Large Cell Honeycomb Fiber Reinforced Polymer Composite Structural Panel System by InfrastructureComposites International

249054 Resource 79668 1071 1071 1264456016565 1264458264809 Controlled Infrastructure Composites is Completing a Modular Composite Bridge Here in Colorado, to be Trucked to Fairview Heights, IL., for IDOT, the Illinois Department of Transportation.

The final component of Infrastructure Composites' newest composite bridge, created in Colorado by John Kunz, with proprietary technology developed by John and Ben Kunz at CoreCraft, Ships Out Tomorrow!

by John Gaudio, There's a company building advanced composite bridges right here in Denver, CO.  Infrastructure Composites International, <a title="Advanced Composite Bridges by Infrastructure Composites International." href="http://infracomp.com/" target="_blank">Infracomp.com</a>, is finishing up a composite bridge for IDOT, the Illinois Department of Transportation, and the city of Fairview Heights. This project is part of the <a title="Learn more about the IBRC program and the introduction of advanced materials for the rehabilitation of our nation's infrastructure." href="http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/bridge/ibrc/" target="_blank">Innovative Bridge Research and Construction (IBRC) program</a> administered by the Federal Highway Administration. The program's objective is to evaluate and introduce advanced materials and promising new technologies in an effort to rehabilitate the nation’s aging infrastructure. The first three of the four sections of this 38ft long composite vehicular bridge have been trucked to Illinois.  <a title="Photographs of components of the advanced composite's bridge created by Infrastructure Composites International for the Illinois Department of Transportation, IDOT." href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/gaudio/sets/72157622513786232/" target="_blank">Visit Flickr.com to see the first three completed sections</a>, along with some of the tools and components used to build this new type of composite bridge.  The last of the four sections leaves the plant tomorrow, to be delivered late this month, January 2010, for final assembly in Fairview Heights, Illinois, in collaboration with Keeley and Sons, contractors.        <img height="375" alt="See pictures of the bridge being completed for IDOT." hspace="10" src="/docs/Bridge_On_Trucck_3.jpg" width="485" align="left" vspace="10" border="10" style="width: 485px; height: 375px" />These lightweight composite bridges typically weigh 70-80% less than traditional steel or concrete bridges, making the installation of a complete bridge much faster, easier, and less expensive, when compared to installation of typical bridges.  Pre fabricated bridges like these have a projected lifetime of 50-75 years, and can be installed at the site in one day, avoiding lengthy road shutdowns and traffic disruption with their associated costs. In addition to complete bridges, this technology can be used to put new decks on older bridges, making it possible to re-rate those older bridges for a much greater traffic load than that for which they were originally designed. This solves a common problem with bridges built decades ago for lower load ratings.  Why can these bridges be re-rated?  Because the existing structure now has to support only 20-30% of the static deck load for which it was originally designed, leaving a great deal more capacity for increased traffic loads, thus eliminating the need for a new bridge. This makes it possible to save tremendous amounts of money, time, and labor when compared with the cost of replacing existing bridges with conventional steel and concrete technologies. Infrastructure Composites can be reached at 858-537-0715.   (Disclosure: I have known John Kunz for over 20 years, and own a small amount of stock in Infrastructure Composites.)   9 application/xml false Advanced Composite Bridge Ben Kunz IBRC InfraComp Infrastructure Composites International Innovative Bridge Research and Construction Program John Gaudio John Kunz Keeley and Sons contractors Large Cell Honeycomb Fiber Reinforced Polymer Composite Structural Panel System by InfrastructureComposites International Infrastructure Composites International provides a large cell honeycomb fiber reinforced polymer composite structural panel system. Our system is used to build bridges, such as the fiberglass bridge built for KSCI over No Name Creek in Russell Kansas. It is also used to create buildings, large free span domes, arch structures and other large enclosures of many types. This system creates superior, cost effective structures, with excellent strength to weight ratios. It is an ideal solution for the creation of structures for many applications. http://Infracomp.com Large Cell Honeycomb Fiber Reinforced Polymer Composite Structural Panel System by Core Craft Technologies Inc. Core Craft Technologies Inc. is the developer of a large cell honeycomb fiber reinforced polymer composite structural panel system. Our system is used to build bridges, such as the fiberglass bridge built for KSCI over No Name Creek in Russell Kansas. It is also used to create buildings, large free span domes, arch structures and other large enclosures of many types. This system creates superior, cost effective structures, with excellent strength to weight ratios. It is an ideal solution for the creation of structures for many applications. http://CoreCraft.com Composite Bridge for Illinois Department of Transportation - a set on Flickr Check out these photos of the new bridge being completed this week by Infrastructure Composites International. http://www.flickr.com/photos/gaudio/sets/72157622513786232 IBRC Website Innovative Bridge Research and Construction Program http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/bridge/ibrc/ Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 7.0; Windows NT 5.1; GTB6.3; .NET CLR 1.0.3705; .NET CLR 1.1.4322; Media Center PC 4.0; .NET CLR 2.0.50727; .NET CLR 3.0.4506.2152; .NET CLR 3.5.30729; OfficeLiveConnector.1.3; OfficeLivePatch.0.0) 127.0.0.1 127.0.0.1 johngaudio 174.51.202.6 false true false false true 176085 false false true false false false true 79668 blog blogsite/ABetterBlogsite/web