VIDEO: Grab Tensile Testing of Nonwoven Geotextiles
Geofabrics Australasia has developed a suite of videos that explain various standardized tests on geosynthetics. While these videos focus specifically on Australian standards, they are highly applicable to testing conducted...
Project Stories: GeoTalk Issue 23.1 Published
Tensar International Corporation has published its latest issue of GeoTalk, a regular geosynthetic technology and project stories publication. This issue adds seven stories to the series:
Building Public Transportation over...
Independent Testing Underscores the HP of VMax HPTRM
Tensar North American Green is releasing more information on the latest addition to the VMax® turf reinforcement mat (TRM) product line: VMax® W3000™. Billed as a high performance turf...
LiteEarth Performance and Durability Proven Through Independent Testing
Austin, Texas – The performance, durability and regulatory compliance of LiteEarth has been proven through a full spectrum of testing applicable to long-term closure of municipal solid waste (MSW),...
Huge International Interest in EU Biomass Conference 2014
Editor's Note: The biomass market has developed steadily, both through government incentives and through alternative energy innovation. Geosynthetic materials have been utilized in affiliated dewatering applications, containment, floating covers,...
EPA Posts 7th AgSTAR Conference Presentations
The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has openly published the presentations from the 7th AgSTAR National Conference, which was held 10-12 June 2013 in Indianapolis, Indiana. The presentations are...
Pavco Announces Geosoft® Version 3.0
Colombia 2013 - We present Geosoft® Version 3.0, software inspired by American civil engineering, as the only software available in Spanish ideal to design geosynthetics solutions for civil works....
CQA Solutions, Ltd. Provides Michigan DEQ Education
TOLEDO, Ohio – CQA Solutions, Ltd., an expert construction quality assurance (CQA), geosynthetics, earthworks consulting firm, recently led the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) in a day-long professional...
7ICEG Call for Abstracts Closes November 29
The 7th International Conference on Environmental Geotechnics (7ICEG) will be held 10-14 November 2014 in Melbourne, Australia. This event will be hosted by the International Society of Soil Mechanics...
Polymer Group Completes Acquisition of Fiberweb
CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Polymer Group Inc (PGI) has announced that it has completed its acquisition of Fiberweb plc, a global developer and manufacturer of specialty nonwoven products and materials for a...
GSE Unveils High Temperature Geomembranes
With new content on its international website and an email campaign, GSE Environmental has unveiled high temperature geomembranes.
DOWNLOAD: New brochure (PDF)
From the initial promotion for GSE High Temperature Liner:
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Prolonged exposure...
Full-Day Courses at Environmental Connection 2014
The International Erosion Control Association (IECA) Region One will hold its annual conference and exhibition 25-28 February 2014 in Nashville, Tennessee. The event, Environmental Connection, provides an enormous opportunity...
IECA Announces 2014 Board of Directors
Denver, Colo. – The International Erosion Control Association Region One (IECA) membership voted to re‐elect Beth Chesson, CPESC, CPSWQ and Julie Etra, CPESC, MS to the 2014 Board of Directors....
HUESKER Group Strengthens Its Management Structure
HUESKER Group announces a strengthened management structure, which sets new priorities and will further improve customer orientation, reaction times and HUESKER's product and service portfolio.
In order to serve the...
Demtech's "On the Move" Team Expands to Four Technicians
November 2013 – "Demtech On The Move" (www.demtech.com) is on the move, traveling all over the United States and Canada to offer on-site equipment, repair and training services for...
New GSE Drainage Product Line Debuts
Earlier this year, GSE announced the acquisition of SynTec Corporation, a leading manufacturer of geosynthetic drainage and reinforcement products. The addition of SynTec added new and innovative technology to...
AMCOL Awarded Major GCL Supply Contract
HOFFMAN ESTATES, IL -- (Marketwired) -- AMCOL International Corporation (NYSE: ACO) announced today that it is furnishing more than 1.5 million square meters (16 million+ square feet) of its Resistex® geosynthetic clay liner (GCL)...
Geo-Synthetics LLC Owner Robert Groh Killed in Crash
Robert Groh, President and Owner of Waukesha, Wisconsin-based Geo-Synthetics LLC, was one of two people killed in a small plane crash near Kirksville, Missouri late Tuesday. Groh was reportedly...
Firestone and Pond Pro Forge Liner Distribution Agreement
INDIANAPOLIS – Firestone Building Products Company, LLC announced November 5 that it has engaged the Pond Pro sales group to sell Firestone pond lining and geomembrane products.
"Firestone Building Products is returning...
Layfield to distribute CSPE geomembranes in Australia
Vancouver, British Columbia - Burke Industries based out of San Jose, California is pleased to announce that it will be working with Layfield Environmental Systems, based out of Vancouver, Canada...
Raven's Next Generation Seven-Layer Barrier Films
Sioux Falls, SD (6 November 2013) —Raven Industries Engineered Films Division (Nasdaq:RAVN) announces the full integration and qualification of their newest blown film line installed earlier this year: a seven-layer...
Happy 30th Anniversary to IGS!
In 1983, Paris, France was the scene for a seminal moment in the history of geosynthetics. During a November meeting--the 30th anniversary of which falls on November 10--a number...
Geosynthetics in Mining Applications: Containment
When GeoAfrica 2013 convenes in Accra, Ghana 18-20 November 2013, Prof. Malek Bouazza (Monash University) will deliver one of the keynote addresses on a subject dear to Ghana’s continuing...
TenCate Earns Award for Port of Santos Construction
TenCate Geosynthetics has received the International Achievement Award of Excellence for design excellence in geosynthetic applications regarding the Embraport Container and Bulk Fuel Terminal in Port of Santos, Brazil.
The...
STEP Award Nominee: East Coast Erosion Control's Hitt
Diane Hitt, General Manager of East Coast Erosion Control, has a lot to smile about these days. The company, based in Bernville, Pennsylvania, has developed steadily in recent years,...
