The May 2005 COBRAE newsletter features:

COBRAE Member and Membership News
* Conference proceedings of successful COBRAE conference for sale.
* COBRAE now associated with IIFC
* COBRAE Chairman Prof. Meier gives Key-note at Rotterdam BRIDGENEERING Conference
* Not a COBRAE Member yet?

Bridges News Flashes
* New Ring Road reduced traffic chaos in Bangkok
* Tennet and Holland RailConsult develop a high voltage line supported by composite towers.
* All wooden bridge wins dual road traffic bridge contest.
* Worlds largest single arch Svinesund Bridge officially opened for traffic.
* Infracore Bridges - by Haasnoot Holland - can now be developed from stock.
* GRP Road Bridges offers minimal maintenance.
* A Composite Nose for a Concrete Viaduct.
* Stokkenbrug wins Netherlands national Steel Price.
* Green ligh for new London Bridge.
* Pedestrian Bridge made of Glassfibre Textile Reinforced Ultra Light Concrete.
* Innovations in Textile Reinforced Concrete.
* Bridge Engineering set for Smart Revolution.
* Successful extension to Barneveld Town Hall thanks to Carbon Strip Reinforcements.
* Forth Road Bridge lifetime cut in half.
* UCSD Structural Engineers receive $ 7.5 million contract to test bomb blast mitigation technologies.

WWW - Interesting websites
* Restauration project of a Bowstring Truss Bridge
* Website full of Suspension Footbridges.

New Announced Events
* CCC 2005
* Bridgeneering

Event Calendar

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