Soon after launching its first South African manufacturing facility, the multi-million rand investment into this new, first of a kind glass fibre-reinforced polymer (GFRP) manufacturing facility in ...

It can accommodate up to #8 or #9 rebar, and while it has not been used on fiber reinforced rebar in the field, tests on this material have been successful according to the company. A truly ...

The carbon fiber is woven into a mesh, or as a composite material that mimics existing rebar structures. These two types of reinforcement can be combined in a composite to produce a concrete ...

A local company on Saturday opened the country’s first manufacturing plant of glass fiber reinforced polymer (GFRP)—a lighter, more affordable but ...

travel lanes and 8-ft. shoulders. The deck would consist of 1 million lbs. of rebar and 6,000 cu. yds. of concrete. The structural steel supporting the deck would weigh approximately 4.3 million lbs.