Designing Solutions with Advanced Material Manufacturing
At CMSI we don't adapt to material limitations — we engineer past them. Using fiber-reinforced polymer and hybrid composite systems, CMSI builds infrastructure that resists corrosion, sheds weight, and outlasts steel and concrete by decades. Trusted by the U.S. Navy, USACE, and defense programs across North America, in the harshest environments on earth.
Built Beyond Material Limits
CMSI is a design, engineering, and fabrication company built around the large-scale use of advanced materials — FRP composites, plastics, and alloys, alone or in hybrid arrangement. That range lets us serve waterway and transportation infrastructure, maritime, oil and gas, forestry, construction, and design-build programs for military and government clients alike. Our capacity and capabilities are defined by your expectations of performance, not by the limits of a single material or process. Continuous investment in R&D keeps us ahead of the industry — not just keeping pace with it.
Proven in the Field
CMSI - built structures are in service in some of the most demanding environments on earth. Under naval vessels, across critical waterway infrastructure, and on job sites most materials can't survive.
Naval & Marine Support Structures — large-scale bonded FRP assemblies engineered for continuous marine service and heavy structural loads
Waterway Infrastructure — spillway gates and bulkheads built for decades of submersion and cyclical loading
Marine Flotation — corrosion-proof composite pontoons replacing steel across marine environments
Expeditionary Systems — deployable, load-bearing composite matting for extreme terrain and rapid mobilization
Innovation Through Partnership
The best FRP solutions rarely come from one team working alone. CMSI partners with proven technology leaders to expand what's possible in composite and hybrid design — combining our engineering and manufacturing capability with specialized expertise most companies don't have in-house.
InfraCore® — with FiberCore Europe
Since 2021, CMSI has held a licensing partnership with FiberCore Europe for InfraCore® technology — a modular, damage-tolerant FRP structural system with 1,500+ bridges, decks, and lock gates delivered worldwide since the first FRP bridge in 1996. Led by Jan Peeters, a 40-year veteran of composite engineering, the partnership gives CMSI access to proven, validated designs rather than starting from zero.
HCB® — with Hillman Composite Beam
CMSI's partnership with HCB, led by structural engineer John Hillman, brings a patented hybrid beam system to our capability — combining FRP composites with the familiarity of concrete and steel construction. HCB is lightweight enough to erect with standard equipment, and has earned recognition from ASCE, ACMA, and Popular Science's Top 10 Inventions.
