About Composite Engineering
Melbourne-based FRP design and fabrication. Delivering projects across Australia since 2003.
Composite Engineering has been designing, fabricating and installing fibreglass reinforced polymer (FRP) products from our Melbourne factory since 2003. We build for sites where steel and aluminium struggle: corrosive plants, coastal air, chemical exposure, wet plant rooms. FRP doesn’t rust, doesn’t need repainting, and holds up where metal needs constant maintenance.
Design and fabrication are done in-house, and projects are delivered across every state from our Melbourne base.
Designed and Fabricated in Boronia
Our factory is at 25 Kalman Drive, Boronia, in Melbourne’s east. Each project is designed there using our own CAD and 3D modelling, then fabricated 100% in-house with accurate machining and cutting equipment. We don’t outsource the parts that matter.
FEA and physical load testing let us size a structure correctly rather than over-engineer it, which keeps the cost down without cutting corners on performance.
Structures are built on modular principles. They are disassembled and packed to arrive on site ready for straightforward reassembly, whether the site is in Australia or, occasionally, overseas. See our design and fabrication services.
Built and Tested to Recognised Standards
Our products are designed and tested against published standards:
- Structures are designed to the relevant Australian Standards.
- MaxiLADDER ladders are designed to conform with AS 1657-2018, including rung spacing, stiles, cages and landings.
- Moulded gratings carry a flame-spread index of 25 or less when tested to ASTM E-84, and meet the ASTM D-635 extinguishing requirements.
- Walkways are finished with anti-slip surfaces that meet and exceed Australian Standards.
Load tables and technical data are available for every grating product. If a project needs data for its own conditions, we can run specific tests in-house at our factory.
Track record
Banyo Station Composite Pedestrian Bridge
In 2016 Queensland Rail commissioned a pedestrian bridge for a site with one of the highest rates of illegal rail crossing in its network. It needed a non-conductive crossing over a live 25,000V rail corridor. We designed, fabricated offsite and installed a 16 metre FRP bridge at a third of the weight of the steel equivalent, without stopping a single train.
6T
total weight
vs 21T
equiv. steel
16m
end to end
Other projects include the MaxiGRATE installation at Holmesglen substation, the jetty at Cowes, Phillip Island and the raised floor at Broadmeadows Aquatic and Leisure Centre. We have also supplied custom profiles to the marine, motorsport and aviation industries.
- Grating — Sizes, colours and finishes to suit any deck or platform
- Structural profiles — Shapes and sizes for load-bearing applications
- Access ladders — Engineered to suit the site
- Handrail systems — Built to spec, ready to install
- Walkway systems — Safe underfoot in the harshest conditions
- Cable ladders — Lightweight, maintenance-free cable management
- Bespoke designs — Custom builds where standard products won't do
What we make
See how these are used in each industry on our Industry Solutions page.
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