Glaziers
Glaziers are skilled tradesmen and women responsible for cutting, installing and removing glass and glass substitutes (plastics, polycarbonates, etc.) within various surfaces and settings. Think of all the windows, unitized window walls, curtain wall window systems and skylights used on various commercial building applications including Chicago’s premier skyscrapers, high-rise offices and condominiums, hospitals, commercial multi-use building developments, airports and so on. Seems like enough work for one trade, but they also install interior glass walls, glass doors, glass handrails, mirrors, custom shower enclosures, tabletops, display cases, decorative glass and residential windows.
Understandably this trade requires a good deal of planning and technical expertise to ensure each project is done properly and efficiently.
If you would enjoy the opportunity to be an integral part of constructing some of the tallest buildings in the country, look no further. The structures remain a skeletal opening until our glaziers arrive to install windows and often complete glass walls from the ground to the highest floor of any building.
Some of the skills inherent to glazing include welding, layout tasks/methods and blueprint reading. All of these unique skills are taught at a separate facility dedicated to the craft.