Goals: 1) Report on FRP materials, research, products, and industry practice; 2) Develop design guides, specification, standards, and construction practice for practitioners; 3) Develop educational resources including seminars, technical sessions, and symposiums; 4) Organize, promote, and facilitate product competitions that allow students to apply design with the manufacture of concrete products to learn the principals of FRP composites and concrete technology; 5) Provide a forum for technical exchange of information for FRP composites used with reinforced concrete and masonry structures.
Documents Under Development:
• 440 (Future): Building Code Requirements for Structural Concrete Reinforced Internally with Fiber Reinforced Polymer (FRP) Bars
• 440.5: Specification for Construction with Fiber-Reinforced Polymer Reinforcing Bars
• 440.6 (Future): Specification for Carbon and Glass Fiber-Reinforced Polymer Bar Materials for Concrete Reinforcement
• 440.X (Future): Specification for Construction with Externally Bonded Fiber-Reinforced Polymer (FRP) Materials Using the Wet Layup Method