John R. Hillman, founder and president of HC Bridge, invented the beam in 1996 after wondering what would happen if he combined concrete and steel with a composite material. “Together ...

Hillman invented the beam design in 1996 after wondering what would happen if he combined concrete and steel with a composite material. Exposure to FRPs in graduate school at Virginia Tech and the ...

These two types of reinforcement can be combined in a composite to produce a concrete structure much lighter than traditional steel-reinforced ones. If you page through the architecture critic ...

Stretcher makes the building lighter yet dependent on columns, I- beams and light weight concrete covers. Here are the benefits of using steel composite building method: Strength and safety ...

The SpeedCore research resumed a topic of interest for Varma dating back to his doctoral degree, which was based on columns using the same steel and concrete composite system. “You could say that it ...

This article seeks to compare a steel-framed office building using composite floor construction - steel decking supported on beams with a concrete topping - with an alternative of a concrete frame ...

The concrete beams are being manufactured at County Materials, a bit north of the Illinois border. The beam is shaped like the letter “I.” Its skeleton is a green “cage” of steel rebar ...