Overhead glass in a public building is one of the few building elements where a single failure can injure someone who was simply walking across…
Most buildings maintain their atrium glazing reactively, and almost nobody decided to. It happens by default, because the roof is out of sight, nothing is…
Atrium glazing doesn’t fail suddenly. It gives notice for a year or two first, and the notice is usually visible from the floor by anyone…
Ask a facilities manager responsible for a dozen buildings what the atrium costs to keep, and you’ll usually get a firm figure for cleaning and…