Waterproofing Expansion Joints at the New Meadowlands … SWRInstitute Winter... · • 2,125...

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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…