It's not windowwall, it's curtainwall. The the top of one frame locks into the bottom of the other frame with a pair of gaskets to create a sealed tube. The only physical place left where it could possibly leak is where the mullions are joined, and (depending on the system) that's usually covered with a patch (either an aluminium insert or a piece of membrane) and caulked. They install after it's had a chance to dry, and although the mullions themselves should be weathertight once locked (there's usually a gasket where they marry) it's standard practice for the installers to caulk six inches up the vertical gasket and six inches across the horizontal gasket just to be double-safe (sometimes the gaskets can pinch and roll off the extrusion, the caulking guarantees that even if they do there's still something sealing the interlocks).

It's actually a much better way of doing things than windowwall. Done right it's almost impossible for it to leak.
 
Ryan_T said:
I hope that's a public lobby space. That'd make for an excellent viewing deck.
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That is a really cool feature. Even though it's only a few storeys above grade, it's wide open here above the train tracks and will have panoramic views of the financial district. A restaurant would be great. Hope it's not just a business centre. I hope it's public, too. Although I have no reason to stay in a hotel in TO, this is one of my favorite new projects (and favorite of the recently built hotels), so I may come up with a valid reason for staying over when it's all completed :p
 
Also, there are also no visible hangers attached to the concrete. Unusual. Window wall is usually mounted to brackets pre-drilled into the floor slabs.

Are they just "gluing" the cladding on?
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The hybrid-wall system here at Delta is being drilled into the underside of the slab, and fastened with wedge bolts.
 
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