CONCRETE JOINTS GET FACELIFT: CREWS REMOVE AND REPLACE JOINT SEALANT DESTROYED BY JET FUEL

TORONTO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT IS THE SITE OF THE FIRST MAJOR CANADIAN APPLICATION OF A NEW CONCRETE JOINT SEALANT - PRC RUBBER CALK 3105, DEVELOPED BY THE UNITED STATES. THE COMPOUND IS A TWO-COMPONENT POLYURETHANE WHICH IS PLACED IN ITS LIQUID STATE INTO A CLEANED AND PRIMED JOINT IN CONCRETE OR ASPHALT PAVEMENT. THE PROCEDURE INVOLVED IN PREPARING THE JOINTS FOR THE SEALANT, THE METHOD OF APPLICATION, AND THE PROBLEMS ENCOUNTERED ARE DESCRIBED. /CGRA/

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Vol 82, No 1, PP 54-57, 1 FIG, 9 PHOT
• Corporate Authors:

  Southam Business Publications Limited

  1450 Don Mills Road
  Don Mills, ONo,   Canada 
• Authors:
  • Salmins, G
• Publication Date: 1969-1

Media Info

• Serial:
  • Engineering and Contract Record
  • Publisher: Southam Business Publications

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Asphalt pavements; Concrete pavements; Elastomer modified asphalt; Joint sealers; Pavements; Polyurethane resins; Sealing compounds
• Subject Areas: Geotechnology; Highways; Materials; Pavements;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00216062
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: CANADIAN GOOD ROADS ASSOCIATION
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jun 11 1971 12:00AM