Pre-Standards for Pultruded Products

Publication of “Pre-Standard for Load & Resistance Factor Design (LRFD) of Pultruded Fiber Reinforced Polymer (FRP) Structures,” funded through ACMA, will allow architects and structural engineers to  incorporate pultruded fiber reinforced polymer (FRP) composite materials with confidence to build stronger, safer and better buildings. This $1.4 million program has been under development for 3 years and will now go through an ANSI standards process by the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) before being adopted as the national standard.

This standard will allow FRP composites to compete on a level playing field with other construction materials, like concrete, steel, wood and aluminum. Performance criteria for design, specification and installation will mean a higher degree of confidence for the professional designing with and specifying FRP composites, the contractor installing FRP composites, the owner purchasing FRP composites and the building code official inspecting the construction.

• Press Release
• Read Overview
• Download the Pre-Standard Document (10MB pdf)
  Designers, engineers, architects and specifiers who wish to receive a complimentary copy, please contact John Busel at jbusel@acmanet.org.

Pultrusion Industry Council: LRFD Funding

We are grateful to the following ACMA member companies whose financial support has made this landmark project a reality.

4-Diamond Level

AOC, LLC
Ashland Specialty Chemical
Owens Corning Vetrotex

Platinum Level

American Composites Manufacturers Association
Bedford Reinforced Plastics Inc.
Creative Pultrusions, Inc.
Interplastic Corporation
PPG Industries, Inc.
Reichhold, Inc.
Strongwell Corporation

Bronze Plus Level

Vectorply Corporation

Bronze Level

Composites One, LLC
Ferro Corporation
Fibergrate Composite Structures Incorporated
Haysite Reinforced Plastics
Plasticolors, Inc.
Syrgis Performance Initiators (formerly Norac, Inc.)
Milliken Chemical-Rubus (formerly Rebus, Inc.)

Contributor

Axel Plastics Research Laboratories, Inc.
Precision Fabrics Group, Inc.
Technik Products, Inc.