Expansion joint innovation on River Nene viaduct

The current rubber joint is damaged and needs replacing National Highways has sanctioned the use of a new Swiss variant of expansion joint that has not been used in the UK before. A large expansion joint on the River Nene viaduct, between junctions 12 and 13 of the A14, needs to be replaced having reached […]

Joint enterprise

As the adage has it, the best time to fix the roof is when the sun is shining. That’s sound advice for anybody – but especially so if you happen to be responsible for maintaining a piece of critical infrastructure. And that is why National Highways – custodian of England’s trunk road network – has […]

Probers Eye Expansion Joint in Pittsburgh Slab Mishap 2/8/2007 | 2007-02-08 | ENR

AP 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 concrete floor slab collapsed at the nearly five-year-old David L. Lawrence Convention Center, in Pittsburgh. Although the cause is not yet known, investigators […]