Glass-fibre reinforcement is enjoying increasing popularity in solid construction and masonry buildings. The first approvals for the material have been obtained in Europe. It is possible to carry out the structural design of components with glass-fibre reinforcement based on EC 2 and EC 6 in combination with the fib Technical Bulletin.
The rapid development of fibre-reinforced plastics (FRPs) offers completely new alternatives to conventional reinforcement steel which are significantly more durable, do not have any metal properties and feature a significantly better energy footprint.