Construction
Dura Composites enters joint venture with Mekina Industries
The GFRP permanent formwork specialist, adding to Dura Composites’ 27 years of supplying structural walkways to infrastructure markets, aims to further its own composite construction products.
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Sireg Geotech fiberglass rebar supports Italian bridge reconstruction
The ETA-certified composite rebar was applied to the bridge’s precast elements for a lightweight, longer-lasting bridge that is also more resistant to corrosive elements.
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Creative Composites Group achieves EPD for StormStrong utility poles
The environmental product declaration (EPD) marks the composite group’s efforts to measure and reduce environmental impact through verified data.
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Biocomposite for mobile architecture, low load-bearing applications
The German Institutes of Textile and Fiber Research and partners have developed a biocomposite well suited for support profiles and connecting nodes in construction applications.
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New standard specification supports non-metallic FRP rebar
ASTM International standard D8505 enables further integration of FRP rebar into infrastructure applications.
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21st century concrete: composite metamaterial with super compressability, energy harvesting
Material comprising 3D-printed, auxetic, reinforced polymer lattices in conductive cement matrix can compress up to 15% and generate electricity for lightweight, mechanically tunable structures with energy harvesting and sensing.
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Gatorbar, NEG, ExxonMobil join forces for composite rebar
ExxonMobil’s Materia Proxima polyolefin thermoset resin systems and glass fiber from NEG-US is used to produce GatorBar, an industry-leading, glass fiber-reinforced composite rebar (GFRP).
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Adaptive composite elements for building facades exhibited at JEC World 2023
University of Stuttgart institutes use carbon and glass fiber composites, robotic fabrication, biomimetic design and digial twin/control to demonstrate adaptive facade elements for future buildings.
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Composites-reinforced concrete for sustainable data center construction
Metromont’s C-GRID-reinforced insulated precast concrete’s high strength, durability, light weight and ease of installation improve data center performance, construction time and sustainability.
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EuCIA provides update on future Eurocode for composites
Publication of CEN Technical Standard (CEN/TS) 19101, now in its trial phase, will provide clear guidelines on how to design and engineer FRP composite structures.
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