The AAC Releases a New Report - Aluminium has a place in all
road infrastructure MONTREAL, Nov. 14, 2012 /CNW Telbec/ -
Aluminium can be used as a primary structural component in
bridge decks, bridge girders and cross bracing, say the authors
of a study on potential applications of aluminium that was
completed earlier this year for the Aluminium Association of
Canada. Dr. Scott Walbridge, P.Eng., of the Department of Civil
and Environmental Engineering at the University of Waterloo,
Ontario, and Alexandre de la Chevrotière, President of MAADI
Group, an independent Quebec-based engineering firm specializing
in aluminium design and fabrication, reviewed the metal's
strengths and weaknesses in their twenty-page report. "Aluminium
alloys have many advantages including low self-weight, high
corrosion resistance and extreme durability, not to mention
their aesthetic qualities," they write. "The most successful
aluminium applications optimize these advantages." According to
Walbridge and de la Chevrotière, these cha