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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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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.”...

Dec 9, 2020

Since its’ founding, the Composite Advantage vision has been to see fiber reinforced polymer (FRP) composites receive the same level of acceptance as a construction material that traditional products like steel, concrete and wood...

Dec 2, 2020

The Northeast Corridor (NEC)—which runs from Boston to Washington DC—has the highest population density in the U.S. More than 2,200 trains carry approximately 750,000 riders per day, making the corridor the nation’s busiest...