March 10, 2010
Upcoming presentations by ZellComp:
ZellComp and Hardesty & Hanover will make a presentation at the April Highways for Life/Accelerated Construction Meeting, hosted by the Federal Highway Administration. This meeting will be in Orlando, and the ZellComp presentation is scheduled for April 8.
ZellComp will host a booth at the Annual Meeting for the National Association of County Engineers, scheduled for April 25-26 in Fort Worth, Texas.
February 2010
Dan Richards of ZellComp presided as Chairman over the TSC Subcommittee meeting at the ACMA’s Annual Meeting in Las Vegas. Dr. Richards was named Chairman in the summer of 2009.
February 1, 2010
ZellComp is pleased to announce that it has completed an installation of a 7-inch ZellComp deck on a 4000 square foot bridge located at the Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville, AL. The wear surface will be applied to the bridge deck in March, and a live load test is scheduled. Please see Highway Bridge Deck Installations for pictures from this installation.
December 1, 2009
ZellComp is pleased to announce that it has completed an installation in Lafayette, Tippecanoe County, Indiana. Please see the following, which is a video clip of this installation.
http://www.wlfi.com/dpp/news/local/innovative-bridge-in-place-over-sugar-creek -
November 2009
Dan Richards of ZellComp and John Hillman (senior associate with Teng & Associates and president and founder of HC Bridge Company - a firm specializing in the development of hybrid-composite bridge beams) led the Bridge Technology section at the November 2009 Roads & Bridges Live: Bridge Infrastructure Conference in New Orleans. Please Click here to see Dr. Richards’ presentation:
October 15, 2009
The installation of the ZellComp deck on a bridge in Belle Glade, Florida was completed in August, 2009. On October 12, 2009, the Florida DOT Lab from Tallahassee, FL completed a live load test on this bridge structure.
Two large special FLDOT trucks are used for such load tests. They have special weights (large concrete blocks) and built-in cranes that allow the lab personnel to create different loading combinations on the weighted trucks.
First the standard loads for traffic were created on the trucks, and the trucks were driven over the bridge several times. Then a maximum load was created with one truck – it was loaded to 74,000 pounds on its back two axles, which is 50% over the maximum allowed load for bridges that must meet AASHTO HS-25 loading.
The ZellComp deck showed even less strain value than what had been recorded when it was tested in 2006 in the lab at the same load ratings. Therefore the deck showed a factor of safety exceeding 4.0 for the actual installed bridge structure.
This test was designed, performed, and monitored by the Florida DOT – completely independent of ZellComp. The University of Florida was also involved and is doing continuous strain gage monitoring of this bridge structure.
September 1, 2009
ZellComp is pleased to announce that it has completed an installation in Belle Glade, Florida. The ZellComp deck replaced an open steel grating deck that had required constant maintenance. Please see Highway Bridge Deck Installations for pictures from this installation.
July 2009
Dan Richards, in his role as Chairman of the Transportation Structures Council of the ACMA, participated in the Composites Caucus in Washington, D.C. See the following link for information about the Composites Caucus and a discussion of the benefits of using GREEN composite products. http://www.acmanet.org/ga/about-composites-caucus.cfm
October 2008
ZellComp was recently featured in Composites Technology Magazine. Please see the following link to the online version of this article:
http://www.compositesworld.com/articles/new-bridge-deck-bests-early-frp-systems
March 31, 2008
ZellComp is pleased to announce its new office location:
3711 University Dr., Suite A
Durham, N.C. 27707
March 21, 2008
Dan Richards of ZellComp spoke today at the Federal Highway Administration’s Accelerated Bridge Construction Conference in Baltimore. The title of his presentation was: Accelerating Acceptance of FRP Decks: Focus on Life Cycle Costs, Superior Strength Demonstrated through Independent Testing, and Ease of Construction.
November 2007
ZellComp is pleased to announce it recently completed a highway bridge deck installation in Bradford, Vermont. ZellComp has upcoming installations utilizing its patented FRP bridge deck in Indiana and Florida and is in discussions with Departments of Transportation, engineering firms, contractors, and universities in several additional locations.
May 2007
First Manufacturing Run for the ZellComp 7-inch Decking System at Creative Pultrusions was completed.
March 30, 2007 Press Release
November 30, 2006
Earlier this month, ZellComp completed the first installation of its 5-inch ZellComp Decking System on Tangier Island in Virginia.
July 2006
Testing of the 5-inch ZellComp™ Decking System was completed at the Florida Department of Transportation in Tallahassee, Florida. Extremely positive test results were achieved, and the deck has been approved for installation in the state of Florida. See Test Results for additional information.
November 2005
First Manufacturing Run for the ZellComp 5-inch Decking System at Creative Pultrusions was completed.
October 5, 2005
ZellComp is pleased to announce that it has been selected by The Council for Entrepreneurial Development (CED) to demo its technology at InfoTech 2005, scheduled for October 12, 2005, in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina. CED has selected 26 companies to showcase their technologies to investors, potential strategic partners, customers, corporate executives, and entrepreneurs. For additional information on this conference, visit www.cednc.org/infotech.
October 3, 2005
Local Tech Wire:
InfoTech 2005: ZellComp Aims To Smooth Highway Infrastructure
Special To LTW
RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK – Tired of fighting potholes – or entire holes – on bridges?
ZellComp, a startup based in Durham, just may have an answer to the challenges presented by the well-driven infrastructure across the United States.
Dan Richards, co-founder of the company, has been studying the problem of highway and bridge surfaces for more than a decade. ZellComp will be demonstrating its patented system at InfoTech 2005 on Oct. 12 at the Sheraton Imperial in RTP.
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http://www.localtechwire.com/business/local_tech_wire/news/story/1163390/ |
