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Large Missile Impact Testing Video

Cyclic Testing Video

Control Tower at O'Hare Int'l Airport
General Contractor: Walsh Construction

The tower cab features 10 glass panels, each weighing between 2,000 pounds to 4,200 pounds, and measuring 20 feet by 10 feet. The glass is 2-1/8” inch thick and three-layer laminated, Diamante annealed with sound-control PVB interlayers. Trainor Glass custom designed the steel framing encased in aluminum mullions. The two largest lites on the project were trapezoidal shapes weighing 4,200 pounds each. The Trainor team faced major challenges developing a plan to hoist the heavy panels 250 feet to the cab and safely install them. We set 4,200 pounds of glass, 250 feet in the air with custom rigging, from a tower crane, in the middle of a wide open field. Using a custom C Frame, our crew worked from inside the control tower cab and off of a temporary wood deck to install the glass. Every movement was carefully thought out and executed slowly and safely. A gust of wind could have spun the entire C Frame. We attached tag lines at three different points, forming a triangle to control the glass during hoisting. The team successfully and safely completed the installation in a total of five days, with only one day cancelled due to high winds.

Read the article from Glass Magazine (October 2008)

 

Impact & Blast Resistant

IMPACT RESISTANT

Trainor Glass has been a leader in the design and development of hurricane impact resistant glazing systems since the inception of NOA and Florida product approval building codes were enacted in the early 1990's. Our goal was to design a unitized, pre-glazed, water resistant system that meets the hurricane impact code, and still allows for quick and efficient installation. We accomplished this with our TCW 250 system and it has worked effectively for over a decade.

Trainor Glass has developed numerous impact glazing systems, including the TCW 300, TCW 350, and TCW Reduced System. These systems have been utilized on projects such as the steel veneer system designed for the Port of Miami Cruise Terminal, and the over/under system on the First Union Plaza building in Boca Raton, FL.

Trainor Glass continues to provide new and innovative ways for building owners and designers to clad buildings with glass and aluminum glazing systems, while at the same time ensuring their safety in the eye of a storm.

BLAST RESISTANT


Trainor Glass Company has developed cost effective solutions to meet today’s demands for the safety and security that your building requires. Our history and expertise in the industry provides Trainor with the ability to assist your team through every step of the job. No matter the requirement for your building, we can develop the appropriate blast mitigating glazing solution to meet your needs.


Trainor Glass current and past projects utilizing blast rated glazing systems:

  • CDC Building 16
  • CDC Building 19 Global Communications Facility
  • CDC Building 19 Museum
  • CDC Building 20
  • CDC Building 20-1C
  • Fairfax County Courthouse
  • Fort Belvoir Army Hospital
  • Midway Airport
  • O’Hare International Airport Control Tower
  • Richmond Federal Courthouse


Areas of blast expertise:

  • Stick built curtain wall systems
  • Unitized curtain wall systems
  • Ribbon window systems
  • Storefront systems
  • Punched windows
  • Sunshades and light shelves
  • Doors
  • Films
  • Retrofit of existing, non blast mitigating fenestration systems to meet blast requirements