Fargo City Commissioner and flood diversion Board of Authority Member Dave Piepkorn said some people working on the diversion are pushing for parts of the project to be redone using epoxy-coated rebar ...

The scourge of modern concrete is, perhaps surprisingly, rust. Most concrete structures are laced with steel rebar to add strength, but if the metal corrodes, it can cause the concrete to fail ...

FARGO — The Metro Flood Diversion Authority and Red River Valley Alliance are in the middle of a contract dispute regarding the use of epoxy-coated rebar in the Fargo-Moorhead Area Diversion project, ...

Produced by the Epoxy Interest Group (EIG) of the Concrete Reinforcing Steel Institute (CRSI) Schaumburg, IL, a new 4-page brochure highlights the ASTM Specifications for coating, fabricating and ...

The newly developed rebar system is suited for manufacturing fiberglass-reinforced rebar for concrete elements in the construction industry. Together with the first pultrusion system of the TechCenter ...

Concrete has long been used as a building material for its high compressive strength, good durability and low cost. However, its well-known Achilles’ heel is its brittleness and limited tensile ...

The Fiber Reinforced Polymer (FRP) rebar industry is about thirty years old. The industry started by molding aramid and carbon fibers with various thermoset resins, and then expanded to glass fibers ...

Massachusetts-based startup Allium Engineering says its stainless-steel-bonded reinforcing bar can push bridge deck service life to 100 years or more without changing how contractors build—and the ...