SIS has recently completed a ceiling refurbishment in partnership with Bermagui Constructions in NSW. The Sutherland Leisure Centre in NSW, Australia has undertaken a general centre renovation that included the ceiling above the main pool. SIS was called upon by the architect to propose an alternative to steel that would not require painting so as to […]
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Project works were completed during June on the City of Melbourne’s Yarra footbridge that connects Flinders Street Station to Southbank at the Southgate & Langham Hotel complex in Victoria, Australia. SIS have custom designed and fabricated an FRP substructure and decking system that has allowed for hidden fixings, best achievable Australian standard slip rating and
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SIS has recently completed a project in conjunction with Engineered Water Systems of Perth, Western Australia. A wave attenuation system was constructed using SIS FRP components due to their high strength and non corrosive nature. This is an extremely effective and durable system designed for the mitigation of wave energy where permanent type breakwaters are
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SIS has recently completed a recycled wood plastic composite (WPC) boardwalk for the Bass Coast Shire Council, Phillip Island, Victoria. In Conjunction with GHD Engineers and ADA Construction Services, the completed structure has used nearly 30,000 kg’s of post consumer plastic and timber waste and diverted it from landfill. A full set of project photographs
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Back in early 2009, our Offshore Product Manager, Mr. Nick Wotton began collaborating with global architecture firm Denton Corker Marshall on a timber alternative recycled wood plastic composite (WPC) profile to clad the new Australian Embassy in Jakarta. After five years through design to construct, the new embassy is nearing completion and the cladding product
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A new pedestrian bridge over Rhyl Harbour in North Wales consists of two 30 m long composite lifting decks. This is the story of its design and installation. FRP composite bridges – a brief history Bridges have traditionally been manufactured mainly from steel or concrete and alternative materials are rarely considered. However, the
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CAPE CANAVERAL, FLA. — Plastics are headed back to Mars in the composite structure of the latest NASA satellite to study the planet. TenCate Advanced Composites NV supplied the carbon fibre composite that is part of the MAVEN — which stands for Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution — project. MAVEN headed into space during
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Today our Director – Products & Structures Mr Nick Wotton has welcomed to Australia Mr Tom Carlson, Manager – Offshore Markets at Strongwell Corporation Inc (USA). Today marks the beginning of a new global partnership between SIS and Strongwell Corporation. Strongwell is the world’s largest pultrusion company and the recognized leader in the pultrusion
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Boeing and Oracle Team USA, winners of the 34th America’s Cup, are collaborating to recycle over 3 tonnes of carbon fibre from the USA-71, a yacht built for the America’s Cup campaign in 2003. The hull and mast of the racing yacht will be processed and repurposed, a first-of-its-kind effort for what will likely
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Future Fibres completes work on 76 metre mast for Perini Navi’s latest superyacht. Following almost 18 months in design, development and construction, Future Fibres this week shipped its latest carbon fibre mast to Perini Navi’s La Spezia yard in Italy. Destined for the 60 metre sloop C.2218, as she is currently known, the 75.8
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