Items of the latest issue, 02-06 - June 2006:

COBRAE Member and Membership News
* Not a COBRAE Member yet?
* COBRAE Members 2006

COBRAE Group News
*Special session of COBRAE at BridgEneering, June 29-30 2006, Rotterdam, Netherlands

Bridges News Flashes
* Will Norway get the biggest Composite Bridge in the world? - Looking for partners in the development
* 2012 Olympics offers new opportunities for composites in construction
* Future Pipe Industries Qatar bags $172 Million deal
* Resin Systems Receives Utility pole Order
* Composites Bridge installed in 5 days
* PhD position at CCLab. Structural adhesives in bridge construction: characterization and durability
* New fasteners from Fulcrum outperform traditional Composites
* Joint-Venture to manufacture Composite Railroad Ties
* Over 4.000 at SAMPE '06
* Researchers develop new fiberglass decking material
* Composite & Plastic Lumber demand to reach $3.5 Billion in 2009
* ROHACELL joins technology pool for lightweight CRP structures
* Materials Technologies (MATECH) Bridge Engineering comments on recent reports of cracking in two important bridges
* California Bridges remain quake risk
* Composites Building Materials form finalist in Queensland Awards
* International Award for Innovative GRP Footbridge
* Digital hydraulics helps to position railway bridge

New Announced Events
* BridgEneering, June 29-30, 2006, MSR Centre, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
* IABSE Symposium, 13-15 September, 2006, Budapest, Hungary
* FRPRCS Symposium, july 16-18, 2007, Patras, Greece
* EVACES '07, October 24-26 2007, Porto Portugal

COBRAE Agenda
* BridgEneering, June 8-9, 2006, Rotterdam, the Netherlands, Composite Bridges Session
* COBRAE Annual Members Meeting 2006, Eindhoven, date to be announced
* 3rd World Composite Bridge and Structures Conference, Stuttgart, March, 2007