Innovations in Infrastructure
The U.S. infrastructure is crying out for attention. According to the American Society of Civil Engineers, the country needs to spend $4.5 trillion by 2025 to fix the country's roads, bridges, dams and other...
Fiber-reinforced Polymer Sunshades Ideal for San Francisco Office Building Retrofit
Kreysler & Associates supplied fiber-reinforced polymer sunshades for the retrofit of a San Francisco office building, providing a balance of aesthetics, function, and constructability. As mid-century...
Florida Community Protected from Future Storms
During Hurricane Matthew in 2016, sections of state Route A1A in Flagler Beach, Fla., – a key highway and hurricane evacuation route – collapsed. The Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) recently...
Emergency Medical Shelters Built of Composite Materials are Strong and Quickly Assembled
To meet the urgent need to medical shelters caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, Core Composites is developing its rapidly deployable Tupelo Flat emergency shelter solution, normally used by U.S. Military Command...
Composite FRP Being Used to Strengthen Existing Bridges
FiberCore Europe developed SUREbridge, a circular solution in which a composite fiber-reinforced polymer (FRP) deck is placed on an existing concrete bridge. Crumbling, unsafe concrete bridges and viaducts...
Utilities Ready to Invest in FRP Solutions
Less than a decade ago, FRP composite utility pole manufacturers were going to utility companies to make the value case for installing their more expensive, yet significantly lighter weight products in...
