Introduction
Welcome to the Curtain Wall Consultants Corner — the premier spotlight series where we sit down with the innovators, influencers, and industry leaders shaping the future of the building envelope. Aaron Alterman, Consultant Support Specialist - US & Canada for Specified Technologies Inc., will be your host, and in each episode, we’ll explore the insights, experiences, and forward-thinking ideas of the people driving change in curtain wall design, performance, and integration. We will also share general new and exciting updates with you.
Whether you’re an architect, consultant, manufacturer, or contractor, this is your inside track to the minds behind the façade. Let’s pull back the curtain and see what’s next for our industry.
About Aaron Alterman
Aaron joined STI in 2015 as a Territory Manager in the Gulf South. In 2018, he was promoted to the Curtain and Facades Specialist role, working with glaziers, fabricators, curtain wall consultants and perimeter fire containments contractors in the Midwest, Gulf Coast, Texas and Central Canada. To start 2024, Aaron has become the Curtain Wall Support Specialist for North America, working with curtain wall consultants, architects, engineers and code officials.
With over 25 years in a variety of fields in construction, Aaron has become a critical partner for many of the top CW Consultants in North America. With his knowledge and expertise of perimeter fire containment systems for all types of construction including Mass Timber, backpan or non-backpan glazing systems, precast, GFRC, and Steel Stud/EIFS assemblies, Aaron can assist from design conception to project close out while meeting critical life safety requirements for a better project outcome.
Originally from Detroit, Michigan, Aaron is now a proud resident of the great city of New Orleans.
Our Interview with Judd Storey, Vice President of Curtainwall Design Consulting
"It's been a really good relationship, and we've been able to take some of our more challenging problems and issues to STI, and they help us solve them, particularly around fire containment. I think especially if we get STI involved early on in the process, that goes pretty smoothly, because we can work with their safety engineers and come up with the correct solutions or engineering judgments. STI has really stepped up to the plate".
By STI Curtain Wall Team