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Crowning Achievement--HORIZONTAL COLORSEAL Serves and Protects a Precious Dome
(Retrofit--1996)


Project Profiles:

Atlantic Station, Atlanta, GA (Migutan, Thermaflex, Colorseal, Migutrans-new-2004-05)

Clinton County Courthouse Ohio (Horiz.Colorseal-retrofit-1992)
Atlanta, GA 2.8 Million Square Foot CONRAC Airport Parking Facility (SJS, Thermaflex, Migutrans, Seismic Colorseal, Horizontal Colorseal, DSM System (new-2009)
Keyspan Park, Coney Island Cyclones, NY (Migutan, Thermaflex, Colorseal-new-2001)

Washington, DC Convention Center (Twinsert-retrofit-2008)

EMC2 Corporate Office Building & Parking Deck (DSM-retrofit-2007)
19-year Run at New York City's Guggenheim, COLORSEAL a Permanent Exhibit at Historic Landmark Museum
Hilton Boston Logan (Seismic Colorseal-new-1998)
Kinnick Stadium, U of Iowa, Iowa City, IA (DSH-retrofit-2006)

Jet Blue Terminal, JFK International Airport, NY, NY (Migutan-new-2007)

Lawrence Municipal Stadium, Lawrence, MA (Thermaflex-retrofit-2005)
St. Louis Lambert Field Airport (Colorseal-retrofit-2000)

Lincoln Performing Arts Center plaza deck expansion joint retrofit

Mississauga Living Arts Center, ON (Colorseal-retrofit-2000)
Longaberger Basket, Newark, OH (Backerseal-new-1997)
Montana State University Bobcats Stadium (DSM SYSTEM-retrofit-2011)
Mall of America (Backerseal-new-1992)
University of Massachusetts Medical Center, Worcester, MA (DSM-retrofit-2007)

NY Mets, Citi Field (SJS, Colorseal-new-2009)

Niketown, Newbury Street, Boston, MA (new-1998)
Orlando International Airport Southwest Terminal, Orlando, FL (Migutrans-new-2003)
Green Bay Packers,
Lambeau Field (DSM, SJS-retrofit-2007-09)
Citizens Bank Philadelphia Phillies Ballpark (Thermaflex, Migutan, Colorseal, 20H-new-2004)

President's Plaza, Chicago, IL (Migutan-retrofit-2001)

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)
Precision Living, Senior Living, St. Louis, MO (Seismic Colorseal, New-to-Existing, 2011)
Kansas City Royals Kauffman Stadium (Migutrans, Colorseal, Thermaflex-retrofit-2009)

Boston, MA Prudential Center (SJS-retrofit-2006)

Washington Redskins FedEx Field (Thermaflex-retrofit-2000-05)
Tampa International Airport, FL (Migutrans-retrofit-2006)

Woodbine Slots, Toronto, ON (Migutrans-retrofit-2000)

Zurich Insurance, Baltimore, MD (Thermaflex-new-2001)
100 Cambridge Street, Boston, MA (Migutan, Colorseal-new-2003)
300 North Park, Chicago, IL (Migutan-retrofit-1998)

Clinton County, Ohio: 14 years ago, the stunning plaster interior of the dome of the Clinton County Courthouse was under attack--from water. Previous attempts to seal the dome using traditional caulk and backer-rod materials and methods had failed to provide a lasting solution.

The dome is clad in natural stone.  Each slab abuts the next at a joint.  The joints vary in width all over the dome.  The joint sizes range from as small as 1/4" (6mm) to as large as 1 1/4" (30mm).  This variation has made sealing the dome a challenge for traditional caulk and backer-rod.  Installation methods for this technology rely on the tooling in the field of a difficult "hour-glass" geometry in order to ensure the proper functioning of the material.    Caulk or "liquid sealant" materials then rely on adhesion to the substrate for proper performance.  This adhesion, when placed under even small amounts of tension is seldom reliable in the long-term.

Even in small sizes, EMSEAL's HORIZONTAL COLORSEAL features the best characteristics of liquid sealants while eliminating all of their shortcomings. 

The material exposed to the weather is a factory-controlled and cured bellows of low-modulus silicone.  It is backed by an acrylic-impregnated foam that provides non-invasive anchoring to the stone substrate through adhesion and through compression in the foam matrix.  A small corner-bead of silicone between the silicone bellows and stone further ensures watertightness.  The corner-bead, because of the backpressure of the foam, is never in tension and therefore suffers no adhesion loss as in the caulk and backer-rod option.

The operations crew are delighted with the results.  The dome hasn't leaked at the joints in 14-plus years.  This means that leak-chasing mops and buckets have been replaced by rakes and garden tools in pursuit of keeping the grounds looking neat and tidy.  Case closed.

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