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Send your architectural drawings, specs, and any addenda to connor@acglass.com or submit through our contact form. ACG responds within 48 hours with a detailed scope letter — quantities by system, system recommendations, Florida Product Approval paths, competitive pricing, and a clear exclusion list. We don't need a complete set to start; even partial drawings are enough to begin identifying system types and scope items.

48 hours from when we receive usable drawings. That's our standard turnaround for a complete scope letter with quantities, system recommendations, and pricing. For simple storefront-only scopes, we often respond faster. If your bid deadline is tight, call us directly at (772) 486-7711 and we'll confirm whether we can hit your date.

ACG self-performs glazing installation. Our field crews are ACG employees — not labor brokers or sub-subs sourced from a temp agency. We control crew quality, scheduling, and site management directly. When you award a scope to ACG, the people installing on your site are the same people we hired, trained, and manage. This matters for schedule predictability, quality control, and safety compliance.

ACG is a Florida-focused commercial glazing contractor with offices in West Palm Beach, Naples, and Tampa. We serve projects across all of Florida, from the Panhandle to the Keys. Our primary markets are South Florida (Palm Beach, Broward, Miami-Dade), Southwest Florida (Lee, Collier, Charlotte), and the Tampa Bay region (Hillsborough, Pasco, Pinellas, Sarasota).

ACG handles commercial glazing scopes from small retail storefronts to multistory curtainwall systems. Our sweet spot is commercial and mixed-use projects in the $50,000–$2,000,000 glazing scope range, though we've delivered scopes well outside both ends of that range. What matters more than project size is whether the scope requires a professional, organized glazing sub — that's where ACG performs best.

Yes. ACG operates a dedicated Tampa office serving Hillsborough, Pasco, and Pinellas counties. We have local field crews, local supply relationships, and direct familiarity with Hillsborough County's permitting and inspection processes. We're not making day trips from South Florida — our Tampa team is on the ground and actively building in the Tampa Bay market. See our Tampa commercial glazing page for more detail.

ACG installs the full commercial glazing scope: aluminum storefront systems, window wall, curtainwall (stick-built and unitized), impact windows and doors, fire-rated glass assemblies, automatic entrance systems (sliding, swing, and all-glass), and interior glazing partitions. Our manufacturer relationships include ESWindows, CGI Windows, YKK AP, Trulite, PGT Innovations, Eurowall, TGP fire-rated glass, and Allegion entrance hardware, among others. See our full services page for details.

Storefront is a floor-to-ceiling aluminum framing system designed to span a single story from slab to slab — used in retail, medical, and commercial office lobbies. It relies on the building's structural openings for support. Window wall is a non-structural cladding system for multi-story buildings that spans from slab to slab per floor, with the floor slabs carrying the system's weight. Curtainwall is a complete exterior cladding system that spans multiple floors and carries its own weight back to the building structure at each floor anchor point — used on mid-rise and high-rise buildings where the facade is designed as an independent structural skin. The right system depends on the building height, facade design, wind load requirements, and budget.

ACG's manufacturer relationships include ESWindows, CGI Windows, YKK AP, Trulite, PGT Innovations, Eurowall, TGP (Technical Glass Products) for fire-rated assemblies, and Allegion for automatic entrance hardware. Our system recommendations are driven by the project specification and the architect's design intent — not by what's most convenient to stock. If a project spec calls for a specific system, we source it. Visit our manufacturers page for full details.

Yes. ACG installs fire-rated glass and framing assemblies using TGP (Technical Glass Products) systems, which are UL-certified for fire ratings from 20 minutes to 3 hours depending on the assembly. Fire-rated glazing is increasingly specified in commercial, healthcare, and educational projects — particularly for corridor separations, stairwell enclosures, and exit-path glazing. ACG's submittals for fire-rated assemblies include the full UL listing documentation required for plan review and inspection.

Yes. ACG supplies and installs automatic sliding entrances, automatic swing entrances, and all-glass storefront entrance systems using Allegion and other major hardware manufacturers. Automatic entrances are typically included in ACG's scope when they're part of the glazing package — we coordinate the rough-in electrical and structural requirements, supply the system, install it, and handle hardware programming and commissioning as part of project closeout. One sub, one scope, one point of contact.

HVHZ stands for High Velocity Hurricane Zone. It's a designation under the Florida Building Code that applies to Miami-Dade and Broward counties — the two counties with the highest hurricane wind speed risk in Florida. Buildings in HVHZ must use glazing products that meet significantly more stringent testing requirements than the rest of the state. Products must be approved through Miami-Dade County's Notice of Acceptance (NOA) program, which requires large-missile impact testing, cyclic pressure testing, and water infiltration testing beyond what standard Florida Product Approvals require. ACG includes NOA documentation in all submittal packages for HVHZ projects.

