The applied science of polymer concrete.
The Polymer Concrete Innovation Center is an applied industrial research institute dedicated to advancing polymer concrete science — from cure behavior and mix design to long-term durability and new applications. We study how the material actually behaves, engage seriously with the research literature, and follow where the industry is heading.
Polymer concrete has been quietly solving problems that Portland cement can't for fifty years. We think it deserves a more rigorous account of how and why.
PCIC is the research and technology division of P3 Polymers.
From the Archive
What Will Fail First?
A structure does not have to collapse to fail. A practical framework for choosing between conventional and polymer concrete by asking what is most likely to make the structure unusable.
Read Article →The Fundamentals of Polymer Concrete Mix Design
Choose a resin, add aggregate, mix, and cure — that names the ingredients, not how to make them work together as one system.
Read Article →Between Concrete and Composites
How standards learned to recognize a material that inherited its test methods, design language, and product requirements from several neighboring fields.
Read Article →Two tracks. One material.
PCIC's research program runs on two parallel tracks: material science and application development. The commercial polymer concrete industry has conducted almost no forward-looking R&D in decades. PCIC exists to close that gap — and to write down what it finds along the way.
Cure science, formulation, mechanical behavior, durability, and manufacturing consistency. The questions that govern whether a polymer concrete part comes out right.
Investigating polymer concrete in specific product categories — manholes, vaults, drainage structures, and beyond. Producing deployable solutions, not just feasibility studies.
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