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Aug 7, 2020

Last week, we hosted a webinar on one of the fender protection systems where FRP products are the optimum solution. These are fender systems required to absorb the energy from high impact events like large barges, ferries, and...

Aug 4, 2020

Given the demanding structural loads of the bridges and rail platforms where Composite Advantage’s fiber-reinforced polymer (FRP) FiberSPAN™ deck panels are used, our decking is engineered to meet specific requirements suited to...

Jul 29, 2020

For millennia, water has been both the barrier and the connection between the diverse parts of the world. Where there is water, there is a waterfront that needs infrastructure to use and harness the power of water. FRP composite...

Jul 24, 2020

If you work in an industry like wastewater treatment, paper and pulp manufacturing, oil and gas, chemical manufacturing, or another setting where storage and process tanks are common, you’re probably familiar with fiberglass...

Jul 22, 2020

The higher the requirements, the better FRP compares as the solution. This was evident again in last week’s webinar on fender protection systems under high energy impacts. The high strength, low-stiffness structural behavior of...

Jul 7, 2020

Energy absorbing fender systems are designed to protect bridge piers, industrial docks and electrical transmission towers from unintended vessel impacts. With the focus on “energy absorbing”, fiber reinforced polymer (FRP)...

Jul 6, 2020

Energy-absorbing fender systems are designed to protect bridge piers, industrial docks, and electrical transmission towers from unintended vessel impacts. Traditionally almost all protection systems were rigid systems composed of...

Jul 1, 2020

Sometimes the CA group of blog writers plans blogs ahead of time while others are written close to the posting date to tie to current events. We had this week’s blog planned months ago to talk about Fourth of July celebrations...

Jun 29, 2020

FRP tanks are economical, lightweight, durable, and highly corrosion-resistant – they’re a smart choice for many applications and industries from pulp and paper mills, to wastewater management, industrial manufacturing, and more.

Jun 24, 2020

"It's a bird! It's a plane! It's Superman." Or in the case of New York City's Canarsie Tunnel, the superhero was fiber reinforced polymer (FRP) composite shrouds. In our last blog, we revisited the effects of Superstorm Sandy on...