Earthquake Retrofit Southern California
Affiliate of E-tech Construction & Development Inc.
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Bringing Strength to Structure

 

FRP (Fiber Reinforced Polymer)


Buildings     Pipes     Bridges

FRP can be used in many ways in existing buildings to:

  • Strengthen floors and walls to larger live loads
  • Increase strength and ductility of columns
  • Correct excessive deflections
  • Increase shear capacity of beams
  • Convert unreinforced masonry (URM) walls into shear walls
  • Repair and strengthen corrosion damage

 

Shown below are the steps of sheet process for column retrofit: