Items of the latest issue, 03-07 - May/June 2007:

COBRAE Member and Membership News
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* COBRAE Members 2007

COBRAE Group News
* COBRAE Composite Bridge Decks Excursion Korea - Visit 5 bridges in 4 days
* "Benefits of Composites in Civil Engineering" Conference Proceedings now available for sale
* Composites&Mac226; future in structural applications

Bridges News Flashes
* A better way to build - Firm lifts manufacturing technology to new heights
* Creative Pultrusions, Inc. and Northstar Vinyl Products, LLC. Announce Partnership to Manufacture and Market the POLARIS™ and SuperLoc™ Composite Sheet Pile Systems
* Fibre composite too expensive as bridge replacement
* Vinci to build 40km Bahrain - Qatar bridge
* Spectacular Bridge opening in Dronten, NL
* Commissioner Jager: Construct second Hollandse Brug of composites
* CASE STORY of Upgrading the ‘Hollandse Brug’ the Netherlands by a Leading-Edge Composite Bridge Deck Technology, giving a Safe, Quick, Proven and Longer Lasting Resolution
* Glass content is a factor in composite fire-performance testing
* Smart Bridge Design Wins Engineering Contest
* Interesting Website: http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/bridge/frp/calcomp.cfm
* Interesting Website: http://www.dot.il.gov/materials/research/pdf/145.pdf

Composite Structures & Composite Bridges Events
* FRPRCS - 8th International Symposium on Fiber Reinforced Polymer Reinforcement for Concrete Structures, July 16-18, 2007, Patras, Greece
* 2007 New York City Bridge Conference, August 27-28, 2007, New York City, USA
* EVACES '07 - Experimental Vibration Analysis of Civil Engineering Structures, October 24-26, 2007, Porto, Portugal
* ASCE Annual Conference: Infrastructure for all Generations, October 31- November 1, 2007, Orlando, USA
* Betondag (Concrete Day), November 15, 2007, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
* Asia-Pacific Conference on FRP in Structures (APFIS) 2007, December 12-14, 2007, Hong Kong
* K 2007, October 24 - 31, 2007, Düsseldorf, Germany
* Footbridge 2008, Third International Conference, July 2-4, 2008, Porto, Portugal

COBRAE Agenda
* COBRAE Composite Bridge Decks Excursion Korea, October 3-7, 2007
* COBRAE REBAR Symposium, Maritime Hotel Rotterdam, The Netherlands, November 14, 2007
* COBRAE Annual Members Meeting, De Doelen Rotterdam, The Netherlands, November 15, 2007