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Guest editorial.(International Institute for FRP in Construction)(fiber reinforced...

By Chen, J.F.; Hollaway, L.; Seracino, R.
Publication: Construction and Building Materials
Date: Sunday, April 1 2007

The International Institute for FRP in Construction (IIFC) was formally established in 2003 following a preliminary meeting of experts in the field at the First International Conference on FRP Composites in Civil Engineering (CICE 2001) held in Hong Kong in December 2001. The aims of the Institute are to advance the understanding and the application of fibre-reinforced polymer (FRP) composites in the civil engineering infrastructure in the service of the engineering profession and society. It was suggested and later adopted in 2003 that the CICE conference series should become the

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