List
of other Complete Project Profiles:
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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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Boston, MA
Prudential Center (SJS-retrofit-2006)
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Washington,
DC Convention Center (Twinsert-retrofit-2008)
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Kansas City Royals
Kauffman Stadium (Migutrans, Colorseal, Thermaflex-retrofit-2009) |
Green Bay
Packers,
Lambeau Field (DSM, SJS-retrofit-2007-09) |
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NY
Mets, Citi Field
(SJS, Colorseal-new-2009)
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Citizens Bank Philadelphia
Phillies Ballpark
(Thermaflex, Migutan, Colorseal, 20H-new-2004) |
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Orlando International Airport Southwest Terminal, Orlando, FL
(Migutrans-new-2003) |
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Keyspan Park, Coney Island Cyclones, NY
(Migutan, Thermaflex, Colorseal-new-2001) |
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University of Massachusetts Medical Center, Worcester, MA
(DSM-retrofit-2007) |
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EMC2 Corporate Office Building
& Parking Deck (DSM-retrofit-2007) |
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Atlantic Station, Atlanta, GA
(Migutan, Thermaflex, Colorseal, Migutrans-new-2004-05)
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Woodbine Slots, Toronto, ON
(Migutrans-retrofit-2000)
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Hilton Boston Logan
(Seismic Colorseal-new-1998) |
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St. Louis
Lambert Field Airport
(Colorseal-retrofit-2000) |
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Tampa International Airport, FL
(Migutrans-retrofit-2006) |
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Jet Blue Terminal, JFK International Airport, NY, NY
(Migutan-new-2007)
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Zurich Insurance, Baltimore, MD
(Thermaflex-new-2001) |
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Clinton County
Courthouse Ohio (Horiz.Colorseal-retrofit-1992) |
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Longaberger Basket, Newark, OH (Backerseal-new-1997) |
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Mississauga
Living Arts Center, ON
(Colorseal-retrofit-2000) |
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Niketown, Newbury Street, Boston, MA
(new-1998) |
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President's Plaza, Chicago, IL
(Migutan-retrofit-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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Mall of America
(Backerseal-new-1992) |
Boston
Red Sox
Fenway Park (Migutan, Colorseal-retrofit-2003) |
Baltimore
Ravens
M&T Bank Stadium (Thermaflex, Colorseal-new-1998) |
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Kinnick Stadium,
U of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
(DSH-retrofit-2006) |
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Lawrence
Municipal Stadium, Lawrence, MA
(Thermaflex-retrofit-2005) |
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Washington
Redskins FedEx Field
(Thermaflex-retrofit-2000-05) |
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Crowning
Achievement--HORIZONTAL COLORSEAL Serves and Protects a Precious
Dome
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Clinton
County, Ohio: Seven 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
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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. |
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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. |
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The operations crew are
delighted with the results. The dome hasn't leaked in 7-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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