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Project Profiles:
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Atlantic Station, Atlanta, GA
(Migutan, Thermaflex, Colorseal, Migutrans-new-2004-05)
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Clinton County
Courthouse Ohio (Horiz.Colorseal-retrofit-1992) |
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Atlanta, GA 2.8 Million Square Foot CONRAC Airport Parking
Facility (SJS, Thermaflex, Migutrans, Seismic Colorseal, Horizontal
Colorseal, DSM System (new-2009) |
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Keyspan Park, Coney Island Cyclones, NY
(Migutan, Thermaflex, Colorseal-new-2001) |
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Washington,
DC Convention Center (Twinsert-retrofit-2008)
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EMC2 Corporate Office Building
& Parking Deck (DSM-retrofit-2007) |
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19-year Run at New York City's
Guggenheim,
COLORSEAL a Permanent Exhibit at Historic Landmark Museum |
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Hilton Boston Logan
(Seismic Colorseal-new-1998) |
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Kinnick Stadium,
U of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
(DSH-retrofit-2006) |
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Jet Blue Terminal, JFK International Airport, NY, NY
(Migutan-new-2007)
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Lawrence
Municipal Stadium, Lawrence, MA
(Thermaflex-retrofit-2005) |
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St. Louis
Lambert Field Airport
(Colorseal-retrofit-2000) |
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Lincoln Performing Arts Center plaza deck expansion joint
retrofit
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Mississauga
Living Arts Center, ON
(Colorseal-retrofit-2000) |
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Longaberger Basket, Newark, OH (Backerseal-new-1997) |
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Montana State University Bobcats Stadium (DSM
SYSTEM-retrofit-2011) |
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Mall of America
(Backerseal-new-1992) |
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University of Massachusetts Medical Center, Worcester, MA
(DSM-retrofit-2007) |
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NY
Mets, Citi Field
(SJS, Colorseal-new-2009)
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Niketown, Newbury Street, Boston, MA
(new-1998) |
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Orlando International Airport Southwest Terminal, Orlando, FL
(Migutrans-new-2003) |
Green Bay
Packers,
Lambeau Field (DSM, SJS-retrofit-2007-09) |
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Citizens Bank Philadelphia
Phillies Ballpark
(Thermaflex, Migutan, Colorseal, 20H-new-2004) |
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President's Plaza, Chicago, IL
(Migutan-retrofit-2001)
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Port Allen Locks, New Orleans, LA (DSM Immersed, retrofit 2009) |
Baltimore
Ravens
M&T Bank Stadium (Thermaflex, Colorseal-new-1998) |
Boston
Red Sox
Fenway Park (Migutan, Colorseal-retrofit-2003) |
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Precision Living, Senior Living, St. Louis, MO (Seismic Colorseal,
New-to-Existing, 2011) |
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Kansas City Royals
Kauffman Stadium (Migutrans, Colorseal, Thermaflex-retrofit-2009) |
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Boston, MA
Prudential Center (SJS-retrofit-2006)
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Washington
Redskins FedEx Field
(Thermaflex-retrofit-2000-05) |
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Tampa International Airport, FL
(Migutrans-retrofit-2006) |
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Woodbine Slots, Toronto, ON
(Migutrans-retrofit-2000)
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Zurich Insurance, Baltimore, MD
(Thermaflex-new-2001) |
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100 Cambridge Street, Boston, MA
(Migutan, Colorseal-new-2003) |
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300 North Park, Chicago, IL
(Migutan-retrofit-1998) |
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Atlanta, GA--Consolidated Rental Car Agency Center (CONRAC) or
Consolidated Rental Car Parking Facility (CRCF)--no
matter what you call them, these massive parking
facilities are the trend for all major airports.
They
have also long been a specialty of EMSEAL's in terms
of sealing the expansion joints designed into these
massive decks to accommodate structural movements.
In 2003, BWI's 22-acre CRCF opened with THERMAFLEX
by EMSEAL as the parking deck expansion joint of
choice.
In
2009, the joint sealing of the CONRAC at Hartsfield-Jackson Airport
in Atlanta was similarly entrusted to EMSEAL.
