JerryMarch

Oil Leaks and Pipeline Rehabilitation

Oil leaks caused by broken pipelines are extremely difficult to resolve, causing huge economic loss, environmental damage, and public health risks. Incidences like the 2007 San Francisco Bay oil spill and the recent Gulf of Mexico oil spill show how much ... Read >

Using FRP as a Secondary Reinforcement to Reinforced Concrete

The stability of a structure depends on the integrity of the columns, beams and slabs. The slabs directly carry the normal load in the structure and transfer it to the beams. The beams pass on the weight to the columns, which transfer it to the base or fo... Read >

A New Way to Deal with Concrete Disposal Issues

Cement is one of the most commonly used materials today. It is used in the construction of roads, buildings, pavements and almost all kinds of structure. Mixed with other aggregates like sand and gravel, cement leads in the formation of concrete that has ... Read >

Roads, Functional Lifespan and Repair

Roads are the only means of transportation on land. They are paved in different sizes according to the number of vehicles they accommodate. Some roads supporting over a million vehicles a day require a wider cross section and quality mixture of concrete m... Read >

Giving New Life to Old Structures

In the United States, there are many buildings and facilities that were built during the earlier half of the 20th century. These old structures used pre-stressed or reinforced concrete as main construction material. Today, many of these structures are s... Read >

Keeping Things Flowing Safely with Pipeline Rehabilitation

A pipeline serves as the lifeblood for a lot of different things. Oil companies pump billions of gallons of fuel from faraway places and use huge pipelines to transport oil to refineries for processing. Pipelines provide people access to clean water used ... Read >

The History of Fiber Reinforced Polymer

Fiber reinforced polymer, or FRP for short, is a recently developed material generally used for construction. According to popular belief, this versatile construction material was first used in the construction of a boat hull by using a foam mold during ... Read >

Taking Good Care of Your Concrete Surfaces

When looking at your driveway, walkway, or even the floor, you will often see the familiar gray concrete surface. However, you will also see patches of dirt and small cracks all over the surface. This makes the concrete look messy and unattractive. Simp... Read >

Important things about Structural Repair

The most important thing about any structural repair is that it is absolutely necessary that trained and professional men are involved. An architect, land surveyor or structural engineer should be conferred with if there are indications of severe damages ... Read >

What is Sliplining?

Sliplining is one of the oldest methods for trenchless repair and rehabilitation for conventional pipelines. Sliplining is used to repair leaks or to rehabilitate structural soundness of a damaged pipeline. This method is carried out by the installation o... Read >

What is Fiber Reinforced Polymer Reinforced Concrete?

Concrete is a very durable and flexible construction material. Perfect examples of its first infrastructural use by the Romans are still standing to date, and nowadays, concrete is the most widely used building material across the world. During the Roman ... Read >

An In-Depth in FRPs

Fibre reinforced polymers, or also known as fibre-reinforced plastics or FRPs, are composite materials mode of a core polymer reinforced with bundles of fibres. The fibres are typically aramid, carbon fibres, or fiberglass, while the polymer is normally a... Read >