Items of the latest issue, 04-08 - July/August 2008:

COBRAE Member and Membership News
* Not a COBRAE Member yet?
* COBRAE Members 2008

COBRAE Group News
* 2008 COBRAE Annual Members & Non-Members Meeting: First Announcement and Call for Contributions
* Invitation for COBRAE Membership
* Lightweight Bridge Decks Conference - Order Form for Conference Proceedings

Structural Composites & Bridges News Flashes
* New bridge can be built in two weeks
* Composite Advantage Introduces new line of FRP Pads and Mats
* Montreal Bypass Moves Ahead
* Glasgow’s Clyde Arc Bridge re-opens
* FXFOWLE Designs World’s Largest Spanning Arch Bridge for Dubai
* New Arches Hover Over Old Within a Jersey Structure
* Composite Bridges Commission in the Province South-Holland in The Netherlands
* euroLITE shows significant increase in exhibitors and visitors
* 11th International AVK Conference, 22-23 September 2008, Messe Essen - the Conference Programme is now available
* Ninety-Year-Old Bascule Replaced in Four Days
* Compotec Makes its Debut
* Royal Haskoning wins design contest for Dubai bridge
* Axion International Receives Order for Tank Bridge at the US Army Base in Fort Bragg, North Carolina
* Structural Design with FRP – Courses for Engineers

COBRAE Agenda
* 2008 China Composites Industry Trade Mission, September 11-19, 2008, China
* 2008 COBRAE Annual Members & Non-Members Meeting, November 19-20, London, UK

Other Composite Structures & Composite Bridges Events
* 2008 International Orthotropic Bridge Conference, August 25-29, 2008, Sacramento, CA, USA
* 11th International AVK Conference, September 22-23, 2008, Messe Essen, Germany
* 5th International Conference on Advanced Composite Materials in Bridges and Structures,
September 22-24, 2008, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
* Carbon Fibre 2008, September 30 - October 2, 2008, Hamburg, Germany
* Structural Design with FRP- Courses for Engineers, October 1-2, 2008, London, UK
* JEC Asia, October 22-24, 2008, Singapore
* Compotec, October 29-31, 2008, Marina da Carrara, Italy
* Concrete: 21st Century Superhero, June 22-24, 2009, London, UK
* Smart Structures and Materials (SMART ’09), July 13-15, 2009, Porto, Portugal
* 4th International Conference on Structural Health monitoring of Intelligent Infrastructure (SHMII-4), July 22-24, 2009, Zurich, Switzerland