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A Watertight Solution For UK’s Meadowhall Centre Car Parks Failed expansion joints lead to leaky car parks, so specifying the right systems is vital Reprinted from PARKING Review (Issue 259, October 25, 2013) Published online at TransportXtra The Meadowhall Centre in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, is a truly massive…
When it came down to water testing the central parking garage expansion joints at Will Rogers World Airport, these guys didn’t mess around. DSM System was chosen for the retrofit of the top deck parking structure expansion joints at Will Rogers International Airport in Oklahoma City. A rigorous water…
We received an emailed photograph from one of our sales reps today. Here it is: It shows pavers on a split-slab plaza deck–buckled up, cracked, dislodged and missing. The cause? Movement from the structural expansion joint in the structural expansion joint below. So why the mess? The owner…
The very public plaza at North America’s premier music venue, Lincoln Center in New York City, had a continuing problem with leaking plaza expansion joints. Almost since its initial construction in 1959, it had been leaking water from the grand plaza to the underground parking levels below. Two…
We all came from somewhere. Before concrete there was stone. Before microsphere-modified acrylic polymers, there was tar. Sika Emseal is proud to have evolved with changes in material and building science. We would love to share with you, in person, the latest in expansion joint sealing—from our breakthrough…
Joining a growing list of owners and managers that are tired of noisy, leaky expansion joints, Boston Properties is upgrading many of its joints to EMSEAL. At this location at and entrance to it’s vast underground parking deck the parking deck joint selection was SJS System. Unlike noisy…
Expansion joints for parking decks are often the leak point for water into lower level parking areas or even occupied space below. Watertightness is therefore critical. When design or structural factors cause joints to change plane or direction is where most joints leak–often after the first rain storm. EMSEAL…