Performance, Safety, and Specification Pitfalls Explained
Structural glass is increasingly used to achieve ambitious architectural outcomes - but its specification carries significant technical, safety, and liability risks if performance is misunderstood or materials are incorrectly selected. Recent years have highlighted growing concerns around product substitution, misleading performance claims, and incompatibility between components, all of which can have serious consequences for designers and clients.
This webinar provides architects and design professionals with a practical, risk-focused overview of specifying structural glass. It explores how performance requirements are defined, tested, and verified, and where common specification failures occur in practice. The session also examines how material choices, detailing decisions, and procurement routes can expose projects to technical failure or professional liability.
Focusing on real-world scenarios rather than theory, this session equips participants with the knowledge needed to specify structural glass with greater confidence, clarity, and control.
Technical Director | Eckersley O'Callaghan
Graham joined Eckersley O’Callaghan in 2004 as their first team member when the company was established. With 20 years experience as a structural and facade engineer, he has a particular passion in the development of structural glass design using sophisticated analysis and modelling tools. Graham’s technical expertise in pioneering glass engineering has been instrumental in delivering the practice’s many challenging and award-winning glass projects, notably for Apple. As Technical Director, Graham is responsible for the strategic operations across the company. This includes defining design processes and project delivery for project excellence. He also leads their R&D programme, driven by a pursuit to explore the innovative use of material in design.
