Maunakea Tower

Built in 1977, Maunakea Tower provides affordable housing to the city of Honolulu. A large renovationof the 32−story building began in 2023, with window replacement a huge part of the effort. Quaker’s E-Series windows checked all the boxes.

• The building contains many different types of windows: Casements, Project-Outs, Horizontal Sliders and Fixed. Quaker’s E-Series has all of those.
• Casement windows met egress and ADA requirements.
• Because most of the openings being replaced contained as many as 6 window units, either side-by-side or stacked – or both in some cases — structural mull systems were an absolute necessity toensure proper windload resistance, on every floor.
• 4x4 post mulls and special corner post mulls added to Quaker’s ability to be a one–source supplier.
• Client was looking for an anodized Dark Bronze finish. Quaker offered something even better. A painted Dark Bronze with a 2604 finish that resembles anodized. Quaker’s “Resembles” colors offer 4 distinct advantages over traditional anodized: lesser cost, consistent color appearance, shorter lead times, and a longer warranty.
• All windows were palletized and loaded smartly into shipping containers for efficient delivery between the mainland and the Island of Oahu.

Full completion of the project is expected by the end of 2024.