When it comes to construction and structural design, material selection plays a foundational role for an entire project. The materials chosen have to consider the scope and use of the structure being built as well as the environmental conditions the structure will be exposed to. Over the years, there have typically been only a few options when it comes to structural building materials—wood, aluminum or steel.
However, with the ever-increasing cost of steel and aluminum imports and their susceptibility to corrosion and wood’s vulnerability to moisture damage— there has to be a better option, and there is. Fiberglass reinforced plastics (FRP), are an excellent and very capable alternative to traditional materials and offer quite a few benefits in cost, safety, durability, and strength.
FRP is a versatile, low cost, low maintenance and resilient material that outperforms wood, steel or aluminum in all categories. The ROI and longevity of FRP grating, structures, and industrial shapes is reason enough to make the smart move to the future of industrial construction—FRP.
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DEFI provides a complete range of standard and custom designed fiberglass products to many different industries.