Event Summary
GFRP Reinforced Concrete
Summary: In Australia, the environments are severe to use steel as reinforcement to concrete structures from the viewpoint of corrosion damage. This problem costs the Australia economy an estimated $13 billion dollars per year. At present, thousands of real-life applications throughout the world and a growing list of infrastructure projects in Australia that have been successfully implemented with glass fibre reinforced polymer (GFRP) composite reinforcing bars. GFRP bar is a non-corrosive reinforcing material that can provide a maintenance free life of more than 100 years. Additionally, GFRP is transparent to electromagnetic effects, lightweight and has high tensile strength which make GFRP an appropriate reinforcing material with a very high strength-to-weight ratio.
This webinar provides a state-of-the-practice in research, development, and application of GFRP bars, with the aim of properly informing the engineering community about this alternative reinforcing technology for concrete structures built in near coastal or aggressive environment . It will also present cost comparisons from previous projects, highlighting the material and construction costs of GFRP-reinforced concrete relative to conventional steel-reinforced concrete. This webinar targets practicing engineers, professional engineering firms, asset owners and managers, government agencies, and engineering students across Australia, providing valuable information on GFRP bars to support their responsible adoption and wider use as internal reinforcement in concrete structures.
The webinar will cover the following aspects of GFRP reinforced concrete:
• Overview of GFRP Reinforcing Bars
• Research and Developments in Australia
• Current Applications
• Case Studies
• State-of-Practice in Australia
• Future Opportunities
The webinar will run, as a live presentation, from 2.00pm to approximately 3.00pm (AEST). It is conducted online on the Zoom platform and delegates will be emailed login details and a password for this webinar prior to the event.
CPD
This webinar provides 1 hour of structured CPD. Engineers Australia members may claim this hour under Type II (Seminars and Workshops), applicable to their area of engineering practice. This webinar is also recognised structured CPD for members of other professional bodies with annual CPD obligations. Participants should retain their login confirmation as evidence for their CPD records.
Times for all States/Territories
2.00 pm to 3.00 pm NSW / ACT / QLD / VIC / TAS (AEST)
1.30 pm to 2.30 pm SA / NT (ACST)
12.00 pm to 1.00 pm WA (AWST)
Prices (including GST):
$44.00 CIA Professional, Company & Academic Members
$22.00 CIA Retired, Life, Honorary Student
$66.00 Non-members
Speaker Bio's:
Allan Manalo is a Professor in Civil Engineering and Director, Centre for Future Materials at the University of Southern Queensland (UniSQ) in Toowoomba. Prof Manalo is an Advanced Queensland Industry Research Fellow, and was awarded the UniSQ Excellence in Research Award in 2024 and the Australian Government Endeavour Executive Leadership Award in 2019 in recognition of his excellence in industry engagement, innovation and research. He is a member of the Standards Australia BD-108 Fibre reinforced polymer composite bars and the Canadian Standards CAN/CSA S807 standards on “Specification for fibre-reinforced polymers. Prof Manalo is an active member of the Concrete Institute of Australia, Composites Australia, Engineers Australia, and the International Institute for FRP in Construction (IIFC).
Reza Hassanli is a Senior Lecturer in Structural Engineering at Adelaide University. He works closely with industry, and his research focuses on FRP reinforcement, pultruded FRP sections, composite structures, precast concrete systems, and structural rehabilitation. He has published over 100 peer-reviewed journal papers and contributed to the development of Australian standard: AS 5204:2023 for FRP reinforcing bars.
