Aug 15, 2018
In just five days, the members of Flushing High School’s theater club from Flushing, New York, will premiere an original musical at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in Scotland. The Fringe, as it’s affectionately...
Scott does Business Development for Creative Composites Group. For over 35 years, he has developed new applications using FRP composites; especially in the infrastructure sector. In 2005, he founded Composite Advantage, which is now part of CCG.
Aug 15, 2018
In just five days, the members of Flushing High School’s theater club from Flushing, New York, will premiere an original musical at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in Scotland. The Fringe, as it’s affectionately...
Topics: suspension bridge, Brooklyn Bridge
Aug 8, 2018
Cantilever bridges take their name from the horizontal structural members that support the bridge’s weight on a single end. The supported end is tethered to a pier or piling so that the unsupported end can bear the weight of the...
Topics: cantilever sidewalks, Fiber-Reinforced Polymer, FRP
Aug 1, 2018
In May, organizations and communities across the country participated in the 6th annual National Infrastructure Week. The event’s theme was “The Future Won't Wait. Neither Can We. It's #TimeToBuild.”
Topics: Infrastructure
Jul 25, 2018
Railway infrastructure projects in the past were limited to just a few materials—such as wood, steel, and concrete—to create platforms for pedestrians and commuters. But over time, these materials no longer met the increasing...
Topics: Rail Platforms, FRP Rail Platforms, FRP
Jul 18, 2018
I attended the International Bridge Conference in Washington DC in June to present at the fiber reinforced polymer (FRP) workshop and educate attendees on FRP for Bridges in the exhibit booth sponsored by the American Composite...
Topics: International Bridge Conference
Jul 11, 2018
American bridges are largely made of reinforced concrete, both precast and cast-in-place. Prized by engineers for its strength and low initial costs, it can be found in crossings across the country, from pedestrian overpasses...
Topics: frp bridge, FRP, FRP vs. Precast Total Time
Jun 13, 2018
When we talk about our single panel fiber reinforced polymer (FRP) trail bridge we concentrate on things like zero maintenance and a life cycle of 100 years. We focus on applications and solutions which can sometimes make it easy...
Topics: trail bridges, national parks, Fiber-Reinforced Polymer, FRP
May 30, 2018
Bridges are often the topic of noteworthy lists due to some characteristic that sets them apart. For example, the oldest surviving roadway bridge is Northeast Philadelphia’s Frankford Avenue Bridge erected in 1697. The Chesapeake...
Topics: FRP Composites, vehicle bridges, frp bridge
May 23, 2018
The Sarah Mildred Long Bridge opened earlier this month just in time to welcome Memorial Day traffic. Like silent film star Lon Chaney who was called the man of a thousand faces, you might say the lift-span that carries Route 1...
Topics: FiberSPAN, frp bridge
May 16, 2018
Composite Advantage has been fabricating and shipping large, highly loaded fiber reinforced polymer (FRP) composite parts for more than a decade.
In the summer of 2013, our team supplied Haverhill, Massachusetts’ historic Rocks...
Topics: Infrastructure, FRP Composites, vacuum infusion