Infrastructure

Composites are used all over the world to help construct and repair a wide variety of infrastructure applications, from buildings and bridges to roads to and railways.

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Utah Researchers Develop Process to Repair Bridge Columns in Days

University of Utah civil and environmental engineering professor Chris Pantelides, with his team of researchers, has developed a new composites-intensive process to fix bridge columns in as little as a few...

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Getting a Charge Out of Roads

The future of electric vehicles could soon come charging down the road – in more ways than one – with composites playing a key role. At a Logan, Utah, test track, researchers from Utah State University are...

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New York City Transit Installs 7,500 Composite Ties in Staten Island Railway

The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) New York City Transit (NYCT) has now installed approximately 7,500 sustainable composite ties in the St. George Staten Island Railway (SIR) terminal track...

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New River Thames Bridge Made with Fiber Reinforced Polymer

The UK Environment Agency commissioned ECS Engineering Services to replace its aging bridge at its site at Mapledurham on the River Thames, and design, supply and install a new bridge. To ensure the new bridge...

World’s First “Green” Pipe Wins ASCE Innovation Award

QuakeWrap Inc., a Tucson, Ariz.-based designer, supplier and installer of FRP products for repair, won an American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) Innovation Award in the category of “Best Value - Green...

GFRP Tests the Waters in Dam Applications

The 273-mile-long Illinois River is a primary tributary of the Mississippi River and part of an important waterway connecting the Great Lakes to the Mississippi River. Barges transporting goods ranging from...