Building façade constructed of curtain wall panels including fire-safing insulation and method of installation

A method of installing a façade on a building structure comprising a plurality of vertically stacked levels defined by horizontally arranged floors therebetween, the method comprising the steps of:

• providing a plurality of façade panels, wherein one of more of the façade panels includes a strip of fire-safing insulation;
• hanging the one or more façade panels on the one or more building floors adjacent an edge thereof;
• wherein during the step of hanging, the façade panels and strip of fire-safing insulation are simultaneously traversed vertically downwardly and horizontally towards the floor edge thereby sandwiching and compressing at least a portion of the strip of fire-safing insulation between the one or more façade panels and the floor edge;
• and,
• wherein the one of more of the façade panels further includes a shelf member extending therefrom and defining a corner therebetween, and wherein the strip of fire-safing insulation is provided substantially in the corner and wherein, during the step of hanging, further comprising the step of placing a portion of the shelf member over the floor edge and sandwiching at least a portion of the strip of fire-safing insulation between the one or more façade panels and a vertical surface of the floor and between the shelf member and a horizontal surface of the floor.