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Scratch, Scuff or Rub Mark: Repairing Anodized and Painted Aluminum Storefront (and When the Frame Has to Be Replaced)

A rub mark, a scuff, or a scratch through the finish on anodized or painted aluminum storefront: which ones clean off, which touch up, and when the frame is a replacement.

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No Exceptions Taken Is Not a Release: What a New PM Has to Close Out Between Approval and Fabrication

No exceptions taken and approved as noted mean the architect agrees with the drawings. They do not mean the shop can build from them. The four things a new PM closes out between approval and fabrication, and the one question to ask before any release.

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Where Do the Wires Go? Power Transfers, Electrified Hinges, and the Wiring Path for Electrified Door Hardware

Electrified door hardware fails between the ceiling and the door, not at the device. How power reaches the header, crosses to the door through an EPT or electrified hinge, and why every prep has to be resolved before fabrication.

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The Shop Drawing Review Checklist: 5 Things to Check Before You Release a Glazing Package to Fabrication

A five-item shop drawing review checklist for glazing packages: dimensions, quantities, finishes, hardware and preps, open items. Check it before the shop cuts.

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The 5 Most Expensive Assumptions a Glazing PM Makes Before Fabrication

The rough opening is probably right, the field can make it work, the finish is close enough: five PM assumptions before fabrication, what each costs, and what to check.

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South. No, North. Wait, We Need These 5 Pieces First: How Changing Phased Releases Disrupts Fabrication Scheduling

How changing phased releases disrupts fabrication scheduling: the cut-list drop, machining batches, staging, and packaging, and how to communicate a priority change early.

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The Rough Opening Doesn’t Match the Drawings: Modify On Site, Send It Back, or Remake?

When the rough opening is outside construction tolerances: remeasure, find what changed, then weigh modifying on site, sending the frame back, or a remake.

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Before You Release That Entrance: 6 Storefront Door Hardware and Frame Details That Cause the Most Problems

Storefront door hardware release checklist: handing, stile width, offset pivots, closers, thresholds, hardware prep. Settle all six before the shop cuts a stile.

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What Belongs in a Fabrication Release: Fabrication Drawings, Door Hardware Schedule, Finish Schedule, and the Stuff Fabricators Keep Asking For

What a complete aluminum fabrication release contains: fabrication drawings, the current door hardware schedule, a finish schedule, and a one-page cover sheet.

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Knocked Down or Preassembled? How Your Storefront Fabrication Should Arrive at the Jobsite

Knocked down or preassembled? How aluminum storefront should arrive for installation: eight factors that decide it, and how to bundle and tag it for the crew.

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