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Zak World of Façades Sri Lanka

Name: Zak World of Façades Sri Lanka
Start: 2019-03-13
Location: Colombo

edition

Date

13 March 2019

Venue

Sri Lanka

City

Colombo

Speakers & Panelists

Ashish Kapoor

Sales Director, Schueco India

TopicPANEL DISCUSSION : Project Management & its Affectivity in Façade Execution
Athula Amarasekera

Director, Design Team 3

TopicFaçade Design - Optimising Façade Design
Bhathiya Waduge

Director, Civil & Structural Engineering Consultants

TopicFaçade Design - Optimising Façade Design
DB Navaratne

Director, Design Consortium

TopicPANEL DISCUSSION : Project Management & its Affectivity in Façade Execution
DH Wijewardena

President, Sri Lanka Institute of Architects

TopicPANEL DISCUSSION : Project Management & its Affectivity in Façade Execution
Mahesh Arumugam

Regional Director - South Asia, Meinhardt Façade Technology

TopicPractical Approach for Complex Geometry Façades
Mahinda Jinasena

Managing Director, Asoka Glass

TopicPANEL DISCUSSION : Project Management & its Affectivity in Façade Execution
Mallikarjuna T

Country Head Srilanka, Shapoorji Pallonji

TopicPANEL DISCUSSION : Project Management & its Affectivity in Façade Execution
Malvinder Singh Rooprai

Senior Technical Program Manager - APAC, Kuraray

TopicWhat’s Inside Laminated Glass?
Masoud Moinfar

Managing Director, Fenestra Malaysia

TopicKnow Your Cladding Pressures
Migara Alwis

Managing Director, Design Consortium

TopicBridging the gap
Murad Ismail

Partner, MICD Associates

TopicDesign for the Sake of Design
Priyan Mendis

Chairman, Civil & Structural Engineering Consultants

TopicFaçade Design - Optimising Façade Design
Pulasthi Wijekoon

Design Director, The Design Group Five International

TopicFaçade: A Face or a "Space" ?
Rajan Govind

Director - Façade + Construction Tech Specialist, BES Consultants

TopicEnergy Efficient Façades - Achieved Through Design Not by Expensive Materials
Rohan Keswani

Director, Aluplex

TopicComplex Geometrical Façades
Shiromal Fernando

Managing Director, Civil & Structural Engineering Consultants

TopicPANEL DISCUSSION : Project Management & its Affectivity in Façade Execution
Sreenivas Narayanan

Global Partnerships Director, Siderise

TopicImportance and Effective Ways of Fire Compartmentation of Façades

Conference Agenda

Every speaker for the day, grouped by session. Select a topic to see who is presenting, the session focus and the talk points.

Session 1

08:50 — 09:00 Welcome Address

10:35 — 11:00 NETWORKING & TEA/COFFEE BREAK

Session 2

13:00 — 13:50 Networking Lunch Break

Session 3

15:40 — 15:50 Vote of Thanks & End of the Conference

08:00 — 08:50

Suhel Kachwala

Managing Director

FG Glass

Topic

Delegate Registration

09:00 — 09:25

Pulasthi Wijekoon

Design Director

The Design Group Five International

Topic

Façade: A Face or a "Space" ?

Talk points

Significance of building interface

Perceive façade as a zone

Need for user engagement

09:25 — 09:50

Mahesh Arumugam

Regional Director - South Asia

Meinhardt Façade Technology

Topic

Practical Approach for Complex Geometry Façades

Talk points

Rationalizing geometry

Computer aid vs manual complex geometry

Simplifying fabrication and installation

09:50 — 10:10

Rohan Keswani

Director

Aluplex

Topic

Complex Geometrical Façades

Talk points

Structural tensegrity façades

Curved glass façades

10:10 — 10:35

Athula Amarasekera

Director

Design Team 3

Priyan Mendis

Chairman

Civil & Structural Engineering Consultants

Bhathiya Waduge

Director

Civil & Structural Engineering Consultants

Topic

Façade Design - Optimising Façade Design

Talk points

Computational fluid dynamics analysis (CFD)

Fire safety and economical building design

Recent examples and application in Sri Lanka and Australia

11:00 — 11:25

Masoud Moinfar

Managing Director

Fenestra Malaysia

Topic

Know Your Cladding Pressures

Talk points

Wind codes are meant to be conservative

Costly blind spots - The developers always pay!

Return on investment - You will be shocked

11:25 — 11:45

Ashish Kapoor

Sales Director

Schueco India

Topic

Schueco Technology Centre

Talk points

Safe electronics and high level building protection

Focus on quality and safety

11:45 — 12:15

Migara Alwis

Managing Director

Design Consortium

Topic

Bridging the gap

Talk points

Bridging the gap between the designer & the end user

Use of appropriate technology in façade design

12:15 — 13:00

Moderator

Suhel Kachwala

Managing Director

FG Glass

Panelist

Mahinda Jinasena

Managing Director

Asoka Glass

Panelist

DH Wijewardena

President

Sri Lanka Institute of Architects

Panelist

DB Navaratne

Director

Design Consortium

Panelist

Shiromal Fernando

Managing Director

Civil & Structural Engineering Consultants

Panelist

Mallikarjuna T

Country Head Srilanka

Shapoorji Pallonji

Panelist

Ashish Kapoor

Sales Director

Schueco India

Topic

PANEL DISCUSSION : Project Management & its Affectivity in Façade Execution

Talk points

Clarity on the materials and budget for the project with additional emphasis on VE options for the project

Possible loopholes in the system which affect the façade execution and quality

Possible solutions to ensure timely completion of the project

Quality control measures during façade execution and the stakeholders involved in the process

13:50 — 14:10

Murad Ismail

Partner

MICD Associates

Topic

Design for the Sake of Design

Talk points

What is architecture & its responsibilities

Pros & cons of new material

The current situation in design

14:10 — 14:30

Rajan Govind

Director - Façade + Construction Tech Specialist

BES Consultants

Topic

Energy Efficient Façades - Achieved Through Design Not by Expensive Materials

Talk points

Understanding local weather and designing to suit local environmental and client desire

Glass selection process, understanding performances

Impact and key aspects of energy impact on façade glazing

Case study and comparison of a recently completed commercial façade of Colombo

14:30 — 14:50

Sreenivas Narayanan

Global Partnerships Director

Siderise

Topic

Importance and Effective Ways of Fire Compartmentation of Façades

Talk points

Understanding the types of compartmentation - Perimeter barriers and cavity barriers

Functional and testing requirements of perimeter barrier firestop systems and cavity barriers

Routes to compliance though large scale system tests

14:50 — 15:10

Tanuj Sharma

Director Marketing & Sales - Eastern Europe

CSG Holdings

Topic

High Performance Coated Glass for Façades

Talk points

Shielding an energy efficient & sustainable building envelope with low emissivity coatings

Hard coat low emissivity glass vs Soft coat low emissivity glass

Triple silver low e coating: Controlling the GiR & value added HVAC benefits

Case study: KL118 Tower, Malaysia

15:10 — 15:30

Malvinder Singh Rooprai

Senior Technical Program Manager - APAC

Kuraray

Topic

What’s Inside Laminated Glass?

Talk points

Types of Interlayers

Selecting the right interlayer

Evolving standards on laminated glass

15:30 — 15:50

William Chen

Deputy General Manager

Kinlong

Topic

Bringing Innovation to Façade & Post Railing System

Talk points

Beyond obvious & common: Achieving great heights in india for cable projects

New trend: Aluminium U channel system & why kinlong?

New arrival: Products

How it was

Partners

Presenting Partner

Associate Partners