Register Now for Essential Containment Systems Courses
When CQA Week attendees gather in Austin, Texas 7 - 12 April 2019, they'll have four high-end courses to choose from and two key certification opportunities. Two of the...
Protecting EPS Geofoam in Transportation with Geomembranes
Raven Engineered Films has issued a new technical paper: Advanced Geomembrane Technology for Enhanced Protection of EPS Geofoam in Transportation Systems. The publication is part of the company’s technical...
Concrete Protection Liners Prepare Vancouver’s Wastewater Infrastructure
By 2041, the City of Vancouver is expected to grow by another million residents to a total population of 3.4 million. The increased population will weigh heavily on the...
Geocell Slope Protection for Commercial Reservoir Update
The L&T Knowledge City at Vadodara in Gujarat is the hub of several key businesses for the corporation, which controls a broad portfolio of hydrocarbon and power-related businesses. The...
Raven Shares Palos Verdes Reservoir Article Series
The Palos Verdes Reservoir has been part of Los Angeles County’s extensive water service network since the late 1930s. The avocado-shaped facility, with a depth of 75 feet, provides...
Bunch Brings Utilities Expertise to ESI's Project Management
The largest contracted installer of geosynthetic lining materials in the United States, Environmental Specialties International, has added Ryan Bunch to its team as Project Manager. Bunch brings something quite...
Solmax Enhances Oil and Gas Pipeline Protection
Through a partnership with Rock Armour LLC, Solmax is furthering its presence in the oil and gas market. The company has unveiled an innovative rockshield pipeline protection solution for...
Geosynthetics CQA Training and Certification Events – April 2019
TRI Environmental will host four geosynthetics CQA training courses and two certification opportunities 7 - 12 April 2019 in Austin, Texas. The events are part of the next CQA Week. Construction...
Solmax Unifies Its Global Brand under One Name
When Solmax announced its acquisition of GSE Environmental in December 2017, the geosynthetics field and containment market professionals were unsure of how to interpret the move. Both companies were...
10 Years Ago, Watershed Geo Significantly Changed Closure Applications
A decade ago, options in closure applications changed dramatically with the debut of two unique systems: one was an exposed membrane with thin-film photovoltaic (solar energy) cells adhered to...
How to Reduce Stormwater Infrastructure with Porous Pavers
Porous pavement solutions have drawn considerable interest in communities for the green engineering benefits they provide. Grass and gravel porous pavers can greatly reduce stormwater runoff by enabling a...
Geotechnical Aspects of Embankment Dams Workshop
One of 2019’s signature geotechnical engineering events is the XVII European Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering in Reykjavik, Iceland. The event will be held 1 – 6...
I-CORP on 2018’s Most Interesting and On-Going Projects
Dr. Ian Peggs, PE, PEng, started an international print newsletter in the 1990s. That publication, Industry Insight, evolved out of its print format and into the digital publication Geosynthetica....
Titan Times 2018 – Clean Energy, Large Projects, Company Expansion
In its Titan Times 2018 Year in Review magazine, Titan Environmental delivers a strong account of geosynthetic growth for its company and the geotechnical field in general. The increasing scale of...
ACIGS Bringing IGS Educate the Educators to Australia
The International Geosynthetics Society’s Educate the Educators program has had a substantial and beneficial impact on college-level geotechnical and civil engineering programs. EtE workshops provide high-caliber professional development and...
Geofabrics Earns Australian Export Award for Environmental Solutions
Congratulations are due to Geofabrics, which has earned a 2018 AusTrade Australian Export Award for Environmental Solutions. The company, which manufacturers geosynthetics and provides supply and design support for...
IGS North America Extends Service Award Nominations to December 3
The North American Chapter of the International Geosynthetics Society (IGS North America) has established an Excellence in Service Award to recognize members who have shown outstanding leadership and dedication...
Select Abstracts from the Berlin 2 Geomembrane Workshop
The Berlin 2 geomembrane workshop, held 26 September 2014 in Germany, gathered engineering experts from around the world and who represented multiple perspectives in geosynthetics. The goal was to...
Berlin 2 Final Report Seeks End of Life Protocol for HDPE Geomembranes
Immediately following 2014's 10th International Conference on Geosynthetics (September 2014, Berlin), a high-level, one-day workshop on exposed HDPE geomembranes convened at the headquarters of BAM, Germany’s Federal Institute for Materials...
ELL and CQA Training and Certification – November 2018
TRI Environmental will host three geosynthetics CQA training short courses and two certification opportunities November 13 - November 16 in Austin, Texas. The events are part of the next CQA...
Geosynthetic Regulations Lecture Now Available Online
During the GeoMEast 2018 conference, Kent von Maubeuge will deliver the Koerner Lecture. The affiliated paper (“Geosynthetic barriers in regulations and recommendations in line with the ISO design guide?”)...
11 ICG Was an Enormous Success for Geosynthetics
The 10th International Conference on Geosynthetics (10 ICG) was held in 2014 in Berlin. The event established new benchmarks for success for the quadrennial showcase conference and exhibition of...
GeoMEast 2018 Geosynthetics Program
GeoMEast 2018 International Congress and Exhibition will be held in Cairo, Egypt from 24 – 28 November 2018 at Marriott Mena House Hotel in front of the Great Pyramids. The theme...
McCourt Named Global Head of Sales for Solmax-GSE
Though bringing together two of the world’s largest geosynthetics producers is an enormous task, Solmax-GSE is continuing its rapid evolution with a key announcement: Peter McCourt has joined the...
Reinforced Berms at Kozcağız Dam in Turkey
The Kozcağız Dam project is one of the biggest water-related investments by DSI in Turkey’s Bartin province. The dam provides water to a total of 6088 acres (2460 hectares)...
