SAP Geomembranes at Prague Symposium
When the International Nonwovens Symposium convenes 3-4 June 2015 in Prague, attendees will learn about polymer-enhanced geomembranes. Nnamdi Amatobi, a Product Development Chemist with H&R ChemPharm (UK) will deliver...
Geosynthetics Installation Workshop in Brazil
Geosynthetica’s partner publication in Brazil—Geosynthetica.net.br—has organized a two-day training session on geosynthetic installation. “Qualidade Na Instalação De Geomembranas” will take place 9 – 10 June 2015 in São Paulo...
Environmental Connection 2016 Abstracts Due May 29
The International Erosion Control Association (IECA Region One) is accepting abstracts for Environmental Connection 2016 through May 29. Environmental Connection is the annual conference and exhibition of the association,...
East Coast Erosion Control Announces Ownership Transition
East Coast Erosion Blankets, LLC (dba East Coast Erosion Control) has grown substantially in recent years, earned multiple business honors and awards, and appointed a new president (long-time employee...
The Rise of Raincoat Liners in Mining
Mining operations continue to scale up, achieving previously thought “impossible” designs every few years. These engineering feats enable new impossibilities to be proposed. While heap leach engineering and technology...
GeoAmericas 2016 Opens Booth and Sponsorship Pre-Sale
Corporate members of the International Geosynthetics Society (IGS) have an exclusive 21-day window in which to file exhibit hall booth and conference sponsorship requests for GeoAmericas 2016. The quadrennial...
VIDEO: Geotextile Mattresses in Shoreline Protection
ACE Geosynthetics has uploaded a new video on the role of geotextile mattresses in scour protection. View it here and see more like it on the company's YouTube channel.
Brazil Geosynthetics Market Newsletter Emerges
Late last year, Geosynthetica began a long-term publication project in partnership with the the Brazil geosynthetics community. Geosynthetica.net.br was created to deliver Brazil-market focused information on geosynthetics, applications, companies...
5 Stories on Geosynthetics for Earth Day
Geosynthetics have played a substantial role in making constructions more economical and more sustainable. In honor of Earth Day 2015, we’ve selected five of Geosynthetica’s most popular sustainability-related stories.
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Looking Back: The Geosynthetics Risk Management Program
In 2004, Geosynthetica's Director Elizabeth Peggs, Lara Costa, and founder Dr. Ian D. Peggs, P.E. (I-CORP International) created a white paper that proposed a Geosynthetics Risk Management and Loss...
CQA’s SuperTek Earns Microsoft Gold Certification
CQA Solutions, creator of the SuperTek software validation system for construction quality assurance work in geosynthetics, has earned Microsoft Gold Certification for the product’s developer, NextSphere Technologies.
The recognition is a...
IGS News Focuses on International Engineering Events
The International Geosynthetics Society (IGS) has just release Volume 31, Issue 1 of its IGS News. Published three times per year in support of the often-updated news on its...
GeoAmericas 2016 Abstracts Deadline Extended to April 10
As is always the case, a crush of abstracts is received right at the deadline … along with many requests for an extension. In light of this, and to...
IGS Relaunches Educate the Educators Program
In the 1990s*, geosynthetic material development, polymeric research, and wide-scale manufacturing advances helped the field mature quickly. Regulatory support, such as the RCRA Subtitle D rule from the US...
Geosynthetic Installation: 2015 IAGI Award Winners
The International Association of Geosynthetic Installers (IAGI) held an awards ceremony in February in conjunction with the Geosynthetics 2015 conference in Portland, Oregon. The biannual gathering include four key...
Shale Gas Risk Assessment and Geosynthetics
Solmax, an international manufacturer of geosynthetic technologies, has published a paper on risk assessment for the shale gas industry and implications for geosynthetics. A version of this case study...
AUSTRALIA: Rowe Headlines Multi-Component GCL Seminar
Renowned researcher and educator, Dr. R. Kerry Rowe, P.Eng., has been announced as the featured presented during a multi-city seminar tour of Australia. The topic, “Multi-component Geosynthetic Clay Liners,”...
GeoAmericas 2016 Sponsorship Supports Haiti Redevelopment
When the 3rd Pan-American Regional Conference on Geosynthetics convenes in Miami in April 2016, it will do so with a truly unique sponsorship program for an engineering conference. Geosynthetics...
Deadline Reminder: GeoAmericas 2016 Abstracts
The deadline is fast approaching for GeoAmericas 2016, the 3rd Pan-American Regional Conference on Geosynthetics. Organized by the North American Geosynthetics Society (NAGS) and Minerva Technology, Resources & Information,...
GeoAmericas 2016 Conference Registration Winners
During the co-located Geosynthetics 2015 and Environmental Connection 2015 conferences in Portland, Oregon (15 – 18 February 2015), North American Geosynthetics Society (NAGS) held a drawing in the exhibit...
Safeguarding Water with Super Absorbent Polymer Geomembranes
By Richard Starkey and Michael Aerts – The competition for water resources is growing globally, with the resolution of or the inability to effectively resolve these issues threatening economies, communities,...
New Coal Ash Rules: Bigger Business for Facility Closure
By Lee Buchsbaum - The sweeping new federal rules on handling and storage of coal ash may lead to the single largest increase in the geosynthetics market in 20 years....
Waterproof Membranes 2015 Call for Presentations
AMI has announced the dates of Waterproof Membranes 2015, the 9th installment in the annual series. The international conference focuses on the market dynamics, technical innovation, manufacture, installation, and performance of...
GeoAmericas 2016 Special Sessions – Call for Abstracts
GeoAmericas 2016 will be held 10 – 13 April 2016 in Miami, Florida, USA. The event brings together experts in geosynthetics and geotechnical engineering from throughout the Americas. Hosted...
New Officers and Board for Fabricated Geomembrane Institute
The Fabricated Geomembrane Institute (FGI) held its biennial membership meeting in February in Portland, Oregon. The event, which was attended by 37 participants, served as a transition point between...
