UNASUR Building, Quito Ecuador

The EradiQuake System (EQS) is a state of the art Isolation Bridge & Structural Bearing System designed to minimize forces and displacements experienced by structures during an earthquake

The Kingston Rhinecliff Bridge over the Hudson River in New York is a seismic retrofit project. 16 EQS Seismic Isolation Bearings were installed with a vertical capacity of 215 to 665 Kips

Seismic Isolation Bearings are the most technologically advanced means of protecting a structure against earthquake forces.  They are one of the most powerful tools in earthquake engineering for isolating a structure and helping to protect them from the most devastating consequences of a seismic event. Simply stated, they are a collection of structural elements which should substantially decouple or isolate a superstructure from its substructure resting on a shaking ground thus protecting a bridge or building’s structural integrity.

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Testing Services

RJ Watson specializes in high load, large displacement, structural and mechanical testing

graphic seismice isolation bearing
Seismic Isolated Sign | RJ Watson

Times Square Sign Structure – NYC

Seismic Isolation Bearings

Horton Farm Road Bridge – East Providence, RI

EQS Seismic Isolation Bearing | RJ Watson Inc.

City of Ottawa, Ontario – Southeast Transitway Bridge over Rideau River

EQS bearings

UNASUR Building in Quito, Ecuador

EQS Seismic Isolation Bearings | RJ Watson Inc.

Strandherd-Armstrong Bridge over the Rideau River

EQS bearings | Rj Watson Inc.

NJ Dot Route 7 Wittpen Bridge over Hackensack River

RJ Watson is located outside of Buffalo, NY and  has a state of the art 70,000 square foot facility for engineering, fabrication and manufacturing of bearings, joints and other structural devices

RJ Watson provides at no cost or obligation engineering proposal on any project where you are interested in evaluating the benefits of the RJ Watson product line

No Cost/No Obligation Estimates

Our staff of experienced engineers will assist you with your proposals and will work within your tight time constraints.

RJ Watson’s in house operations include a fabrication shop with overhead cranes, heavy lifting capacities, certified welders, weld positioners, media blasting, machine shop and state of the art testing facility.