{"id":6440,"date":"2023-07-11T00:27:58","date_gmt":"2023-07-11T00:27:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/acmanet.org\/2023\/07\/market-development-highlights-acma-insider-july-13-2023\/"},"modified":"2023-07-11T00:27:58","modified_gmt":"2023-07-11T00:27:58","slug":"market-development-highlights-acma-insider-july-13-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/acmanet.org\/market-development-highlights-acma-insider-july-13-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"Market Development Highlights – ACMA Insider – July 13, 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"
ACMA Council Approved\u00a0<\/span>to Update Pedestrian Bridge S<\/span>pecification<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n A <\/span>t<\/span>ask <\/span>g<\/span>roup of the Transportation Structures Council <\/span>was approved by the <\/span>AASHTO T-6 (FRP) committee to\u00a0<\/span>update the first<\/span><\/span>\u00a0edition of the FRP Pedestrian Bridge Specification. The updated version will<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>include <\/span>new<\/span> information on<\/span>\u00a0products including sandwich panel construction, pultruded <\/span>planks<\/span> and more.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n The new document will be prepared for T-6 review and approval by November 2023 before being sent to <\/span>state<\/span> bridge engineers for consensus approval. Updating the<\/span>\u00a0specification is <\/span>very important<\/span> to the composites industry<\/span> because <\/span>bridge engineers need to learn about the new materials and construction, and the latest version will educate them on the current state of the practice. The\u00a0<\/span>updated specification will include information that will give bridge engineers the confidence they need to design with composites.<\/span> The final vote <\/span>on this updated specification will take place in June 2024. <\/span><\/p>\n