LOhSE2 provides new building architectural support for a wide variety of clients. Choose from the list below to see how LOhSE2 can help you!
Building Owners and Developers
- Review early project planning concepts
- Pre-design phase scope development
- Provide preliminary building enclosure recommendations
- Assist with initial reasonable cost estimates for waterproofing systems and components
- Evaluate and compare products being considered
- Interact with and augment Designer-of Record
- Quality Assurance and construction oversight
- Bid packages
- Assist with problem resolution
- Air barrier commissioning
- Owner’s project requirements (OPR) / Basis of Design (BOD) technical assistance
- Commissioning report preparation
- Obtain bids
- Independent third-party inspections
Architects
- Technical peer review for building envelope systems
- Materials research and product evaluations
- Construction administration
- Innovative solutions to building envelope designs
- Design assistance from development through construction documents for all building envelope systems, details, and specifications.
Facility Managers
- Review project requirements and goals
- Provide recommendations and assessments of waterproofing options being considered
- Represent FM’s during the design and construction processes.
- Confirm construction complies with the project’s goals
Contractors
- Building envelope pre-construction evaluation
- Review construction documents
- Construction testing and inspection services for the building envelope systems
- Start-up, coordination and progress meetings
- Analysis and resolution of problem conditions during construction
- Site reports
- Submittal and shop drawing reviews
- Spokesman / representative for the contractor on building envelope issues
- Provide advice and technical assistance to subs
- Assist with identifying, evaluating and selecting subcontractors.
- Review subcontractor proposals
Building Enclosure – This describes the components and systems of any building that physically separates the exterior from the interior environment, also referred to as the building envelope or “skin”, and summarized below:
- Base floor systems including slabs, decks, exposed corridors and stairs
- Foundation wall systems
- Above grade wall systems including windows (fenestration) and doors
- Roof systems
The exterior enclosure systems perform numerous symbiotic functions including:
- Carry structural loads
- Manage water and moisture vapor
- Control air leakage
- Thermal barrier
- Address fire resistance
- Private light and ventilation
Because of the inherent complexity of the exterior systems, not the least of which includes significant new requirements, experienced and quality oriented Architects, Owners, Developers, and Contractors often engage knowledgeable Consultant firms that specialize in building exteriors.