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Sustainable composite bridges and bridge decks |
Lightweight Structures B.V., based in Delft, Netherlands, designs, manufactures and sells ECOSAFE composite bridges and bridge decks. Composites are fibre reinforced plastics, commonly known as glass fibre reinforced polyester, GFRP or GRP. Glass reinforced plastics offer considerable advantages to gouvernments that take environmental impact of infrastructure into account!
Environmental impact of construction materials
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glass fibre comp.
carbon fibre c.
concrete
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A 12 meter bridge constructed with composite materials will save 1300 and 2700 GigaJoule of energy compared to concrete and steel respectively. That was concluded by BECO that carried out a life cycle analysis. Environmental impact was compared using three criteria: energy content in GigaJoule, carbon foot print in CO2 equivalents and Eco indicator 99.
The total life cycle (construction, maintenance, repair and end of life after 100 years) was investigated. Composite bridges perform twice better than concrete and steel in terms of greenhouse gas emissions and climate change.
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We have a background of 300 man years in structural applications in composites and we are certified.
Please feel free to
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us if you would like to have an ECOSAFE bridge or bridge deck.
We could meet at the following trade show where we have a stand:
- InfraTech, 11-14 January 2011, in Ahoy Rotterdam, the Netherlands
Looking forward to your reaction,
Aldert Verheus
managing director
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Lightweight Structures B.V. also develops composite lighting columns and guard rails. We also engineer and manufacture lightweight structures for other markets.
Moreover, we have specific technology to repair steel bridges.
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