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Zak World of Façades India

Name: Zak World of Façades India
Start: 2015-04-10
Location: ITC Maratha

edition

Date

10 April 2015

Venue

ITC Maratha

City

Mumbai

Speakers & Panelists

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

09:30 — 09:30 Welcome Address

10:40 — 10:40 Networking Tea/Coffee Break

Session 2

13:00 — 13:00 Lunch Break

Session 3

14:20 — 14:20 Rainscreen metal cladding systems using Titanium Zinc

15:40 — 15:40 Networking Tea/Coffee Break

Session 4

16:20 — 16:20 Designing façades with structural laminated glass interlayers

18:00 — 18:00 Vote of Thanks

09:35 — 09:35

Robert Stephens

Executive Director

Inhabit Group

Topic

Efficient design of façades on high rise towers

Talk points

Case studies on Ocean Heights in Dubai (twisted) (310m), Entisar Tower in Dubai (520m), Central Market in Abu Dhabi (381m) & Three Pacific Place in Hong Kong (200m).

Design processes and detailing used on these towers and how they can be employed onto high rise projects in Mumbai

10:00 — 10:00

Sourabh Kankar

Marketing Manager - India

Gujarat Guardian

Topic

Use of glass in buildings

Talk points

Glass and high performance coatings

Engineering and analytical tools for glass

10:20 — 10:20

Lars Anders

Group CEO

Priedemann Façade Experts

Topic

The future of façade consultancy/engineering

Talk points

Trends today

Resulting demands tomorrow

The façade specialist in 2020

11:00 — 11:00

Dr. Prashanth Reddy

Managing Director

FunderMax

Topic

Vitality of rear ventilated façades

Talk points

Past and present

Benefits of ventilation with examples

Indispensable for high pressure laminates

11:20 — 11:20

Christoph Timm

Principal

Skidmore, Owings & Merrill

Topic

Tall & Grand

Talk points

Case studies on the façades of the 1 World Trade Centre, New York & the Mumbai International Airport T2

11:50 — 11:50

Winfried Heusler

Head of Corporate Building Excellence

Schüco International

Topic

Latest developments in façade technology - A new holistic approach

Talk points

Functional optimization of building skins – Energy & comfort; Safety & security

Architectural integration of components

Holistic approach – Form & function; Conception & design; Production & installation; Maintenance & demolition

12:10 — 12:10

Moderator

Tariq Kachwala

Director

FG Glass

Panelist

Rajan Govind

Director - Façade + Construction Tech Specialist

BES Consultants

Panelist

Kamlesh Choudhari

Director

Glass Wall Systems

Panelist

Amit Mehrotra

AVP - Design

Tata Housing

Panelist

Sambaprasad Pinge

VP- Architecture

K Raheja Group

Panelist

Rajeev Trehan

Senior Associate Architect

Architect Hafeez Contractor

Topic

PANEL DISCUSSION: Emerging trends in building envelope design

Talk points

Exploring unconventional forms and materials

Window engineering for high rises

Daylight contol and light shelving strategies

Prefabrication and impact on envelope design

14:00 — 14:00

Alan Hartley

BDM

Cotswold Architectural Products

Topic

Hardware solutions for challenging façade requirements

Talk points

Introduction – Importance of quality manufacturers & experience

Hardware solutions to match current regulations of Mumbai Fire Brigade

Vertical sliders in façade application

14:50 — 14:50

Moderator

Nitin Bhatia

Managing Director

FACET Façade Engineering

Panelist

Jawahar HH

Director

Glass Wall Systems

Panelist

Ashok Khemlani

Chairman

Clean India Group

Panelist

Niteen Parulekar

Managing Director

Niteen Parulekar Architects

Panelist

John Guest

President - Construction

Piramal Realty

Topic

PANEL DISCUSSION: Understanding Facade Process Management - FPM

Talk points

Façade deliveries - understanding and mitigating risk

The need for FPM

Implementation - players involved and their roles

Possible pitfalls and their avoidance

Effect on the bottom line

16:00 — 16:00

Rajan Govind

Director - Façade + Construction Tech Specialist

BES Consultants

Topic

Complex forms and advanced geometry

Talk points

Working in forms and geometry

Paneling and optimization

Integrated engineering designs

Achieving buildable solutions

16:40 — 16:40

Tarun Khemlani

Managing Director

Clean India Group

Topic

Façade access systems for complex structures

Talk points

Overview of façade access systems

BMU’s for high rises & unconventional geometries

Case study of projects

17:00 — 17:00

Allen Chen

Managing Director

Kinlong India

Topic

Simple analysis about design & construction of point fixed glazing

Talk points

Stress patterns & features of point fixed glazed structures

Precautions in the design & construction of point fixed glazing

17:20 — 17:20

Panelist

KR Suresh

Regional Director

Avante Facade

Panelist

Praveen Chaubey

Principal

Facade Design Factory

Panelist

Atul Bhandari

Director - Design & Projects

RSP India

Panelist

Mukesh Jaitley

Director - Projects

The Wadhwa Group

Topic

PANEL DISCUSSION: Fire safety in façades:

Talk points

Architectural considerations while designing fire safe façades

Fire rated glass - correct applications and usage

Perimeter protection - preventing the spread of smoke from floor to floor Cladding - the problematic zone

Discussing the new Mumbai Fire Brigade regulation on glass façades

How it was

Partners

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Associate Partners