MegAtec 300 — metal floor expansion joint

Name: MegAtec 300 Metal Floor Expansion Joint
Brand: Vexcolt
SKU: MEGATEC-300

Aluminium floor expansion joint for foot and light-wheeled traffic, with an ADA-compliant slip-resistant surface, rated to ASTM E-1399.

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Data sheet (1 PDF) ↓CAD detail on request

Specifications

Movement capacity	Joint gaps 25, 50, 75, 100, 125, 150, 200 and 250 mm; movement ±5 mm at a 25 mm gap rising to ±70 mm at 250 mm (total 10–140 mm — see TDS)
Standard	ASTM E-1399 · Class I (Thermal), Class II (Wind)
Traffic	Foot / light-wheeled
Surface	Hairline-serrated, slip-resistant, ADA-compliant across the movement cycle
Material	Continuous aluminium floor frame + male/female central load plates. 6063 T5 & T6 aluminium, heights 25, 35, 50 and 75 mm
Fire rating	Fire barrier available on request; rating confirmed per job

How a floor joint sits in the slab

Schematic — exact frame profile, blockout and fixing centres depend on the movement class and gap; see the TDS above.

MegAtec 300 A02 floor to wall — cross-section detail (illustration, not to scale)

Typical components

Concrete slab
High-strength (>40 N/mm²) levelling bed (by others)
Optional EPDM / torch-applied waterproofing membrane (by others)
M6 × 75 mm galvanised carbon-steel concrete screws
Continuous aluminium floor frame
Continuous aluminium female central load plate
Continuous aluminium male central load plate
Finishes / wearing surfaces

Applications

Corridors & lobbiesPlazas & podiumsLight-traffic decksCommercial floors

Movement

The MegAtec 300, animated through each direction it is rated to move. These are Vexcolt-group animations, not site footage; the movement each gap takes is in the data sheet.

Movement animation · MegAtec 300 · illustrative

Where it's installed

The MegAtec 300 on our projects

Six of our written-up projects use the 300.

TCS Campus Noida

Commercial & IT · Noida

With MegAtec 310, 340, 360 and 610

Kollam Railway Station

Metro & rail · Kollam

With MegAtec 360 and 610

Raheja Vivarea

Residential · Bengaluru

With MegAtec 360 and 370

Sumadhura Epitome

Residential · Bengaluru

With MegAtec 360

Eldeco Live By The Greens

Residential · Noida

DLF Downtown, Taramani, Chennai

Commercial and IT · Chennai

Specification

A clause written to the MegAtec 300 data sheet

Worked for a 100 mm floor joint. Change the gap and the movement for each location on the joint schedule and leave the rest. It names what the joint must do rather than who makes it, so an alternative has to match the performance, not just the description.

Supply and install a floor expansion joint cover system, floor to floor and floor to wall, to the locations scheduled, for a nominal structural gap of 100 mm, accommodating a movement of not less than ±25 mm. The system shall be cyclically tested to ASTM E-1399, Classes I and II, and the test evidence submitted. The exposed surface shall give a smooth transit, be serrated for slip resistance and remain accessible (ADA compliant) across the full movement cycle, flush with the adjacent finish. It shall be rated by its data sheet for the scheduled traffic, per day: pedestrians more than 25,000, trolleys up to 1,000, forklifts up to 1,000, cars up to 1,000, trucks up to 10. A continuous moisture barrier membrane shall be installed within the joint and lapped to the structural waterproofing on both sides; the lap is within this subcontract. Where the joint crosses a fire compartment line, a fire barrier rated to the compartment is included (available on request; rating confirmed per job). Manufacture shall be against a site survey of the built gap taken after the structure is complete. The technical data sheet, the cross-section for each location and the installation method statement shall be submitted for approval before manufacture.

Each requirement is explained in how to specify an expansion joint. Writing to a CPWD tender? See the DSR items. See also expansion joints in buildings and the types of expansion joint.