DEC Material: Woodgrain FRP

For over 35 years glass fiber reinforced polymer (FRP) products have been employed in the North American construction market.  While FRP Woodgrain composites provides many advantages over many construction materials, they often are unrecognized from the materials they are replacing.  Woodgrain FRP is a Class 1 fire-rated material designed for commercial construction, now recognized as an approved material with expanded applications in the 2009 ICC building code.

These woodgrain products are versatile and easy to install since they are thin wall shells.  Since these beams and columns are actually fabricated out of our reinforced FRP material, they are very impact resistant and carry a very high tensile strength allowing them to replace similar wood products at a fraction of the weight.  Unlike wood or heavy timber, woodgrain composite FRP will not crack, check or split over time.  All of this translates into significant labor and maintenance savings over the life of the project.  The results are visually effective and functionally superior to natural wood.