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Sep 11, 2020

Staten Islanders have always had a bone to pick with New York City. It is the only borough not connected to the New York City Subway system. Nor did it have a bridge connecting it to the rest of city until 1960. Dubbed the...

Sep 3, 2020

Fast installation has become the catchphrase that captures people’s attention when we talk to customers about choosing a FiberSPAN rail platform. But I have to back up for a minute and tell you that it also takes time for new...

Aug 19, 2020

Last week we talked about the elements of a good design and what it takes to transform a concept into a product. For end users, structural performance is always at the top of the list, but good designs can specify functional...

Aug 12, 2020

If you ask someone what makes a good design, you are liable to get a variety of answers. According to Interaction-Design, “a good design emphasizes the usefulness of a product while disregarding anything that could detract from...

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...

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...

Jun 17, 2020

In September 1962, President John F. Kennedy stood before an audience of 40,000 at Rice University in Texas and spoke the immortal words, “We choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other things, not because they are...

Jun 10, 2020

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As we emerge from a difficult, pandemic-ridden spring into summer’s heat, the next storms are already on the horizon — hurricane season in the Atlantic Ocean for one. From an infrastructure...

May 20, 2020

The communication shelters use composite panels with a custom molding process and materials to ensure secure communications inside the shelter and prevent electronic eavesdropping.

Custom molding is a catchall phrase you commonly...