Construction
Aerospace, construction CAMX Awards winners
Representing both ends of the composites industry spectrum, the inaugural CAMX Awards go to Epitome Foundation Walls and the NASA-Boeing all-composite cryotank.
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AIA 2014 Convention report
The ACMA helps American Institute of Architects launch Composites Pavilion at Chicago convention.
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Dual-laminates: Scaling up to scrubbers
A double-protection strategy for this massive fiberglass vessel tests pushes the limits of this shop’s fabricating and logistical planning skills.
Read MoreBetter, cheaper screening of FRP building materials
FRP manufacturers who want to qualify FRP panels for use as exterior wall assemblies on buildings of any height must also meet the acceptance criteria of a battery of fire- and smoke-related performance tests.
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Architectural composites: Rising to new challenges
In North America, Europe, the Middle East and Down Under, architects and engineers are finding composites are a good fit in groundbreaking applications.
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Pultruded window: Glass/polyurethane prototype wins award
Deceuninck Group NV (Hooglede-Gits, Belgium), is at the forefront of composite window frame design and innovation, as evidenced by its recent award for a large, prototype window designed to open like a door.
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The IBC and FRP
HPC editor-in-chief Jeff Sloan marks signs of progress toward the use of composites in high-rise architecture since the International Building Code was amended in 2009 to clearly define code-compliant uses of FRP.
Read MoreMIT researchers reveal how bonded joints fracture and fail
Moisture reportedly plays crucial role.
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Faster...is better
Ten months….that’s a lot of time, in my book. Why do public works agencies tolerate such drawn-out projects using traditional materials, when composites are faster, more efficient and more durable?
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Composites business does grow on trees
This advanced composites contractor welcomes down-to-earth opportunities to bring aerospace quality to fantasy foliage.
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