ESA Provides Expert Guidance and Standards for Joint Sealing
The Extruded Sealant Association provides technical and practical advice on joint sealing concrete and asphalt pavements on airfields, highways, car parks and similar structures.
Why was ESA formed?
ESA was established in 1979 to provide technical information and advice on the important aspects of sealing joints in concrete and asphalt pavements on airfields, motorways, roads, car parks and similar constructions.
The Extruded Sealant Association members are the leading UK specialist manufacturers and contractors whose principal aim is to raise and maintain standards within the industry.
Recognition of the need for high standards and good sealing practices to prevent the ingress of water and salt into pavement structures focuses attention on the effectiveness of joint sealing systems and the methods of installation.
The Association’s main aims and objectives are:
To maintain and improve standards of design, manufacture, and installation.
To establish a formal training scheme as a benchmark for all functions within the industry, leading to a recognised qualification for contracting members and their operatives.
To represent the interests of the UK joint sealant industry in the preparation of associated British Standards.
To cooperate with Government Departments and Agencies, Public Authorities, Design Consultants, and others who are concerned with the use of joint sealants.
To promote research and technical development.
The ESA Standards
Manufacturer’s literature shall provide performance data, based on fact and experience and shall provide application instructions that are clear and unambiguous.
Manufacturers will provide adequate technical support facilities for their products and will test sufficiently before marketing to ensure that the products fulfil the stated requirements.
Contractors will apply products in accordance with the manufacturer’s written application instructions and, in addition, will also be guided by their own expertise in determining the conditions required for satisfactory performance and selecting the appropriate products.
ESA safety recommendations will be conscientiously carried out at all times.
ESA Members will aim to do business with other Members of ESA whenever possible and practicable, and will also encourage suitable non-members to join the Association.
Competition between fellow Members, or between Members and others, shall be carried out in an ethical manner.
ESA Members have a duty to guide clients fairly and correctly within the limitations of current knowledge. ESA Members not conforming to these Aims and Objectives may be expelled from the Association.
ESA Members will follow the ESA Code of Practice.
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