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Waterproofing Expansion Joints at the New Meadowlands
Stadium
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• 82,566 seats• $1.6 Billion (1.6 thousand million)• Design/Build: SKANSKA/Ewing
Cole, 360 Architecture, Thornton Thomasetti
• 100% private financing• 50/50 Giants/Jets Ownership
• Sitework began April 2007• 630,000 sf footprint• 2,125 million sf building space
• First Event April 2010• First NFL game: September 12, 2010• Site of 2014 Superbowl
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• 4,196 LF EMSEAL SJS SYSTEM w/ 18” wide stainless cover plates• EJ on decks = 2,912.64 (1/2” SS)
• EJ in bowl = 1,283.76 (3/8” SS on treads; ¼” SS on risers)
• 2,149 LF of fire blanket• FB on decks = 1,154.56
• FB in bowl = 995.12
• 429 cubic feet (741,312 cu.ins) elastomeric nosing
• 390 gallons Sika epoxy
Expansion Joint Contract
• Caulking• Deck coating• Split-slab waterproofing• Vertical expansion joints• Field perimeter expansion joint
Related Work Not Included:
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• Started August 2008• Substantially Complete Dec. 2009• Punch list complete, June 2010
• Around $3 million in EJ material• Closed out at just under $6 million
or .375% of total construction cost
Expansion Joint Contract, contd…
Structural Expansion Joint Design:
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Joints go through everything:
Expansion Joint Design:
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Mockup:
Mockup: Measure and Inspect
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Mockup Complete:
Problems:
• Different steel contractors for bowl and concourses
• Mockup procedures not communicated to field
• Steel not level, not continuous, etc…
• Concrete not level
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“Your stainless steel coverplates are rusting…”
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Details by design, and omitted
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Fire blankets from below
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Concrete sub cuts through SJS-FP waterproofing
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Lots of meetings, lots of notes and “love” letters
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Punch list…
• 150 leaks at cracked precast
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Still friends…
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Happy owner, happy fans…