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July 2025:
New Inspector Certification Program from NEx and ACI
June 2025:
Welcome NEx’s Newest Members: Advancing the Future of Nonmetallic Innovation
May 2025:
NEx Workshop at the ACI Concrete Convention – Spring 2025
April 2025:
New Document on FRP Dowels in Concrete Pavements
March 2025:
CAMX Paper Award for NEx-Funded Research
February 2025:
December 2024:
October 2024:
NEx Drives Sustainability and Innovation in Construction with New RFPs for 2025
August 2024:
New Certificate Program from NEx/ACI
May 2024:
NEx’s Third-Year Project Funding and Contributions Support Construction Innovation
March 2024:
Two New NEx/ACI Publications Supporting FRP Bars
January 2024:
NEx Activities at the ACI Concrete Convention – Fall 2023
October 2023:
FRP Composites in the Face of Fire: Insights from Research and Industry
August 2023:
June 2023:
User Experience and Success Stories with FRP Reinforced Concrete
April 2023:
NEx: 1st Year Impact on Construction Industry Through Funded Projects in 2022
February 2023:
NEx Workshop on Designing Concrete Structures Reinforced with GFRP Bars
December 2022:
NEx: An ACI Center of Excellence for Nonmetallic Building Materials

By Aparna Deshmukh, Ph.D., William Gold, P.E. F.ACI, Gusai H. AlAithan and Antonio Nanni, Ph.D., P.E.
In this article, published in the April 2023 issue of STRUCTURE Magazine, NEx staff provide an overview of what structural engineers should know about Glass Fiber Reinforced Polymer (GFRP) reinforcing bars, including material specifications, the benefits, and the uses of GFRP in construction.
Download a PDF of the article or view it on STRUCTURE Magazine's website.

