Design & engineering (weeks 1–4)
From your drawings — or photos and dimensions if drawings are still in progress — we develop system selection, performance specification and a fixed quotation. On acceptance, engineering begins: calculations, system drawings, then shop drawings issued for your approval. This phase moves as fast as your review turnaround.
Approval gate (week 4–5)
You approve shop drawings, finishes against physical samples, and the glass performance specification. This gate is the single most common delay in every facade programme — not engineering, not fabrication, but approval latency. Nominate one approver with a 48-hour turnaround and you have bought yourself a month.
Fabrication (weeks 5–14)
Machining, finishing, glazing, cassette assembly where applicable — all under the QA regime, with dimensional and glazing records kept per panel. Mid-fabrication we invite you, or your representative, to a video inspection of the mock-up or first completed panels. Changes after this point are expensive; changes before it are usually free.
Freight & customs (weeks 14–18)
Packing is engineered as installation sequence — containers are loaded bay by bay, level by level, so your crew unpacks in build order. We ship with a full packing manifest and customs documentation package. Ocean transit runs roughly two to six weeks depending on destination, and customs clearance anywhere from days to two weeks with proper paperwork.
Site handover (week 18 onward)
Your crew receives installation packs before the container docks, so training can begin early. We recommend unpacking and condition-checking within 48 hours of arrival — our packing is designed for it, and early discovery keeps any transit claim simple.
Where projects actually lose time
In our experience, in order: approval latency, late design changes, customs paperwork started after shipping, and site readiness — brackets and embeds not verified before the container lands. Every one of these is a calendar risk you control. The fabrication itself is rarely the problem; our plant has held every contracted ex-works date.
