Integrated Expansion Joint and Building Envelope Solutions Emseal Sika

Integrated Expansion Joint & Building Enclosure Solutions

Sika Emseal

Building Expansion Joints and Sealants

Expansion joints and sealants for buildings. Waterproof, fire rated, trafficable, sound attenuating, insulating, air, wind, seismic, and watertight, building expansion joints and precompressed hybrid sealants. A Sika Company.

Using Revit BIM, CAD and Sika Emseal’s collaborative 3-D expansion joint design methodology taught in our AIA-registered seminars, and regularly broadcast online, or just for your firm, it is now possible for designers and contractors to wrap the entire building envelope, as well as ensure that life-safety is addressed, by specifying and installing expansion joint systems that transition into one another and are warranted for continuity of seal between like or dissimilar technologies.

Exterior Wall Expansion Joints by EMSEAL

Exterior Vertical Wall

Plaza and Parking Deck Expansion Joints by EMSEAL

Decks/Parking

Split-slab Expansion Joints by EMSEAL

Split Slab/Plaza

Fire-rated Wall and Deck Expansion Joints by EMSEAL

Fire-Rated

RoofJoint roof expansion joint EMSEAL

Roof

Below Grade Expansion Joint Systems by EMSEAL

Below Grade

interior expansion joint covers from EMSEAL

Interior

QuietJoint partition to mullion acoustic closure.

Acoustic

Immersed Expansion Joint Systems by EMSEAL

Immersed

DSM System installed in the University of Wisconsin Stadium

Stadium

Roof to wall expansion joint transition

Transitions

BEJS Bridge Expansion Joint Systems by EMSEAL

Bridge

EMSEAL-watertight-sealant-tapes

Sealant Tapes

Sika Emseal is Hiring!

EMSEAL Sika Expansion Joint Headquarters

Sika Emseal contributes to the preservation, durability, and sustainability of the built environment. We do so by supplying lasting structural expansion joint and construction sealant products that work. Our success is driven by a highly trained, motivated, empowered, rewarded, talented, and personable team. Working in a supported and collaborative environment, we are dedicated to delivering the most effective and innovative products and solutions to the architects, engineers, builders, and owners of iconic structures worldwide. Sika Emseal is a great place to work and we encourage you to share your talents, curiosity, drive, desire to learn and grow, and interests with us.

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Stadium Expansion Joints -- Decade-Plus of Successful Performance

Stadium expansion joints by EMSEAL. SJS System at Jets/Giants New Meadowlands Metlife Stadium

Seismic, stadium expansion joints from Sika Emseal have endured the footfall of hundreds of thousands of fans over the last 10 years at the new Meadowlands (MetLife Stadium)–the iconic home to both the NY Giants and NY Jets. Take a look at the comprehensive installation that keeps this NFL stadium watertight and able to handle the demands of pedestrian and operational traffic.

NY Meadowlands – 10 Years of Watertight Expansion Sealing

Fire-Rated Expansion Joints-Fire-rated wall and head-of-wall expansion joints tested to UL 2079 and manufactured under the UL Follow-Up Service-EMSEAL

Fire Rated Expansion Joints Perform Many Tasks

Fire rated expansion joints are evolving to meet advancing building science. Today’s wall systems are being designed and constructed to perform a growing number of functions. Beyond simply separating rooms or enclosing a structure, they are expected to maintain thermal conditions, contain…

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The photo illustrates vividly why expansion joints should be watertight at their top surface. And why gutters can lead to the need for seriously costly repairs. They underscore how gutters conceal leaks, resulting in structural damage that is dangerous and far more costly than the price of an expansion joint that works.

Gutters Hide Expansion Joint Leaks

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These photos received by our Tech Team inspired a re-post from our FAQ page: Why does EMSEAL discourage the use of gutters? The photo illustrates vividly why expansion joints should be watertight at their top surface.  And why gutters can lead to the…

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