Feb 10, 2021
For the last few weeks, we’ve been talking about the installation of a complex fiber-reinforced polymer (FRP) composite rail platform project at Chelsea Rail Station in Massachusetts. This particular project had a lot of moving...
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.
Feb 10, 2021
For the last few weeks, we’ve been talking about the installation of a complex fiber-reinforced polymer (FRP) composite rail platform project at Chelsea Rail Station in Massachusetts. This particular project had a lot of moving...
Topics: Infrastructure, bridge design, Fiber-Reinforced Polymer, FRP, Weight
Feb 5, 2021
Last week we took you back to Chelsea, a city in Suffolk County, Massachusetts, that sits directly across from Boston’s Mystic River. In 2019, we installed a fiber reinforced polymer (FRP) three level-switchback bridge at...
Topics: Rail Platforms, FRP Rail Platforms, FRP
Jan 28, 2021
In December 16, 1773, American colonists staged the Boston Tea Party at Griffin’s Wharf in what most call today the city of Liberty or Bean town. The group dumped 342 chests of imported tea into the harbor to protest against...
Topics: Rail Platforms, FRP Rail Platforms, FRP
Jan 20, 2021
The Reading Railroad opened Wayne Junction in the 1800s. Today it is a multi-modal transfer point for six Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA) regional rail lines. The junction is also the hub for...
Topics: Rail Platforms, FRP Rail Platforms, FRP
Jan 14, 2021
Besides being an engineered material, one of the benefits of FRP composites is the range of different manufacturing processes available. The key is matching your product to the right process. Proper selection affects structural...
Topics: FRP, FRP Manufacturer
Jan 7, 2021
Well, we made it out of 2020. Six days into the New Year and some are taking tentative steps while others aren’t sure they are ready to start again. I like what American author Norman Vincent Peale had to say. “Have great hopes...
Topics: FRP
Dec 30, 2020
Finally, the end of THIS year.As the Christmas season comes to a close, the last blog of the year is typically a time to take stock and consider some of the events and activities that have taken place over the last 12 months. But...
Dec 22, 2020
On Monday, December 21st, the Christmas Star made a rare appearance. For the first time in approximately 800 years, Jupiter and Saturn aligned so closely they appeared as a double planet. The celestial event was visible roughly...
Topics: FRP
Dec 18, 2020
More than thirty years ago American author and minister, Robert Fulghum, published a collection of essays that shot to #1 on the New York Times bestseller list. It was called “All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten.”...
Topics: FRP