A major part of the
airports 10-year, $6
billion-plus Capital Improvement Program
(CIP), the project features some impressive
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Above: SJS-Seismic Joint System runs
across the midspan joints of one of the Atlanta CONRAC parking
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2 four-story parking decks
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2.8 million square feet of parking
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More than 8,700 ready, return and storage
parking spaces
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1,200 additional ground storage spaces
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10 rental car agencies
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137,000 square-foot customer service center
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6 two-car APM trains
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1 maintenance and recovery vehicle
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1.3 acre APM train maintenance facility
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27 acre “Quick Turnaround” area for rental
vehicles with maintenance, wash and fuel
facilities
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140 fuel pumps
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30 wash bays with water recovery system
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The $640 million airport rental car complex
features over 10,000 LF expansion joint supplied by
EMSEAL and installed by
Alpha Insulation and Waterproofing of
Marietta, GA.
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From
EMSEAL's
comprehensive line of parking deck expansion joints, the
SJS
SYSTEM was chosen to address the large structural joint openings in
the main parking deck spans.
The
SJS
SYSTEM features an
innovative non-invasive anchoring design. This means it is the
only cover-plate-based expansion joint system on the market that is not
anchored to, or in contact with, the concrete through metal pins,
anchors, embeds, trays, or hard connections of any kind.
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energy of compression in its precompressed, impregnated foam sealing
assembly locks to the joint faces through a combination of inherent
backpressure, a field-applied epoxy adhesive, and injected silicone
sealant bands. This assembly supports a
central spline to which the cover plate is attached and centered.
Attachment of the plate
to the foam-supported spline means the system is dampened against sound
transfer. Installed over EMSEAL's impact-absorbing
nosing material,
the SJS SYSTEM is arguably the quietest seismic and large-joint
expansion joint system available. |
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Structural
expansion joints are design elements necessary for accommodating
movements within buildings. These movements are
caused by thermal changes, wind, dynamic loading and unloading, and
seismic forces.
Because expansion joints
bisect or isolate structures, they are essentially a gap through every
element of the building--drive lanes, roadways, parking decks, floors, walls, foundations, roofs, bathrooms,
suites, halls, foyers, lobbies, waterproofing elements, and structural supports.
In parking decks
joints must withstand traffic from cars, trucks, vans, buses, pedestrians and all kinds of wheeled
maintenance equipment while at the same time must accommodate joint movement. |
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The
SJS
SYSTEM is watertight too--at the surface of the joint.
Self-centering bar technologies rely on gutters draped beneath the joint
for water management. This means an infrastructure of pipes and
drains is needed to manage-away the water that leaks through the joint.
Strip seals,
compression seals, self-centering bar-and-gutter systems, are not
watertight, are prone to failure, and don't look that great either.
Technology has evolved beyond these systems.
Featuring Finite Element
Analysis (FEA)validated aluminum coverplates (stainless steel is an option), with an
ADA
compliant coefficient of friction, this SJS SYSTEM is watertight,
quiet, traffic durable,
non-invasively anchored and aesthetically
coordinated. |
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In
addition to SJS SYSTEM, other joint systems from EMSEAL used in
addressing various conditions included THERMAFLEX from on-grade to
elevated deck applications (left),
DSM SYSTEM,
HORIZONTAL COLORSEAL,
MIGUTRANS FS 160 for use in service area interior joints and
SEISMIC COLORSEAL for wall joints. |
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Lasting
expansion joint solutions in airports, mixed-use, retail, office, sports, assembly, convention and performing
arts venues as well as in retrofit of existing structures is a central
focus of EMSEAL's.
The company's
unique approach to expansion joint treatment
combines innovative materials technologies with a fresh look at the
roles of owners, designers,
general
contractors, manufacturers and subcontractors, in achieving
trouble-free expansion joints.
The approach is grounded
in an integrated, collaborative process centered on joint treatment that requires all
of these parties to
think, design,
detail, specify, construct, fabricate, and install
three-dimensional solutions. |
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