Front Page

Menges Roller, a leader in manufacturing and maintaining precision industrial rollers for the nonwovens and geosynthetic industries, has extended its size capacity and technical capabilities with the purchase of...

A proposal to manage toxins in Australia's Kendall Bay would bury contaminated silt under a 5 hectare blanket of geotextile. The 40-metre-wide geotextile strips would be installed over 56,000 sq m of the bay and weighted down by 400 mm of basalt rock. The combination would of materials would stop boat propeller activity from disturbing the soils in the lake bed. The Mortlake gasworks plant had operated along the shore for 100 years. The new remediation plan is being pushed by a developer who wants to open a 172-berth marina. Learn more here.;

On 5 November 2015, a catastrophic tailings dam failure occurred at an iron ore mine in Brazil. The reported  death toll from the event was 17 and...

By Natalie Daly, Bertrand Breul, and Bernard Breul – The Chevron Willbridge Terminal is located in Portland, Oregon near the Willamette River. The facility stores...

HUESKER North America is adding a sale representative to its team, to further expand its operations and facilitate service to its growing customer base. The company is actively seeking...

For 15+ years, engineers have come to Austin, Texas in April to attend geosynthetics CQA training courses hosted by TRI Environmental. This year, some are wondering where this well-respected...

By Layfield Environmental Containment - The Lee Lake Water District was required by the California Regional Water Quality Control Board (RWQCB) to tender the design and construction of a containment...

A team from the Geotechnical Extreme Events Reconnaissance (GEER) Association, supported by the National Science Foundation, is mobilizing to collect information on the effects of a landslide that occurred...

The Cité des Electriciens is the oldest mining place in Nord-Pas-de-Calais, the northern most area of France. Mining activities and homes for mining workers were present from the 1850s...

The "red dot design award" is one of the largest and most prestigious design competitions in the world. 1800 companies and independent designers from 58 countries took part in the "red dot award: product design 2012". A total of 4515 entries were registered for the 19 different competition categories. The TRIAC AT from Leister was able to convince the jury and won a "red dot – honorable mention" in the category "Industry and Craft". Read more and view the product brochure.

More than 800 attendees were on hand for the 2013 International Low Impact Development (LID) Symposium in Saint Paul, Minnesota. This was the sixth edition of this event. Dr....

Fibermesh - Concrete Solutions by Propex was named the number one brand of reinforcing fiber in both categories of Concrete Construction Magazine's 2012 Brand Study: Brand Familiarity and Brand Most Used. In the magazine's reader survey, Fibermesh was voted the number one brand based on these questions: Which brands have you heard of? And, which brands has your firm used in the past two years (including brands you subcontracted with others to install)?

Subsidies and federal energy policies get most of the headlines, but with the increasing size of wind turbines and the scale of wind farms, few sites can be developed...

ASTM International’s Committee D35 on Geosynthetics will present its highest honor, the ASTM Award of Merit, to C. Joel Sprague, senior engineer for TRI Environmental. The Award of Merit...

Leading building membranes specialist Icopal is countering the continuing recession with the launch of a plethora of new products at this year's Ecobuild. The company, which draws on the expertise of the global Icopal brand for research and development, is launching four new products on its larger-than-usual stand (number 1350) in addition to showcasing its green roof systems and accessories, waterproofing membranes, Monarfloor acoustic solutions for Sustainable Homes, and geomembranes. Read more.

This study provides an in-depth understanding of the market for five types of construction materials in Mainland China which reduces a building’s energy load, termed "Green Building Materials (GBM)." The report is based on a study of the production, sales, distribution and application of five green building materials that are representative of all green building materials across multiple regions and industry sectors (target market). Included is a quantitative and qualitative assessment of the market’s size, trends, development, key participants and opportunities. Target products are Expanded Polystyrene (EPS), Extruded Polystyrene (XPS), Autoclaved Aerated Concrete (AAC), Photovoltaic Roofing Membrane (PvRM), and Low-E Glass. Learn more here.;

An industry leading manufacturer of rolled erosion control products is seeking a dynamic, high-energy and results-driven technical services manager who is looking for a position with a continually growing...

The latest video from NAUE tells the story of the pumped storage plant barrier rehabilitation in Hohenwarte, Germany. The project provided an essential update a half-century-old site. Geosynthetic clay...

More than 40 countries are represented in the early registrations for GeoAmericas 2016, the 3rd Pan-American Conference on Geosynthetics. The event organizers remind attendees that the best rate for rooms...

Reuters has reported that nonwovens giant Polymer Group, Inc. (PGI) has gained stronger support from Fiberweb's Board of Directors in PGI's bid to acquire Fiberweb.  Fiberweb is a major...

Whenever you are in the Phoenix area, do not miss eating at Tarbell's at 3213 East Camelback Road. Reservations are essential (phone 602-955-8100), and ensure you get one of Nader's tables. Send any other good eating tips to lara@geosynthetica.net. Learn more here.;

Varennes, QC – Solmax, a worldwide leader in the manufacturing of geomembranes, is pleased to announce that Mathieu Cornellier has joined Solmax as Technical Manager, covering the Americas, Africa and...

Start the week with the latest in the geoengineering world. Here's the GeoWire conversation for the week of July 20. WORK SMARTER. BIG PROJECTS We talk a lot about how 2020...

By Patricia Dolez, Eric Blond, and Pascal Saunier – Management of tailings, such as in oil sands operations, is one of the major operational and environmental challenges faced by...

Cobramseg 2016 is underway in Belo Horizonte, Brazil, and Geosynthetica.net.br Editor Bruno Pedroni and Geosynthetica Director Elizabeth Peggs are in attendance. This major Latin American geotechnical engineering...