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Corrosion in Concrete - how BFRP can help
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The size of the UK concrete repair sector is estimated to exceed 3% of the entire construction industry according to the BRE, in this blog we investigate the problems with corrosion and how Basalt FRP can eliminate the problem of corrosion of reinforcement.
BFRP Used in UK bridge construction
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Read about BFRP reinforcement used in UK bridge construction here in a case study from Composites UK
Crack control in concrete ground bearing slabs
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In the past welded wire steel reinforcement provided crack control in non-structural ground bearing slabs. Now Sirch BM offer an easy to use Basalt Fibre Reinforced Polymer (BFRP) mesh reinforcement from Orlitech.