Integrated Expansion Joint and Building Envelope Solutions Emseal Sika

Integrated Expansion Joint & Building Enclosure Solutions

Sika Emseal

Building Expansion Joints and Sealants

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

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Single-Source Warranties

BEJS Bridge Expansion Joint Systems by EMSEAL

Bridge

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Sealant Tapes

Plaza Deck Joint Sealing - No Longer a Mystery

Plaza deck expansion joint sealing: EMSEAL's DSM-FP in plaza to wall expansion joint at 2 Houston Center.

Ensuring your plaza deck remains watertight is incredibly important to the owner and tenants of a building. Sika Emseal and American Hydrotech collaborated wonderfully on 2 Houston Center to provide continuity of seal across the expansion joints. Factory fabricated transitions and watertight, tensionless waterproofing integration make this retrofit project a success.

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Sofi Stadium Expansion Joints -- The Best Trust Sika Emseal

Heavy duty seismic expansion joints in seating section at LA Rams SoFi Stadium by Sika Emseal

The iconic SoFi Stadium has become synonymous with stadium design innovation and sets a new benchmark for fan, player, and broadcast experience. The best in design requires the best of its suppliers. Sika Emseal addressed the unique demands of the stadium seating bowl expansion joints as well as solved a critical transition requirement in the roof membrane.

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Could You Pass UL 2079?

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SJS-FR2 — 2-hour Fire Rating Built-In to Seismic Joint System from Sika Emseal Try this:  from a deep, knees-bent squat, stand up to your full height and squat back down again, slowly, taking 6 seconds to complete the cycle.  Do that 400…

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The above blueprint was taken from an actual set of design documents produced by a firm tired of the endless stream of RFI's and change orders that resulted from ignoring or delaying the consideration of expansion joints until during construction. Beyond the delays and cost overruns, their projects additionally typically had a legacy of leaks. Having adopted the EMSEAL approach to expansion joint design, their projects are instead now distinguished by trouble-free expansion joints.

Collaborative 3-D Expansion Joint Design

Successful Expansion Joint Treatment—Collaborative, 3-D Design, Detailing, Construction, Fabrication, Installation It’s not just about products. How can we work together to ensure trouble-free building expansion joints? While Sika Emseal prides itself on having high-quality, innovative and durable materials for use in sealing,…

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