Welcome to the Epoxy Interest Group
of CRSI
The Epoxy Interest Group (EIG) of CRSI (Concrete Reinforcing Steel Institute), is a not-for-profit trade association providing an authoritative resource for information related to use of epoxy-coated steel (epoxy rebar) in reinforced concrete. Epoxy-coated reinforcing steel is also known as ECR, epoxy-coated rebar, fusion bonded epoxy coated rebar or FBECR.
The association serves the needs of specifiers, engineers, architects, fabricators and end-users with the most recent information about how and where epoxy-coated reinforcing steel is used, as well as recent technical changes, educational seminars and promotional activities.
The Epoxy Interest Group (EIG) serves the construction market in the United States, Canada and Mexico.
EIG members are manufacturers of coated bars and suppliers of coating products.
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Several new projects have been added to the website including: the Fox River, Discovery and Chistopher Bond bridges, the Kaufman performing arts center and the University of New Hampshire pier. Let us know if you have any projects containing epoxy-coated bars that you would like us to feature.
Epoxy-coated bars are widely used and help achieve the goals of sustainable development in the several ways including the use of materials with a high recycled content and low embodied energy. They are locally sourced, durable and low cost compared with other corrosion-resistant reinforcing systems.
In 2009, a study was conducted that evaluated bridge decks containing black and epoxy-coated reinforcing bars in West Virginia. This report found that while the decks containing bar decks had been repaired in 1993, the decks containing epoxy-coated bars were in good to excellent condition.
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