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Developed by EMSEAL over 20 years ago, shear pockets are a loop of Santoprene thermoplastic rubber welded to replace the center member or cells of an expansion joint extrusion. Shear pockets enhance the ability of extruded expansion joints to handle extraordinary shear movements where joints change direction and…
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…
Whether in curved skylights at St. Louis Lambert Field, roadways at JetBlue, or around elliptical columns at the Nationals Ball Park, curved expansion joints more common than you’d think. Regardless of the radius and the material best suited the application, EMSEAL has the expertise to not only follow…