Expansion Joint Blog
The need for a better seismic expansion joint drove the development of the SJS System from Emseal–here’s a summary video to show you the result: Research, observation, and conversations with engineers and owners pleading for a better option than noisy, leaking cover-and-gutter systems drove the development goals…
Our amazing, smiling, weld team continue to crank out parking garage expansion joints customized to follow any changes in plane and direction you throw at them. And, yes, they are smiling! Here they’ve not only taken our Thermaflex winged joint through a complex double/dogleg tee, but they’ve provided…
EMSEAL now offers Webinars specific to your regional location — allowing you a complete understanding of watertight expansion joints. Each session touches on many of the features offered in a successful system including movement capabilities, thermal and acoustic integrity, UL fire-ratings, aesthetics, traffic durability and more. Discussions revolve…
In the TWA Hotel project at JFK International Airport our Seismic Colorseal expansion joint material plays a small but critical role in sealing some of the tapering, varying, compound curved junctions in Eero Saarinen’s masterpiece the TWA Flight Center. This icon of art, aviation and architecture has now…
Update May 18, 2020: On January 28, 2020 US Patent 10,544,582 B1 issued. This patent broadens coverage on Bridge Expansion Joint Kickout Terminations. On February 25, 2020 US Patent 10,570,611 B2 issued broadening coverage on our precompressed foam Universal and Custom transitions. Update January 7, 2020: On December 31,…
EMSEAL’s SWRI-Validated Expansion Joint Training program has been popular among architects, engineers, consultants, contractors, distributors and representatives worldwide. This educational, hands-on installation training program is AIA-registered and offers 8 HSW learning units upon completion. Topics to be covered include: history, design, technology failure analysis, safety, and quality assurance.…
We’ve said it before: “Anyone can make an expansion joint watertight in cross-section. It’s at changes in plane and direction that they leak.” Emseal’s process, from design to completion, is built around what we call “Continuity of Seal.” This simple principle ensures that joints don’t leak at transitions…
Everyday at EMSEAL we ask our employees to be the best that each person can be. Whether it’s remedying a construction problem, maintaining strong customer relationships, or making sure that the best product gets to where it needs to be — when it needs to be there. With…
Anyone can make an expansion joint watertight in cross-section. It’s at changes in plane and direction that they’ll leak. That is, unless you order custom, factory-welded, reinforced, leak-tested transitions and terminations from Emseal. This week, like any other, we have a number of jobs on the shop floor…
EMSEAL is devoted to keeping the information on our expansion joint products and their many applications relevant, easy to access, and up to date. We are constantly uploading new content and files to accommodate any question you might have about our company and line of seismic, fire-rated, or…