We fabricate and install premium aluminium window, door and curtain walling systems from Schüco, Senior Architectural Systems, Smart and Technal.
Compare the application before choosing a manufacturer: fixed glazing or opening windows, a customer entrance or a complete façade. These established manufacturers form our fabrication offer; the selected range determines the available details and performance.
Window, door and façade systems
Schüco develops architectural window, door and façade systems. For a specification combining different glazed elements, consider the frame appearance, opening arrangements and connections between the selected ranges.
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Windows, doors and curtain walling
Senior Architectural Systems offers windows, doors, curtain walling and shopfront systems. Its technical resources help project teams develop opening schedules and entrance details alongside the wider commercial elevation.
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Commercial and domestic glazing systems
Smart’s aluminium systems serve commercial and domestic applications, including windows, entrance doors and folding doors. Choose the proposed range around the building use, everyday operation, panel layout and finish.
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Windows, entrances and glazed façades
Technal develops windows, entrances and glazed façade systems. Its commercial specification resources include system details and environmental information, useful when the architectural brief also sets material or carbon requirements.
Explore Technal commercial systemsA successful specification brings the design and practical requirements together. These are the key details to consider with your project team and our fabricators.
| Requirement | What to include in your specification |
|---|---|
| Application and appearance | Window opening types, door operation, curtain wall elevations, sizes and quantities. Include sightlines, finish and colour where specified. |
| Thermal and acoustic performance | The performance targets set by your design team, including whether a thermal value refers to the glass, frame or complete assembly. |
| Weather and structural requirements | Site location, building height, exposure and any project design loads or weather performance requirements in the specification. |
| Security and everyday use | Security requirements, door hardware, access control, accessibility and escape requirements identified by the project design team. |
| Connections and installation | Drawings showing the surrounding construction, fixing locations, thresholds, cills and connections between glazing and other building elements. |
A manufacturer’s system reference is the starting point for our fabrication work. The order also needs an agreed frame layout, glass, hardware, finish and final dimensions. We discuss these details with your team before the products enter manufacture.
Use AW for supply-only fabrication or include installation. For either route, identify who is confirming dimensions, preparing openings and receiving the finished products so the responsibilities are clear.
The right technical information helps your team assess the proposed products. Tell us which system data, performance evidence, finish details or maintenance information your tender requires, and we will identify what is available for the chosen range.
Published performance values can depend on a particular size, glazing option and test configuration. Evidence needs to match the assembly being proposed, and any change to a specified system should be agreed with your design team.
AW can work to Secured by Design requirements where a suitable, appropriately certified window or door configuration is available. Share the security brief early so we can check the specified system, glazing, hardware and supporting documentation before manufacture.
We work with Schüco, Senior, Smart and Technal. Send the full range reference and drawings so we can confirm the particular products and configurations available for your project.
Tell us whether alternatives are permitted and provide the original specification. Any proposed alternative needs to be assessed against the project requirements and approved by your design team before it is ordered.