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    Apr 10, 2025

    All Aboard? FRP Helps Rail Users Make Connections

    In April 2024 U.S. Bureau of Transportation Statistics reported a total of 582,425,931 rail passenger miles in the U.S. Infrastructure expansion plans promise a new era of passenger rail in...
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    Jul 2, 2024

    CCG StormStrong® Telecom Poles Meet Hoboken’s Needs

    Here at Creative Composites Group (CCG), we love meeting customer requests with innovative and intentional design. CCG’s StormStrong® pole line includes 10-inch poles to meet market demand...
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    Mar 28, 2024

    Why Public Projects are Turning to Fiber Reinforced Polymer

    From utilities to infrastructure, material choice is critical to shaping the project outcome and longevity. Public project engineers are increasingly choosing Fiber Reinforced Polymer (FRP)...
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    Mar 14, 2024

    CCG Delivers Much More than a Product

    We hear it all the time. “They have a cheaper version.” They sure do. Here are three reasons why choosing CCG means buying much more than a product.
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    Sep 14, 2023

    Take A Hike—With FRP

    What activity is free burns 440 to 550 calories an hour and can reduce the risk of mental health problems by 50 percent? If this was a Jeopardy question and your response was hiking, you’d...
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    Aug 31, 2023

    Pultrusion and Creative: Going Strong for 50 Years

    They say time flies when you’re having fun. That must be why it’s so hard to believe that both pultruded Fiber Reinforced Polymer (FRP) and Creative Composites Group (CCG) had their 50th...
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    May 12, 2023

    Ipe Wood is Out. What Are Some Hardwood Alternatives?

    Two of the most popular tropical hardwoods are now on the CITES Appendix II of the endangered species act. This is good news for Cumaru and Ipe trees, but it presents major pricing and...
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    Apr 6, 2023

    FRP: No Hazmat Suits or Masks Needed

    Speaking with line workers, I’ve heard concerns that Fiber Reinforced Polymer (FRP) utility poles present more health hazards than wood poles. The presumption is that the fibrous glass dust...
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    Feb 23, 2023

    Animals Don’t Care About Infrastructure

    Animals in remote areas do more harm to wood poles than people realize, and they can do a lot of damage very fast. Woodpeckers bore holes in poles to get at the termites within, and bees...
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    Jul 21, 2022

    Are You Prepared for a Wood Utility Pole Shortage?

    Wood has been the most utilized material for utility poles for many decades. But wood has always been at the mercy of Mother Nature. Humans haven’t yet created an artificial process to...
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