Storefront, curtain wall & partitions
The commercial envelope and the glass inside it, fabricated in Burnsville and installed by our own crews, from shop drawings through punch list.
Storefront systems & entrances
Aluminum storefront, entrances and glazed openings for retail, restaurant, office and light industrial. New construction and tenant improvement.
- Aluminum framing in standard and custom finishes
- Entrance doors, closers, panic hardware and thresholds
- Insulated, tempered, laminated and security glazing
- After-hours work on occupied spaces
- Emergency board-up and glass replacement
Curtain wall
Fabrication and field installation of curtain wall assemblies for Twin Cities commercial work. We build from your system and your specification.
- Shop drawings and fabrication
- Field installation with our own crews
- Coordination with the glazing spec and IG supplier
- Bird-friendly glazing available on surface one
Storefront or curtain wall: what's the difference?
Storefront is a non-load-bearing aluminum framing system, typically installed floor by floor at grade and spanning between the floor and the structure above. Curtain wall is a lighter envelope system hung from the building structure, usually spanning multiple floors, designed to carry only its own weight plus wind load. Storefront dominates at entry level and in low-rise; curtain wall is what you use when the glazed envelope runs the height of the building.
Glass walls & partitions
Interior office fronts, conference room walls, demountable partitions and glass door systems. This is the work that gives an open plan its quiet rooms back.
- Full-height and partial-height glass walls
- Sliding and swing glass door systems
- Applied graphics, frit and etched privacy banding
- Back-painted panels and marker board walls
- Textured and patterned glass for partial privacy
- Mirror walls for fitness studios, gyms and dance rooms
Privacy or branding on the glass is fabricated in-house. See film graphics, printing & etching.
Bird-friendly glazing, etched in Burnsville.
Five ABC-approved Flyway™ patterns at Threat Factors™ of 20 and 25, applied to surface one of any vision or tinted glass unit with all coatings behind the etch. Because we do the etching ourselves, bird-safe glazing stops being the long-lead item on the submittal log.
ABC bird-friendly threshold: 30 or lower.