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FRP Carbon Wrapping of Columns

Commercial Complex 2022

Project Overview

Fiber-reinforced polymer (FRP) carbon wrapping of reinforced concrete columns to enhance axial and shear capacity. The lightweight, high-strength wrap provided seismic upgrading while preserving architectural finishes.

Scope of Work

Column condition survey
Surface preparation and rounding
Epoxy primer and putty application
Carbon FRP wrap installation

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Site Gallery

Photographs from the FRP Carbon Wrapping of Columns works on site.

Technicians unrolling and cutting carbon fibre fabric on site

Crew measuring and setting out a length of carbon fibre wrap

Team measuring carbon fibre fabric on a plywood cutting board

Operative applying epoxy putty to a prepared concrete column

Grinding the column surface ahead of FRP wrapping

Surface preparation of a concrete column with a grinder

Technician preparing the base of a column within the scaffold bay

Prepared concrete column surrounded by access scaffolding

Column ready for carbon wrapping after surface preparation

Engineer mixing epoxy primer beside a prepared concrete column

Crew priming a column while a technician unrolls carbon fibre fabric

Operatives wrapping carbon fibre fabric around the base of a column

Site engineer directing the carbon wrap installation on a column

Close-up of the wrapped column corner with saturant applied

Technician rolling saturant over the installed carbon fibre wrap

Crew consolidating the carbon fibre wrap with rollers

Carbon fibre wrapped column with second saturant coat curing

Fully wrapped column within the scaffold bay after final coat

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FRP Carbon Wrapping