ENGINEER
WHAT WE DO
TOP REQUESTS
Engineer cladding attachment (for a particular building).
Engineer cladding attachment and load-path analysis (in advance of full-scale testing).
Engineer test programs to meet overall objectives.
Credentials
For formalized, designer-of-record engineering services, the Authority Having Jurisdiction may require a Registered Professional Engineer in responsible charge of the work product. At present, NEMO ETC offers Professional Engineer Registrations from four states: Connecticut, Florida, Texas and Washington.
Our Process
How We Get You There
Engineering (For Project-Specific Designs)
Customer completes a Project Information Form (PIF)
Customer submits project specification and roof plan or wall elevation drawings and field test data (if available).
Nemo|etc. provides draft analysis for customer review and approval.
Customer receives final analysis (informal guidance OR signed/sealed Nemo|etc. documents for formalized designer-of-record work).
Engineering (In Advance Of Full-Scale Testing)
Nemo|etc. and customer discuss overall objectives and Nemo|etc. develops a criticality-interface list.
Customer submits any existing small-scale data in support of criticality-interface list. Nemo|etc. offers small-scale test program to fill-in missing data from criticality-interface list.
Nemo|etc. collates all criticality data and selects critical components for large-scale test program. Customer reviews and approves of final full-scale test specimen design.
Proceed with full-scale test program.
FAQ'S
Other than the security in knowing an experienced professional has designed the skin of the building for wind resistance, it is important to recognize if there is no Professional Engineer involved in the design, and there is damage caused by a wind event, it leaves the owner and carrier with no recourse.
The codified method for wind design of roof cladding systems is set forth in ASCE 7. The publication year plays an important role, as the most recent versions (2005, 2010 and 2016) are significantly different from each other, and various state building codes specify different versions.
For FM insured buildings, the RoofNav calculator should be used in conjunction with the codified ASCE 7, and the design should be based on the more critical of the two outcomes. For buildings that are not insured by an FM carrier, we recommend not using the RoofNav calculator.
No. We can conduct small-scale testing to determine critical components for use at each interface within the load-path and establish critical full-scale test panels to capture all desired combinations.
Not necessarily. Criticality procedures have been established by some of the nation’s leading certification entities and code evaluation bodies so as to reduce the overall scope of testing, while still achiving desired physical properties documentation.
- No. Section 104.11 of the International Building Code (for example) states that the code is not intended to preclude the use of products and systems that are not specifically called-out within the Code. Approved test labs may engineer test programs which show compliance with the intent of the Code.
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