(BNA) Nashville International Airport, Nashville
Tennessee
Date: 2009, 2010, 2017, 2020
Heels, and signs, like wheels, should not be overlooked when selecting floor expansion joints at airports or in any floor. Flush mounting to adjacent tile, high point-load resistance and clean lines are Migutrans differentiators.
Heels, wheels and signs no problem for Migutrans & SJS floor joints at BNA.
Point loads are often overlooked when choosing expansion joints. Yet they are the number one cause of cupping, tearing, and clatter in many floor expansion joint covers. Airport expansion joints are particularly prone to premature failure from the forces of transient point loads.
The Migutrans series of expansion joint covers for floors is specifically designed to resist point loads. They make very clean solutions to covering wall joint too. Nashville International Airport is an excellent study in durability and lowest-total-cost of ownership.
The 2020 install of a custom SJS-FR Fire-Rated Seismic Joint System with an inverted plate is a new addition to this retrofit project. By adapting the coverplate, it created a recessed joint for a flush installation.
Migutrans Airport Expansion Joints Blend into the Environment
From a small distance, the Migutrans FS 50 floor expansion joints are nearly indiscernible from the tile mortar joints.
High Point Loads No Match for Migutrans Airport Expansion Joints
High point-load, small wheels are the number one killer of expansion joints. And they’re everywhere–in all structures including airports. The Migutrans FS 50 ensures durability.
Migutrans FS 50 wall expansion joint installed with tile at Nashville International Airport
Closeup of Migutrans FS 50 wall expansion joint cover installed with flush tile wall covering.
Custom Airport Expansion Joint Covers
The flush installed SJS-FR Fire-Rated Seismic Expansion Joint Coverplate System with a custom inverted plate allows for the high-traffic concourse wheels and high-point loads to glide over the expansion joint.
A custom fabricated coverplate allows for the Fire-Rated Seismic Expansion Joint System to contour around the curvature at a column.
The SJS-FR system continues through another section of the high-traffic concourse and transitions to an interior wall coverplate.
