Glass Curtain Walls are Planned to be Prohibited in Construction of Hospitals and Schools

(China Glass Network)Shanghai is one of the cities with large amount of glass curtain walls, there are 2633 glass curtain wall buildings today which includes more than 1500 skyscrapers. Security of glass curtain walls has become a vital problem.Relevant departs are drafting management measures about glass curtain walls recently.

The draft is going to take management and control of glass curtain walls in the links of planning and construction. Under the draft of design, hospitals , geracomiums, schools and kindergartens are prohibited to use glass curtain walls. The property developers are required to establish a special account for glass curtain maintenance. In addition, engineering technical specifications of glass curtain walls are also in the progress of drafting.