Is composite cladding suitable for tunnels and rail environments?
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ShapeShift Technologies
“Yes, and corrosion is the main reason it gets specified there. There is no reinforcing steel in the panel to carbonate or suffer chloride attack, so washdown, humidity and salt do not drive the maintenance cycle the way they do with steel backed systems.”
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