FRP bridge installation project. Photo Credit: Creative Composites Group (CCG) May 2022 marked the six-month anniversary of the $1 trillion Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) that to date ...
Recently, researchers at the Constructed Facilities Center, West Virginia University (CFC-WVU, Morgantown, W. Va., U.S.A.) have focused considerable research and development (R&D) efforts on ...
When the district Department of Transportation (DDOT) in Washington, D.C., needed to replace three aging bridges over the Chesapeake & Ohio Canal in Georgetown, plastic crossed the minds of engineers ...
The 143-year-old wrought iron bowstring arch-truss structure, which connects Ridout and Blackfriars streets, is Ontario’s oldest working crossing. The 221-ft. ½-in. long bridge deck carries vehicles, ...
Ten years ago, after a lengthy period of being tested on bridges throughout the country, fiber-reinforced polymer composites—touted for their lightness, longevity and resistance to corrosion compared ...
After a brush fire scorched a wooden bridge that's part of the Sandia Mountains trail system in New Mexico, state officials looked for a low-upkeep, fast fix that wouldn't become ready tinder in the ...
The Associated Builders and Contractors' Construction Backlog Indicator declined 2.8% during the first quarter of this year. The quarterly drop left the CBI with an average backlog of 8.1 months, down ...
MADISON -- When the long-awaited Highway 151 bypass around Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, opens later this year, vehicles traveling northbound will cross DeNeveu Creek on a bridge like no other in the ...
Rocks Village Bridge recently marked the 10-year anniversary of its six-span Fiber Reinforced Polymer (FRP) vehicle deck. Creative Composites Group’s (CCG) FRP composite deck was installed in 2013 as ...
In Refugio County, Texas, salty coastal air and brackish water combine with a moist subtropical climate and 37 inches of rain per year to create a highly corrosive environment for steel and other ...
ROANOKE, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Luna Innovations Incorporated (NASDAQ: LUNA) has partnered with researchers at the University of Tennessee (UT) and the Institute for Advanced Composites Manufacturing ...
To allow for traffic to continue along bridges, the deck, or surface of bridges is one of the only components that is universally shared among the radically differing designs of bridges standing ...