Strengthen Your Concrete or Masonry with Composites
Guest blogger Brad Erickson, Engineering ManagerThis week’s post comes from Brad Erickson, who is the Engineering Manager for the Composite Strengthening Systems™ product line at our home office. Brad...
View ArticleUsing FRP Composites to Strengthen Concrete or Masonry Structures – Five Case...
Fiber-reinforced polymer (FRP) composite systems can be used to strengthen walls, slabs and other concrete or masonry members in buildings and other structures. The case studies below show ways in...
View ArticleQ&A: Best Practices for FRP Strengthening Design
On December 1, 2016, Simpson Strong-Tie hosted a webinar titled “The Design Fundamentals of FRP Strengthening” in which Justin Streim, P.E. – one of our Field Engineers – and I discussed the best...
View ArticleA New Way to See Whether FRP Is Right for Your Project
This week’s post was written by Griff Shapack, FRP Design Engineer at Simpson Strong-Tie. Specifying our Composite Strengthening Systems™ (CSS) is unlike choosing any other product we offer. In light...
View ArticleNew CSS Product Launch — FRCM Strengthening Products
The new FRCM Composite Strengthening Systems repair and reinforcement solution from Simpson Strong-Tie combines high-performance sprayable mortar with a carbon-fiber grid that creates a thin structural...
View ArticleCase Study: Shoring Up Aging Concrete Grain Silos with Fiber-Reinforced Polymer
The Simpson Strong-Tie® Composite Strengthening Systems was used to restore and strengthen 6 distressed cast-in-place concrete grain silos with a combination of carbon and glass FRP, meeting a tight...
View ArticleReasons to Specify SET-3G Adhesive for Anchorage in Concrete Construction
We’ve been receiving a lot of requests lately from engineers wanting to know exactly what the difference is between Simpson Strong-Tie’s relatively new adhesive, SET-3G, and its predecessor, SET-XP®....
View ArticleNot Just A Connector Company
I write a lot about testing on this blog, from my first post about testing to the series I did on how we test different products (hangers, holdowns, fasteners). This week I’d like to highlight some...
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