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Below is a selection of some of
the many projects for which EMSEAL has furnished
MIGUTAN watertight structural expansion joints
in split slab and plaza deck applications. EMSEAL is the only
manufacturer with 20+ years of track record of watertight split-slab deck
expansion joint sealing using this technology. For a larger image, click the image. Any questions please contact us.
Who else is using
EMSEAL Plaza Deck and Split-Slab Expansion Joints?
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New York,
NY, Jet Blue Terminal, JFK International Airport
There is nothing worse
after a long flight and all its hassles than to have to wait for
your cab beneath the icy drips of leaks from above. Departure
roadways at airport terminals are roofs. These roofs are over
the arrivals area. These roadways are commonly designed as
split-slabs with a buried waterproofing membrane on the structural
deck and a topping slab as the wear course. Expansion joints
used to isolate the roadways from the terminal building must be
watertight. In order to be watertight, the joint must
integrate into the deck waterproofing membrane. Only MIGUTAN
from EMSEAL was purposely designed to achieve this. The static
integration of the MIGUTAN side flashing sheets into the deck
waterproofing membrane ensures watertightness while joint movement
is accommodated by the elastomeric insert at the wear course
surface. Following the curve in the deck is no problem either.
Working with EMSEAL's technical staff, the contractor provided field
measurements and condition surveys from which EMSEAL produced
detailed shop drawings. The materials were manufactured and
marked according to the shop drawings making installation
straightforward and efficient. (Click on images to enlarge).
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Boston, MA, 100
Cambridge Street, Mixed Use Office/Residential/Retail
Mixed-Use facilities usually incorporate high-rise office and/or
retail structures with parking and open space. Consequently,
open spaces are usually situated on split-slab plaza decks.
MIGUTAN from EMSEAL is the original joint system designed to be
integrated into the structural deck waterproofing membrane to ensure
watertightness on these critical conditions over occupied spaces.
These images illustrate the integration of the MIGUTAN system into
the plaza deck elements. Unlike
looped membranes, and other buried "band-aid" approaches,
MIGUTAN ensures a static, watertight connection to the waterproofing
membrane while accommodating movement at a purpose-designed,
maintainable, sealing insert.
(Click on images to enlarge).
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Atlanta, GA--Atlantic Station,
Mixed Use Office/Residential/Retail
26,000
ft--8,666 yards--nearly 5 miles of EMSEAL Expansion Joint Knit Together Atlantic
Station--Atlanta's Mega, Mixed-Use Success Story.
More on this project.
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Chicago, IL--President's Plaza, Corporate Office
The bolt-down joints in the top of a concrete curb in the
asphalt-topped, split-slab roof over parking always leaked.
Bolt-down systems (a DOT bridge joint crossover) are not watertight.
In addition perpendicular cracking in the concrete supporting curbs
caused water simply to bypass the joint and the deck waterproofing
membrane to leak below. In the second full replacement retrofit,
bolt-downs were specified again. As an alternative, the watertight
MIGUTAN system was proposed. After complete integration of the
MIGUTAN to the hot-rubberized asphalt deck waterproofing and through the
use of watertight, factory-fabricated transitions and terminations, the
deck is finally watertight. |
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Before: Leaking through failed bolt-down joints is made
worse by leaking through cracks in the supporting concrete header. |
During: Watertight, factory-fabricated transitions
in the EMSEAL MIGUTAN joint system are integrated into the deck
waterproofing to create a continuous, waterproof deck system. |
After: With asphalt overlay and landscaping replaced, the
entire deck is watertight. |
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Itasca, IL--300 Park Boulevard, Corporate Office
The story of 300 North Park is very typical. An office tower
with parking below and elevated driveway up to the main entrance that
leaked "since the day it was built". Topical fixes over years were
never effective, making the spaces below untenantable or unusable only
after the addition of makeshift gutter systems.
Gutters
only conceal the problem however allowing deicing salts to corrode
the structural support below. Eventually, MIGUTAN was specified as
a lasting solution. With the various topping finishes removed, the
MIGUTAN was installed on the structural slab and tied into the deck
waterproofing membrane. The topping materials were replaced the
building at these locations is watertight. |
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Left: Wall to Deck Before
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Middle: Drivelane After |
Right: Wall to Deck After |
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Champaign, IL--University of Illinois, Post-Genomic, Biotech Building
College and University owners live with their structures forever.
Like other building owner/operators, for them the life-cycle cost of an
expansion joint material material selection is easy. Choose the
best way to treat expansion joints to ensure watertightness and the
long-term investment will pay off. The real cost of replacing a
cheap,
buried band-aid, looped membrane system at the structural level is
the cost of digging up the plaza. The up front cost of treating
the joint with MIGUTAN will far pale in comparison. |
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Perimeter joints in plaza decks around
buildings are notorious for leaks. In addition, whether at new
construction or retrofit, substrate conditions create challenges for
proper watertight treatment of the joints. Addressing substrate
conditions to accommodate the attachment of the MIGUTAN system
inevitably results in better design for all surrounding building
elements--windows, cavity walls, facade panels, etc. |
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Left: Deck-to-wall runs, incorporating
columns and other offsets and that eventually transition to deck-to-deck
are handled with factory-fabricated, watertight transitions from EMSEAL. |
Middle and Right: In
straight runs, MIGUTAN integrates with open-joint pavers.
Watertightness is assured while the sealing insert that accommodates
structural movement is accessible for long-term maintenance if needed.
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