Alo Downtown Summerlin Exterior Wall Baffles

Project Name: Alo Downtown Summerlin Exterior Wall Baffles
Project Location: Las Vegas, NV

The Alo Downtown Summerlin storefront is wrapped in a horizontal aluminum louver (baffle) cladding supplied by B&N Industries, with end battens cantilevering approximately 3′-8″, roughly three-and-a-half times the manufacturer’s 12″ pre-engineered limit. The suggested workaround would have used steel tube inserts and through bolting inside each batten at the ends, adding significant field labor and schedule impact.

AUE performed project specific engineering of the corner cantilever condition using the site’s actual wind and seismic criteria, and confirmed that fully standard STAL-7 angle clip connections could carry the full 3′-8″ cantilever with no inserts or added stiffeners. A parallel detail using a washer and spacer combination with the BTP-30 clip accommodated gusset-bracket hardware that had already been ordered, so no purchased material went to waste. The final design eliminated the labor intensive stiffening at the end conditions and preserved the architectural intent.

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