Mark Meshulam. The Chicago Window Expert

The Chicago Window Expert is Mark Meshulam, Vice President of Builders Architectural Inc., a top window company headquartered in Deerfield, IL.

Meshulam oversees engineering for virtually all Builders Architectural extensive portfolio of window projects. In addition, he has logged over a year of experience in testing laboratories, building and testing “mockups” which serve as prototypes for actual large scale projects.

Mockup of part of a future building, built at Construction Research Laboratory in Miami for a project in Chicago. Mockup was tested for air infiltration, water penetration, structural and thermal.

Since 1960, Builders Architectural has been actively involved in shaping Chicago’s cityscape by furnishing and installing windows, curtainwalls, entrances, glass, panels and louvers in many of the city’s most prominent structures.

Not so easy…

This is not a simple feat, because each building is different. Each has its own cast of characters (Owner, GC, Architect, Consultant), and of course, its own unique design. This design involves not only what the building looks like, but also its many specified design criteria.

Janice Weber, Builders Architectural President, confers with Architects

Design criteria might involve ventilation requirements, visible daylight, structural, thermal performance, air infiltration, water penetration, movement capabilities, construction tolerances, operation types, glass selections,  finish selections, operation types, hardware and many more.

Windows are at the epicenter of such hot topics as the Green Building movement, Americans with Disabilities Act, Life Safety Code, facade inspections, LEEDs, blast (from explosion), seismic (earthquake), acoustical, and even hurricane resistance.

Windows must be designed to be delivered in an orderly sequence, installed easily in a way appropriate to the structure, and this is done in many cases in occupied buildings!

At the forefront

At Builders Architectural we strive to remain at the forefront of these issues, so that we can provide value and expertise to our customers (who are often Owners, Architects and General Contractors), as well as provide the optimal product and installation for the end user.

It is the expertise we have developed over 50 years of window-ing, that we hope to bring to you in these pages in the future.

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My phone: 847-945-9200 ext 229
My email: mark@chicagowindowexpert.com

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