The two most commonly used glass-aluminum curtain wall systems are the stick-built system and the unitized system. Which of these requires less site-installation time and which has lower transportation cost in delivering the system's materials to the site?

What will be an ideal response?


The unitized system requires less site -installation time. The stick-built system has lower transportation cost
because the individual framing members (the sticks) can be densely packed in delivery trucks.

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What will be an ideal response?

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