Containment

Going green has environmental benefits, but until now there has been little data to show how retrofitting buildings with greener technologies can save energy and money. Now, Deutsche Bank Americas Foundation is financing the creation of a database of hundreds of retrofitted buildings in New York. "The largest obstacle to making these practices go mainstream is data that will convince building owners to retrofit their properties," said Gary Hattem, foundation president. Learn more here.;

Nonwovens Industry's 37th Annual Guide lists suppliers and producers of nonwovens around the globe in one comprehensive listing. Learn more here.;

Last year, Charlotte, North Carolina-based HUESKER hosted a high-level, invitation-only geosynthetics technical networking event called GeoPASS. The inaugural series delivered top-tier lectures and perspectives on diverse topics such as...

Brandon Sears, writing for the Richmond Register (Kentucky), has published a piece on "timely tips for farmers." Among them is "Consider preparing a feeding area with gravel over geotextile fabric." Agreed. Learn more here.;

Concrete Canvas Ltd was presented with a Queen’s Award for Enterprise in Innovation on the 17 July 2014 by the Lord Lieutenant of Mid Glamorgan Mrs Kate Thomas. The awards...

The International Erosion Control Association (IECA) has opened registration for its annual conference and expo, Environmental Connection 2010 (EC10). Interested parties can visit IECA's website for details on full-day courses, field tours, special events and the exhibit hall. The complete listing of shorter technical sessions will be available later this fall.

Golder Associates Corporation ("Golder") has become one of the founding sponsors of the World Ocean Council, an international, cross-sectoral industry alliance for private sector leadership and collaboration in ocean stewardship. The company, which is celebrating its 50th Anniversary in 2010, has joined the World Ocean Council to share its experiene in serving clients in the offshore oil and gas industry as well as the circum-Arctic region.

When filmmaker Hugh Hunt began production on the documentary "Dambusters: Building the Bouncing Bomb," he sought a dramatic form of authenticity to understanding the 1943 RAF attack on dams in Germany's military industry-heavy Ruhr Valley. The raid utilized the unique "bouncing bomb," most of the technical aspects of which were lost in a 1960s flood. Hunt sought a construction site with water access on which he could construct a concrete dam--one he could subsequently blow up in a simulated attack. The dam was constructed of concrete lock block on an excavated site in Mackenzie, British Columbia with the help of BC Hyrdo. A geotextile backing on the dam helped stabilized the quick construction. Learn more here.;

The American Public Works Association (APWA) 2010 conference and exhibition has extended its call for proposals to 9 October 2009. The event will be held 15-18 August 2010 in Boston, Massachusetts. It will be co-located with the Solid Waste Association of North America's (SWANA) annual WASTECON event. Learn more about the topics sought by APWA online. Learn more here.;

By Robert Koerner - With literally thousands of old landfills scattering the worldwide landscape, their upgrading (via lateral and vertical expansions) to an engineered landfill is clearly possible to...

According to Sam Lamont, Alaska Board Member for the Pacific Northwest Chapter of the International Erosion Control Association (IECA), the demand for training in Alaska is almost outpacing the ability of private and public sector efforts to meet the need. That's where the Chaper has stepped in to do what they do best - educate. Thanks to their joint efforts, the Alaska General Contractors, the Alaska Department of Transportation and the PNW Chapter can now boast that there are now more than 2,000 certified stormwater practitioners in the state. The Chapter continues to field fielding an increasing number of calls requesting additional training for the state. CPESC and CISEC certification classes are planned for the fall. Learn more here.;

Among four recently announced infrastructure funding schemes, the Trans-Canada Highway Water Reservoir replacement project will receive $966,000, divided into three equal portions of $322,000. The aging drinking water reservoir recently had its interior plastic liner replaced in an effort to extend its life. The reservoir is suffering from extensive corrosion. Learn more here.;

Leister has had an effective team of eleven specialists active in the important Japanese market since May 2010 with the subsidiary Leister Technologies KK. A further expansion to 15 employees is planned in the next few months. In taking this important decision, Leister aims to intensify its activities in Japan, while consolidating and expanding its market leadership.

