KAFD, Parcel 5.07 & 5.08, Riyadh
Saudi Constructioneers Est.
Owner / Developer
Rayadah Investment Company (RIC)
Architect
Omrania & Associates
Building Function
Office
Status
Completed 06/2017
approx. 50.000 m²
Height
approx. 83 m
Technical Features
- Unitized curtain wall
- Stick system facade
- Sunshade elements
- Parcel 5.07 – approx. 61 m
- Parcel 5.08 – approx. 83 m
We provided
Consultancy
Sound facade decisions start with a clear understanding of the project’s starting point.
- Priedemann organises the available project information, design intent, use, and facade-related technical and external requirements.
- Together with the project participants, objectives, priorities, constraints and unresolved questions are made visible.
- This creates a reliable basis for the next design steps and for decisions before the facade concept is developed in greater detail.
- Priedemann identifies and structures the project information, requirements, objectives and constraints relevant to facade planning.
- These may include design intent, use, technical and energy-related requirements, local conditions, and quality, cost and programme objectives.
- Unresolved questions, dependencies and competing priorities are made explicit and translated into clear decision criteria.
- This creates a reliable basis for early facade design and subsequent planning.
- The subjects reviewed and documented depend on the project stage and agreed scope.
Decision criteria and priorities
- Not every facade requirement has the same priority within a project.
- Design intent, use, technical requirements, local conditions, quality, cost and programme objectives can influence one another.
- Establishing the project basis therefore also means structuring these requirements and making potential conflicts visible.
- The resulting criteria provide a shared basis against which later options and decisions can be assessed consistently.
After a facade manufacturer is appointed, Priedemann reviews its shop drawings, system planning and technical submittals against the agreed design basis.
- This includes comparison with project changes, assessment of structural assumptions and energy/acoustic performance values, and review of technical data sheets for materials and components.
- Priedemann comments on discrepancies and coordinates change management as the facade contact point for the planning team.
- Priedemann reviews the contractor’s shop-drawing information against the agreed requirements and released design basis.
- Depending on the appointment, the review covers system components, details, interfaces, technical assumptions, materials and relevant performance data.
- Deviations and unresolved questions are documented and coordinated with the design team.
- In this way, the review supports technical quality assurance and makes required decisions visible early.
The supervision of assembly and installation is particularly important for us, to ensure the agreed quality. Our principle is that deviations from the agreed planning must be identified at an early stage, documented and the implementation corrected. This controlling refers both to production and manufacturing as well as to the assembly on the building site:
Regular inspection of production and assembly in the factory- Verification of compliance with the approved design, ensuring compliance with the agreed qualities, standards and test series
- Regular reporting on production progress; the reports contain recommendations for possible improvements as well as a list of unfulfilled services, performance arrears, defects identified
- Verification of compliance with the approved design, ensuring compliance with the agreed qualities, standards and test series
- Inspection of examples of facade sections as reference values for determining the quality of workmanship – benchmark inspections
- Involvement in performance tests on the facade on the building site (water impermeability, sound insulation, blower door test, etc.)
- Random inspection of the installation work on the building site
- Regular reporting on the installation work including the identification of discrepancies with the original planning
Priedemann supports the transition of the completed facade to handover: taking part in the acceptance walk-through, documenting the final inspection with observations and recommendations, compiling as-built, operating and maintenance documentation, and checking that documentation for completeness.
- The aim is a traceable handover basis for the client, architects and project management.
- The formal acceptance decision remains with the responsible project party.
- Priedemann supports the handover of a completed facade and the compilation of as-built and operating documentation.
- Depending on the appointment, this includes attending the handover walk-through, documenting observations, and checking available construction drawings, calculations, operating information and maintenance manuals for completeness.
- The result is an organised information package for operation and maintenance.
- Formal acceptance and responsibility for the accuracy of contractor documentation remain with the contractually responsible parties.
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