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Complete-Building hurricane and cyclone protection starts with the openings.

A severe-weather event acts on the complete building envelope. This guide explains why windows, doors, sliders, garages and service openings need to be mapped together before selecting individual protection products.

Building-envelope approachWind + debris + waterMAP → MATCH → VERIFY
Complete-building opening protection planning reference
The protection strategy follows the building envelope, not a single product category.

Protection system · direct answers

What project teams need to know about Complete-Building Protection Guide.

Use this page for early system selection; final performance follows the exact tested, listed or engineered configuration and the actual project.
01

What is Complete-Building Protection Guide?

A severe-weather event acts on the complete building envelope. This guide explains why windows, doors, sliders, garages and service openings need to be mapped together before selecting individual protection products.

02

What project information should Apollo receive first?

Send the project location, building type, drawings or clear photographs, relevant dimensions and structural information, and any known wind, design-pressure, impact, flood, shelter, access or local-code requirements that apply to this system.

03

Can this system be specified from website information alone?

No. Site hazard, dimensions, loads, support and anchorage, exact product configuration, installation method, applicable technical evidence and local approvals can all change the final specification.

04

Does Apollo install this protection system?

Apollo is supply-only. Final engineering, fixings, installation, approvals and local code compliance remain with the appropriate manufacturer, approved specialist or client-side project team unless expressly included in the written scope.

05

Can Apollo review this system for international projects?

Yes, where the product and project can be supported. Destination hazard, climate, freight, documentation, local engineering, certification and installation responsibilities are reviewed before supply.

Whole-Property Storm ProtectionMap the shell, structure, refuge, critical systems and water pathway before choosing products.
  • Openings + glazing
  • Roof + load path
  • Safe rooms + shelters
  • Rooftop plant
  • Critical power
  • Solar mounting
  • Flood + surge
01Project guidance

Why openings matter.

Windows, doors and other exterior openings interrupt the protective shell of the building. If a major opening is breached, wind and rain can enter and internal pressure conditions can change, adding to the demands on the wider structure.

02Project guidance

Separate wind pressure, debris impact and water management.

These are related but different performance questions. A product that resists high pressure is not automatically impact rated, and neither claim replaces proper window, threshold, flashing and drainage design.

03Project guidance

Choose protection around the opening type.

Conventional windows, wide sliding doors, entrance doors, balconies, garages, shopfronts and plant openings each have different operational and structural requirements.

04Project guidance

Use the Apollo five-stage method.

MAP every vulnerable opening. MATCH the appropriate product. VERIFY technical evidence. INTEGRATE the product with structure, drainage and power. MAINTAIN the protection throughout its service life.

Plan · compare · specify

Use the wider Apollo protection pathway.

Project-specific performance

Performance follows the exact system and project.

Opening size, positive and negative design pressures, impact requirements, tracks or frames, anchors and structural substrate all affect final performance. Numerical wind, impact and certification information is matched to the applicable tested or engineered configuration for the project.

Testing, standards & specification

Apollo NZ Global · International project supply

Start with the property. We’ll help map the severe-storm protection pathway around it.

Send the project location, drawings or photos, known wind/code requirements, flood or storm-surge information and any shelter or critical-equipment requirements.

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Supply-only project model. Final structural design, shelter design, fixings, installation, local approvals and code compliance remain project-specific unless expressly included in the quoted supply scope.

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