Gironde: AEV’s mountain for businessmen in the west of France

Dominique Thomasson, president of the company Coveris, which specializes in designing and building glass facades and architectural glass roofs, has lost count of the back and forth trips his teams had to make made between Le Haillan (Gironde) and the Paris area to do the test. facades that he had to implement at the construction site of the Maison des Avocats de Paris. This experience, according to the president, who has also been at the head of the SNFA for several months, tripled the manufacturing time of some elements, made him think of the idea of ​​having a local test bench . Then he went to Nobatek, an institute for energy transfer and building environment, which chose to support him in his approach. The couple quickly found the attention of the CSTB, who saw the possibility of being present in the areas.

For a year now, the Gironde company has had an AEV test bench. This modular machine, calibrated to accept models up to 5Mx5M, required an investment of about 200,000 euros, largely financed by Europe and the regional council of Nouvelle Aquitaine. ” This partnership prototyping platform consists of an air, water and wind test bench, along with an engineering offering and research and development support from Nobatek. The certification tests will be conducted and monitored by the CSTB who will send their technicians to guarantee and verify the innovations,” he summarized the partners of this project. Thanks to “build a trip customer ». This platform is open to manufacturers who can come and test all types of facades: glass, light, opaque, etc. and this from the R&D level.

During the construction of an ecosystem and the possible introduction of removable facades, this type of device is likely to be necessary, especially for testing the stability of new elements and thus make it easier to get a ten year warranty.

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