The southern façade of the Sapphire Tower, the side facing the ocean, is too close in proximity to the other buildings around it. This meant that the structure needed to have fire protection for up to 45 minutes in order to meet building code. Before fire-rated glass was available, only brick or drywall could have met this requirement; but this is where Safti First Fire-Rated Glazing Solutions, along with Quanex’s Super Spacer®, come into play.

The project was completed in November 2008, and included 10,000 square feet of fire-rated glazing on the southern façade. The units, insulated with Super Spacer, were supplied by Safti First and were complete when delivered to the site. All 182 openings of the 32 floors of the high-rise utilize the fire-rated insulating glass.