Construction quality assurance and quality control (CQA/CQC) are the essential safety measures on sites using geosynthetics. This may involve installation expertise, liner integrity surveys, and certified inspectors. Engineering firms and contractors who can add these skills to their toolbox can offer much more to their clients. Regulators who obtain deeper knowledge in these areas can greatly improve the quality of geosynthetics utilization in their application sectors through regulatory guidance backed by real geosynthetics know-how.
TRI/Environmental will host another CQA Week that offers essential education in these areas during the week of 12 April 2010 at its Austin, Texas campus. Activities will include both classroom and field study (in on-site test pits) of liner integrity surveys–also known as, leak location–with electrical resistivity testing; two days of QA/QC short courses on geosynthetic installation and use of compact clay and geosynthetic clay liners; and the CQA Certification Exam from the Geosynthetic Institute’s (GSI) CQA Inspectors Certification Program.
The line up for the 12-16 April 2010 CQA Week are as follows:
- April 12 and 13: Linter Integrity Surveys/Assessments (LISA) – Electrical Resistivity Testing
- April 14: Field CQC/CQA: Geosynthetic Installations
- April 15: Field CQC/CQA: Compacted Clay and Geosynthetic Clay Liner (GCL) Installation
- April 16: CQA Inspectors Certification Program – CQA CERTIFICATION EXAM
Special instruction during the week will be provided by Dr. Ian D. Peggs, P.E., P.Eng., of I-CORP International (Ocean Ridge, Florida), who has performed liner surveys and testing on geosynthetics for more than 20 years. Special guest instruction will be provided by Mark Sieracke, P.E., Landfill Design and CQA Consultant; Dr. Robert Gilbert, P.E., Professor, University of Texas at Austin; and Sam Allen, Vice President and Division Manager, TRI/Environmental.
Numerous training weeks have been held at TRI’s campus since 2004, an effort that has helped put more professionals into the field in these vital construction and engineering sectors.
Some road courses, particularly with liner integrity survey training, have also been conducted. These have been conducted in New York State (with the NYS Department of Environmental Conservation), in Halifax (Nova Scotia, Canada), the Philippines, and with a private company in Houston, Texas.
ADDITIONAL LINKS
A PDF brochure of the week’s activity is available here:
https://www.geosynthetica.net/news/pdfs/TRI_CQAweek_April2010.pdf
Contact Sam Allen for more information.
Profiles of TRI and I-CORP are available here on geosynthetica.
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Christopher Kelsey is the editorial director for geosynthetica.net. He can be reached at chris@geosynthetica.net.
