Australia suffers from a significantly high number of aging structures. Subsequently, rehabilitation for aged structures is significantly needed for many reasons, including poor initial design and construction and inadequate maintenance. Moreover, fire resistance has become one of the critical concerns for structural engineers in Australia due to fire breakouts, which become more frequent and devastating, causing billions of dollars in damage and loss of life each year. On the other hand, if fiber-reinforced polymer (FRP) is interpreted as one of the most feasible rehabilitation solutions, many concerns will be raised due to its sensitivity to any thermal/fire loads. This project initially aims to understand the FRP limitations and enhance its performance. Through the project and after two years of dedicated work, the first fire-resistance fiber-reinforced scheme was proposed, which proved optimal performance under thermal actions.

The new proposed scheme will not carbonize nor oxdized under thermal action a