A Florida Product Approval (FL PA) is a state-level certification issued by the Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation (DBPR) confirming that a specific product has been tested and approved for use in Florida under the Florida Building Code. Every glazing product installed on a permitted commercial project in Florida must have a valid FL PA for the specific application. You can verify a product's approval at the Florida Building Commission's Product Approval Search at floridabuilding.org — search by product type, manufacturer name, or FL PA number. ACG includes the full FL PA certificate in every submittal package.

A Miami-Dade Notice of Acceptance (NOA) is a product evaluation and approval issued by Miami-Dade County's Building Code Compliance Office (BCCO). It certifies that a product has been tested to meet Miami-Dade County's HVHZ requirements, which are stricter than the state-level Florida Product Approval. For projects in Miami-Dade or Broward counties, both a Florida PA and a Miami-Dade NOA are typically required at permit and at final inspection. ACG includes complete NOA documentation in all HVHZ submittal packages — it's not something you have to chase us for.

In Tampa (Hillsborough County), design wind speeds for commercial buildings in Risk Category II typically range from 120–140 mph depending on the specific location and exposure classification. Products must be tested and approved for the specific wind pressure calculated by the project's structural engineer of record — not a generic wind speed. In Miami-Dade County, design wind speeds are significantly higher — typically 175–185 mph for Risk Category II commercial buildings — and products must meet HVHZ testing requirements under the Miami-Dade NOA program. ACG specifies products with the correct Florida Product Approval rating for each project's calculated pressures.

Yes — and it's included in our standard scope, not a line-item extra. Florida Product Approval documentation is assembled as part of every ACG submittal package. We identify the correct FL PA for each product and application, pull the approval certificate, and include it in the permit submittal alongside shop drawings. For HVHZ projects, we include the Miami-Dade NOA as well. At closeout, the full PA documentation package is included in the as-built file. You don't have to chase the manufacturer for paperwork — it's ACG's responsibility.

Timeline varies significantly by scope complexity. A retail storefront package — shop drawings, approval, material procurement, and installation — typically runs 8–12 weeks from award. A mid-size commercial building with mixed storefront and window wall may take 14–20 weeks. A multistory curtainwall system can take 20–30+ weeks depending on building permit timelines, product approval complexity, and the manufacturer's fabrication queue. ACG provides a project-specific schedule at award — not a range pulled from a brochure, but a schedule tied to your actual submittals and material lead times. See our process page for step-by-step timeline detail.

Lead times vary by product type and current manufacturer capacity. Standard commercial aluminum storefront framing typically runs 4–8 weeks from order to delivery. Impact-rated window and door units run 6–10 weeks. Curtainwall and window wall systems — which require custom fabrication — typically run 10–16 weeks. Specialty products like fire-rated glass, automated entrances, and high-specification unitized curtainwall systems can run 16–24 weeks. These ranges fluctuate with manufacturer capacity and supply chain conditions. ACG tracks material status in real time and notifies your superintendent immediately if there's any change to expected delivery dates.

For the bid phase, send us drawings whenever you receive them — even partial sets. We can turn a scope in 48 hours. For pre-construction planning on larger projects, earlier is better. If you're building a mid-rise with a curtainwall system, having ACG involved during design development lets us flag specification issues, confirm product availability, and provide accurate lead-time input before the schedule is locked. Problems found at permit submission cost more to solve than the same problems flagged at design development. There's no charge for early project consultation.

The most common causes of glazing delays: shop drawings submitted late or returned with AHJ comments that require revision; material ordered before shop drawing approval, then needing to be re-ordered when the approval comes back with changes; field conditions that don't match shop drawings, causing field measurement conflicts; and crews mobilizing before openings are ready. ACG prevents each of these through defined process — submittal schedules generated at award and tracked daily, material orders tied exclusively to approved drawings, pre-installation site verification 2–4 weeks before mobilization, and proactive RFI management that surfaces field conflicts before they affect fabrication schedules.

ACG's AI-managed project system tracks every active job across all three Florida offices in real time — submittal status, AHJ review status, material procurement milestones, delivery windows, crew scheduling, and closeout requirements. When a milestone is at risk of slipping, the system flags it for the project coordinator before it becomes a problem. This isn't a marketing label — it's a project management infrastructure that removes the human tendency to defer low-urgency tasks until they become urgent. The practical result is that your superintendent gets proactive updates from ACG, not reactive updates after something has already gone sideways. No glazing scope falls through the cracks because a coordinator was managing 12 jobs from a spreadsheet.