With the rapid development of African cities, more and more developers are beginning to pay attention to the beauty and modernity of building facades. As a lightweight, transparent and environmentally friendly exterior wall system, glass curtain walls are gradually entering various buildings such as office buildings, shopping malls, hotels, schools and hospitals in African cities.
In African countries with rapid urbanization such as Kenya, Tanzania, Nigeria, Ghana, and Zambia, glass curtain walls have become the standard for “high-end buildings”. However, for many local developers and contractors, they can’t help but feel: Is it difficult to make a complete set of glass curtain walls in Africa?
Zhongdong Curtain Wall focuses on the African glass curtain wall market and can tell you for sure that it is difficult to make glass curtain walls in Africa, but there are more opportunities. The key is whether you have found the right glass curtain wall partner.
What points might you encourage about making glass curtain walls in Africa?
1. Lack of professional glass curtain wall material supply
Africa’s local glass deep processing capacity is limited, especially in the areas of tempered, hollow, laminated, explosion-proof and other curtain wall special glass, which relies on imports. At the same time, the aluminum profile system is mostly based on ordinary door and window aluminum in the wholesale market, which is difficult to meet the requirements of curtain wall structure stress and airtightness and watertightness.
2. Inexperienced glass curtain wall workers and high construction difficulty
The installation of glass curtain wall is different from ordinary aluminum alloy doors and windows. It involves professional construction links such as structural glue injection, glue application sequence, hoisting system, and seam treatment. Many project construction teams lack relevant experience, which is prone to installation deviation, water seepage, glass breakage and other problems.
3. Lack of support for glass curtain wall design and high communication cost.
Some local architectural design units do not have a deep understanding of the curtain wall system structure, the design drawings are incomplete, and the node diagrams are not standardized. Coupled with the barriers of language and technical expression, the efficiency of project communication between China and Africa is generally not high.
4. The customs clearance logistics process is cumbersome
Purchasing curtain wall materials from China requires multiple processes such as packaging, export customs declaration, sea transportation, customs clearance at the African destination port, and inland transportation. If you are not careful, it may lead to delayed delivery and high demurrage fees.
Middle East Curtain Wall: A Chinese curtain wall manufacturer focusing on the African market, solving all your problems
We, Shenzhen Middle East Aluminum Engineering Co., Ltd. (referred to as “Middle East Curtain Wall”), have been focusing on providing cost-effective curtain wall system solutions for global buildings since its establishment, and in recent years, we have focused on the African market.
In the past few years, we have successively provided glass curtain wall systems to Kenya, Ghana, Nigeria, Tanzania, Zambia and other countries, serving developers, contractors, traders, architectural design firms, etc. The key to our continued recognition by African customers lies in three points:
One-stop curtain wall solution
As a senior Chinese glass curtain wall manufacturer, we provide a complete set of solutions from drawing in-depth design → material production → classification number packaging → sea transportation export → installation technical support.
Whether it is the open frame curtain wall of an office building or the hidden frame/semi-hidden frame curtain wall used in a hotel, we can make personalized optimization designs according to project requirements. You only need to give us the architectural drawings, and we will help you with the rest.
Transparent cost, much more cost-effective than local construction
Compared with local glass procurement + processing + multiple transportation, our integrated supply in China is not only quality-controlled, but also has lower overall costs. We save a lot of material waste and manual installation time by integrated packaging and shipment.
We will also provide construction drawings, numbered drawings, structural adhesive layout plans, and installation sequence diagrams, so that even if local workers have no experience, they can easily get started.
Familiar with the African market and know how to cooperate
We have rich experience in African projects, are familiar with the customs clearance and tax structures of various countries, know which ports are efficient, which countries’ languages need to be accompanied by English technical drawings, and which countries’ developers are most concerned about delivery dates.
Our technical customer service team can connect with African customers in full English to ensure smooth communication and barrier-free project implementation.
Have you found that more and more new buildings in the city center use large-area glass curtain walls?
Have you also heard that competitors’ buildings have become “high-end” overnight?
Are you still hesitating and waiting to upgrade the facade system next year?
Then you may be a step behind.
The real difficulty in building glass curtain walls in Africa is not “whether it can be done” but “whether you are willing to start as soon as possible”. Glass curtain walls are facade projects and the first impression of building brands. The sooner you do it, the sooner you can improve the value of the project and the more you can win the recognition of tenants, customers and the market. Building glass curtain walls in Africa is not an “unreachable” technical challenge, but the only way to improve the quality of buildings. Zhongdong Curtain Wall is willing to be the system support force behind you to help you make high-quality glass curtain walls simple, fast and efficient.
