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.

Creative Composites Group’s FRP Panels Used in Restoration of Historic Bridge

Since 1806, the Northampton Street Bridge has connected Easton, Pa. and Phillipsburg, N.J., across the Delaware River. Many repairs and upgrades have been made over the years and recently upgrading the...

Fiberon Wildwood Composite Cladding Features Both Sustainable Materials and Manufacturing Processes

Fiberon Wildwood Composite Cladding (Fiberon Wildwood) offers architects and designers a variety of natural looking colors and realistic wood textures in the form of sustainably built boards. In fact, Fiberon...

Navigating an Emerging Market

Creative Composites Group shipped 12 GFRP wicket gates from its Augusta, Maine, facility to the Illinois River in March for installation on the Peoria Lock and Dam. Across the country, Orenco Composites in...

KU Researchers and Partners Developing Fiber-reinforced Polymers to Reinforce Dams and Levees

A partnership of researchers from the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center, the Department of Homeland Security’s Science and Technology Directorate, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, and the...

Educating and Engaging End Users in Construction and Infrastructure

ACMA’s Composites Tech Days provide a unique opportunity for members to engage with end users in key markets. This spring, the association will host the Construction/Infrastructure Composites Tech Days on...

Concrete Reinforced with Basalt Fiber Tested for Use in Roadways

A trial in England funded by National Highways and led by Skanska in partnership with the National Composites Centre is comparing traditional steel reinforced concrete with a low carbon concrete reinforced...