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.

Striving for Sustainability in Transportation Infrastructure

The California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) manages 249 highways totaling more than 50,000 lane miles. It also oversees three state-supported Amtrak regional rail routes, as well as aviation...

Decommissioned Wind Blades Are Visual Focus of New Parking Garage in Sweden

When the city of Lund’s parking company called on architect Jonas Lloyd to design and create a new multi-story parking structure sustainability, safety, and aesthetics were his priorities and he recalled an...

Building a Better Future

Early in his administration, President Biden launched the Federal Buy Clean Initiative to harness the nation’s purchasing power – more than $630 billion annually – while simultaneously investing in the...

RENCO’s Real-life LEGO-like Advanced Composite Blocks Offer a New Way to Build

RENCO spent more than a decade on research, development and extensive evaluation and testing to secure IBC and IRC approval on its composite LEGO-like building blocks. RENCO’s proprietary Mineral...

GFRP Tower Hit New Heights

A theory about the wireless transmission of energy, developed by inventor Nikola Tesla more than a century ago, helped pave the way for the recent construction of the world’s largest freestanding GFRP tower...

A Tale of Two Bridges

Two iconic Ohio landmarks – Cleveland’s North Coast Harbor and Kelleys Island’s Glacial Grooves Geological Preserve – recently installed pedestrian bridges featuring GFRP decks. The North Coast...