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Head of Estimating · Alumo
Egidijus has spent more than 20 years in aluminium building systems: technical solutions, pricing and sales for developers, large contractors, architects and investors. He leads our estimators and assigns every tender to the one who knows its system best.
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A step-by-step method for pricing aluminium windows, doors and curtain walls from tender drawings: the invitation, the position list, take-off, pricing and the questions to send back.
Profiles and aluminium, finish, glass, hardware, labour, installation and contract terms: the cost drivers behind aluminium windows, doors and curtain walls, and where each is decided in a tender.
Sizes, opening symbols, glass notation such as 4-16Ar-4 and 44.2, Ug and Uw, RC and EI classes: what each part of a window and door schedule means and what to check before pricing.
Air permeability, watertightness, wind load, Uw and Ucw, test reports, Declarations of Performance and CE marking: a checklist for pricing aluminium windows, doors and curtain walls to EN 14351-1 and EN 13830.
