High-rise Problem No. 1 : Large Story Drifts due to Wind or Seismic.

• Conventional Solution : Increase the fixity of the curtain wall frame corners (stiffening and strengthening) to resist the distortions due to the large story drifts. It is a stack member design.
• TingWall Solution : Release the fixity of the curtain wall frame corners by separating panel frame from support frame and providing engaged but sliding horizontal panel joints such that the large story drifts can be absorbed by stress-free panel drifts. It is a no stack member design.

High-rise Problem No. 2 : Accumulation of Cavity Water at Lower Floor.

• Conventional Solution : Provide segmented outwardly draining horizontal gutters at every other floor.
• TingWall Solution : Inter-connected Airloops allow the high pressure air at the higher level to enter the Airloops causing the over-pressurized Airloops at the lower elevations to naturally repel the water outwardly. This has been evidenced by the completed Taiwan job in typhoon conditions.

High-rise Problem No. 3 : Water Stain on Exterior Wall Surface.

• Conventional Solution : Use Open-Joint design with Rain Screen Principle to eliminate the water stain problem due to exposed caulking. The water stain problem due to delayed gutter drainage has not been solved.
• TingWall Solution : Use the combination of Open-Joint design, instantaneous drainage mechanism, and hidden drainage channels to completely eliminate the water stain problem.

High-rise Problem No. 4 : Water-tightness at Max. Inter-floor Deflection.

• Conventional Solution : Take the probability risk with no solution.
• TingWall Solution : Patented design can limit the curtain wall joint movement to ?quot; (6 mm) without impairing the water-tightness performance while allowing large inter-floor deflection.

High-rise Problem No. 5 : Durability of Water-tightness due to Various and Large Structural Movement Cycles.

• Conventional Solution : Use United System to reduce the extent of Critical Seal execution in the field. Water leakage possibilities due to workmanship on Critical Seals or due to stress fatigue of the Critical Seals have not been solved. Passing a mock-up test can not address the problem. The problem can only be answered by the real building performance without knowing in advance how long the water-tightness performance will last.
• TingWall Solution : Completely eliminate Critical Seal in the system by complete separation of Air Seals from Water Seals. Long term water-tightness performance can be assured. Wrong execution of design details in the shop or field could of course result in water leakage. However, the problem will be noticed on the first rain storm condition which is most likely to occur before the completion of the curtain wall installation. Once the problem is corrected (not in the sense of repair), long term water-tightness performance will be assured. This was verified during the TingWall erection of E-Park 1 in Taiwan.

High-rise Problem No. 6 : Control of Completion Deadline.

• Conventional Solution : Require early agreement and coordination among all parties (curtain wall contractor, building owner, architect, general contractor, other affected subcontractors) to establish the detailed progressive erection schedule. Delays due to unexpected events such as damaged curtain wall units and many possible field coordination problems often become disputes on who is the responsible party. There is no certain guarantee on the completion date.
• TingWall Solution : The ability of leave-out/back-fill and simultaneous multiple point erection due to non-directional erection method eliminates the possibility of delay due to unexpected events. This have been proved by all completed TingWall projects (all completed ahead of the completion deadline despite late start).