Denson Mutarah

MSc Facade engineering

Working towards Chartered Engineer

Key points

Professionalism, honestly and integrity

Calm under pressure

Member of the Society of Façade Engineering (SFE), Graduate CIBSE & NSSA - RIBA

MSc Façade Engineering, BSc Architectural Design

& BA Property Development The MSc Façade Engineering has taken full account of the UWE Bristol Strategy 2020, specifically the theme “Ready and able graduates”.

I am a facade engineer with a particular range of skills and experience. I understand the facade behaviour and can undertake design, manufacture, and installation.

I provide advice on both existing and new buildings. I am involved in the design working alongside the architects, QSs and structural engineers. I also get involved in surveying, diagnostic and remedial work. I have a passionate for research and testing. Having developed a wider breadth of cladding skills and deeper knowledge of this discipline, my role is to advise across the full range of materials, systems and performance types.

I am involved with everything to do with a building's external envelope above ground level. For instance:

• Cladding
• Curtain wall
• Stonework
• Glass
• Masonry
• Other materials and cladding types

I consider the performance of such materials and systems in various respects:

• Weathertightness
• Structural behaviour
• Interaction with the primary structure
• Thermal gains and losses through the façade
• Occupant comfort and energy efficiency
• Shading
• Condensation
• Ventilation
• Durability
• Sustainability
• Natural light admittance
• Fire behaviour of the building envelope
• Acoustic performance
• Safety and serviceability
• Security
• Maintenance and buildability

Values I contribute to a project:

• The performance led design. Delivering facades that do what is needed from them!
• Excellence in design
• Risk control
• Driving cost out
• Continuity through fabrication and installation stages
• Attention to quality as the design becomes a physical reality
• Verifying performance
• Cladding performance when the occupants move into the building
• Troubleshooting when problems occur

Msc facade engineering