Division 8 - Doors and Windows
     Section 08410 Aluminum Entrances
     Sections 08800, 08900


image 17: Curtain wall.

Image 17 shows the interior of the curtain wall fully glazed. Note the steel tube column, which is supporting the wind bracing, in the background.


image 18: Structural steel tube wind bracing.

This view shows the installation of steel wind bracing prior to the installation of the aluminum curtain wall system.

Due to dissimilar metals contact in this assembly, dielectric separators were utilized to prevent galvanic action between the aluminum curtain wall and the structural steel wind bracing.

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