Ontario engineer bridges gap in WPC market

摘要

Wood-plastics composites (WPCs) in North America have staiggled to shed their 'decking-and-rail-ing-only image',but now a design breakthrough by an Ontario bridge-builder could finally open the walkway to a host of new developments.Andrew D.Burgess,president of Burgess Engineering Inc.,in Grimsby,Ont.,used a unique WPC from PSAC Composites LLC to construct what is believed to be the world's first bridge made entirely of a WPC.