Weightman Bridge located on Portage road crossing Welland River in Niagara Falls. The bridge is 97.5m long and 18.8m wide. The rehabilitation of the bridge was tendered in March 2010 and completed in May 2011. Schoeck Canada supplied ComBAR® rebars for bridge deck and sidewalks.
The Weightman Bridge
The first BRIDGELIFE Conference and Expo was held on April 13-14 in Ottawa. It is intended to position bridge asset management professionals and those responsible for bridge operations with the most current information available in several key areas pertaining to bridge structures. This conference is designed such that bridge owners, operators, maintenance personnel, and their support team, can participate in hands on exchange to assist in achieving enhanced reliability and increased longevity in bridge assets worldwide.
Benjamin from Germany, Christian, Ekaterina and I attended this two days conference. Our competitors were also there. There were several sessions to discuss the different topics about the life of bridges. Every break between each session, all visitors came to the booth to acquire the information that each exhibitor can provide.
Schoeck Canada Booth in BRIDGELIFE
As we know many engineers in Canada wear an iron ring as a symbol and reminder of obligation and ethics associated with the profession. I attended the ring ceremony by March 3rd, got my iron ring and learned a little bit more about its history.
July is very hot in Canada. It was my first time to see ComBAR® GFRP rebars in tunnelling applications during construction stage. Toronto Transit Commission is expanding subway from Downsview to Vaughan. Sheppard west and Steels stations were the first two stations in construction. GFRP has been used in tunnelling construction because it can be cut with working tools like TBM. This avoids damage to cutter heads and does not delay the work progress as piling or cutting through GFRP bars is unproblematic.
The seminar on GFRP as reinforcement for concrete structure was held on June 18th in University of Toronto. There were about 50 attendees from MTO, consulting firms and contractors in this seminar.
FRP is composed of 2 part of materials: fibre and matrix. The combining fibre and matrix gives a composite material with superior properties. GFRP has been used as reinforcement for concrete structures, as GFRP has strong corrosion resistance and is considered a cost effective alternative. It’s about 50% of cost of stainless steel. weiter lesen …
My name is Barron Wang and I started with Schoeck Canada on June 21st as a Senior Sales Engineer. I immigrated to Canada with my wife from China in 2004. weiter lesen …
