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Aug 3, 2016

When fiber-reinforced polymer composites hit the scene more than two decades ago, it was a little bit like Superman’s first appearance in Metropolis. Despite FRP’s “super powers” and the advantages that came with them, the...

Jul 13, 2016

You may have seen our last blog on the international nonprofit organization Bridges to Prosperity (B2P). As we mentioned, B2P partners with communities, universities and businesses to build much-needed bridges in the developing...

Jul 6, 2016

Here at Composite Advantage, we like bridges of all kind. But we wanted to use today's blog to highlight a special kind of bridge-building. Bridges to Prosperity (B2P) is an international organization that helps to build...

Jun 24, 2016

Unless you're a barge operator navigating the nation’s waterways or a member of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) tasked to maintain these routes, you probably don’t know what a wicket is. My first thoughts were one of my...

Jun 16, 2016

New Orleans in June. Toasty, to say the least. However, the PORTS 2016 conference that concluded yesterday was worth the trip for many reasons. The three and a half days of valuable educational sessions and networking are just a...

Jun 10, 2016

The International Bridge Conference concludes today with positive reviews. At the top of my list is the new location - Washington DC's National Harbor - which brought in lots of new faces from the East Coast. Travel budget...

May 25, 2016

We’ve all heard the phrase "less is more." Robert Browning used it first in an 1855 poem, but it was architect Ludwig Mies Van Der Rohe who made it famous. Mies, a founder of the modern architecture movement, believed “simplicity...

May 17, 2016

Last year divers took to the murky depths of Baltimore’s waterfront to tackle the gargantuan task of repairing and rebuilding the port city’s aging infrastructure. Near zero visibility, wood timbers dating back to 1923 and...

May 11, 2016

Since the first fiberglass boat was launched in 1954, fiber reinforced polymer (FRP) composites have proven ideal for marine infrastructure applications. Corrosion resistance to both sea water and chemicals has made FRP extremely...

May 3, 2016

The last time I rode a ferry was when I took Shepler’s service from St. Ignace to Mackinac Island. Captivated by the view, I wasn’t thinking about things like the fenders that funneled the ferry into the terminal and absorbed the...