Expansion joints are created through the installation of a soft material, such as wood or foam, along the edges of concrete slabs. The flexibility of these soft materials prevents damage that would ...
BoMetals' Finn Joint concrete expansion joint is lightweight anodized aluminum extrusion fitted with hydrophilic rubber gate seals and supplied with nylon fixing tabs for a water tight, aesthetically ...
Area beneath partial slab collapse in convention center. Investigators, including members of the original design and construction team, are trying to determine why a 60 x 20-ft section of a 6-in-thick ...
In liquid-bearing concrete structures, joints are where protective linings fail first. A monolithic film is asked to span a moving gap and stay bonded to both sides through thermal swings, settlement, ...
Caltrans officials said Friday that wear and tear to an expansion joint caused chunks of concrete from the Richmond-San Rafael Bridge to fall on a car, which in turn prompted the hours-long bridge ...
Authorities say chunks of concrete that fell from a San Francisco Bay Area bridge came from a failed expansion joint.But Tony Tavares of the California Department of Transportation insists Friday that ...