Help your fellow civil engineers and civil engineering students who have been in the paths of recent natural disasters of historic magnitude around the nation, from severe flooding to F5 tornadoes. The Society has established a relief fund to aid ASCE members who are experiencing hardships. Make a contribution, and what you give will be matched by ASCE up to a total of $10,000. Learn more here.;

Increasing costs for raw materials and energy and demand for sustainable climate protective waste treatment and recycling techniques have placed technologies like bio-methanation and material recovery facilities (MRF) in the spotlight. The biennial Waste-to-Resources Symposium (24-26 May 2011, Hanover, Germany) combines a conference, commercial exhibition and site visits to address this growing energy and waste management sector. The 2009 edition included participants from 41 countries. Abstracts for 2011's presentations will be accepted through 4 December 2010. The event will feature simultaneous translation (English-French-Spanish-German) and is being held under the patronage of Dr. Norbert Roettgen, Germany's Minister of the Environment. Learn more here.;

Italian geosynthetics manufacturing expertise is headed to India, one of the world's biggest infrastructure markets and a nation in which geosynthetics are getting a strong push from international and domestic companies, new engineering journals, and professional development events. On October 18, the India-based Business Co-ordination House (BCH) and the Association of Italian Textile Machinery Manufacturers (ACIMIT) will hold a one-day symposium on "Woven Technologies for Technical Textiles – Special Focus on Fabrics for Filtration & Geotextiles." The event will take place at the Park Hotel (Parliament Street) in New Delhi. Learn more

Applied Market Information (AMI) will host "The Middle East Plastics Industry Strategy Seminar" on 19 October 2009 in Cologne, Germany. This event has been offered twice already in 2009. This next session is your final chance in 2009 to take part. With an estimated 15 million tons of additional polymerization capacity coming on line in the Middle East in the next three years, the region stands to become a major plastics processing center. Will geosynthetics be part of this boom in production? How will the Middle East's growth affect global markets? The one-day seminar aims to tackle these subjects. Download the PDF brochure. Learn more here.;

After a very successful AgSTAR Conference in Green Bay, Wisconsin in 2010, registration is underway for the US Environmental Protection Agency's 2011 AgSTAR conference. This 6th edition will be held in Boise, Idaho. The conference will highlight the latest projects, technologies, and financial incentives, and will once again include technical presentations, a conference luncheon, exhibits, and tours of anaerobic digester farms. Learn more here.;

The ongoing infrastructure works in Canterbury, New Zealand’s ambitious Central Plains Water Enhancement Scheme is centered around a 55m-high dam and affiliated storage and diversion canals. Up to 60,000...

Jennifer Hildebrand will lead the Internatinoal Erosion Control Association's (IECA) next free webinar event, "Construction Inspection Techniques That Really Work." This webinar will look at inspection programs that really do work! The focus will be both from the perspective of the inspector for a regulatory agency and the inspector who may be inspecting their own sites. It is worth 1 PDH. Learn more here.;

Engepol is pleased to announce the addition of their new black and white color geomembrane in our product line. This black and white color geomembrane enables easy and fast damage detection in the site. It was created to attend the client requirements to different applications i.e. storage reservoirs, shrimp farm, aquaculture. The Engepol geomembranes are manufactured from prime high molecular weight resins and were developed to be used under hard chemical and physical conditions in lining of solid waste sites, mines, and any fluid and solid containment applications. Tenemos el gusto de anunciar la introducción de la nuestra geomembrana color blanco y negro en nuestra línea de productos. Esta geomembrana color blanco y negro permite una rápida y facil detección de daños en el sitio. Esto producto fué creado para atender los requirimientos de nuestros clientes para diferentes aplicaciones como por ejemplo reservorios,camaroneras,acuicultura. Las geomembranas Engepol son fabricadas con resinas virgenes y desarolladas para uso en condiciones quimicas y fisicas severas en proyectos de relleno sanitario, minerias e en cualquier aplicacion de contenimiento de fluidos y solidos.

For a landfill in Port Orchard, Washington, Colorado Lining International (CLI) fabricated and installed a defined sump floating cover system that included gas venting. The purpose of the cover installation was to prevent the mixing of rain water and leachate in the landfill collection ponds. Now in its third full year of operation since the installation work, a savings of $175,000 to $200,000 per year has been calculated for treatment and transportation costs (based on yearly rainfall).

The international nonwovens association EDANA and the China Nonwovens and Industrial Textiles Association (CNITA) have partnered to develop the EurAsian Geotextiles Symposium 7 - 8 June 2017 at the...

The Board of Directors of SIBUR Holding JSC formed and approved a newly established collegial executive body of the management organization - the Executive Board of SIBUR LLC. The decision on establishment of the Executive Board of the management organization followed a considerable number of issues in SIBUR LLC operation that require collegial consideration and decision making. At the same time the Executive Board of SIBUR Holding JSC will continue to consider issues of strategic development of the Holding as a whole. See the list here.

On the first full day of technical sessions at EuroGeo 5, Daniele Cazzuffi (CESI SpA, Italy), José María González (TRAGSATEC; ATEBA, Spain), and Ian Peggs (I-CORP INTERNATIONAL, Inc., USA) will chair a major session on Hydraulic Structures. This is also the IV International Symposium on Water Reservoirs.