VIDEO: IGS UK Sponsoring Sustainability Study with Loughborough University
During the International Geosynthetics Society's (IGS) quadrennial GeoAfrica event (November 2013, Ghana), Geosynthetica's Elizabeth Peggs sat down with Peter Assinder and Prof. Neil Dixon to discuss an important sustainability...
EMPLOYMENT: East Coast Erosion Control Seeks Technical Services Manager
BERNVILLE, Pa. – East Coast Erosion Blankets, LLC, dba East Coast Erosion Control, a privately held erosion control product manufacturing company, has an immediate employment opening for a Technical...
IGS Sustainability eBook Available in 10 Languages
With the addition of an Arabic edition, the International Geosynthetics Society's sustainability eBook, Preparing the Ground for a Brighter Future, is now available in 10 languages! The publication outlines...
Geosynthetics in Stormwater Controls and Hydraulic Engineering
The inaugural GeoU 2020 co-locates five high-level short courses. Four of the courses are concurrently held engineering classes and the fifth is a half-day marketing course for sales and...
5 Ways GeoU 2022 Enhances Professional Value
GeoU 2022 combines expert geosynthetics instruction with exceptional networking. This in-person engineering professional development event will take place 5 - 8 April 2022 at the Sonesta Bee Cave Austin...
Ashley MacMillan Joins TenCate as an Engineering Business Manager
TenCate Geosynthetics has announced the addition of Ashley MacMillan, PE as Engineering Business Manager – Northwest (United States). MacMillan is a 7-year veteran with a strong background in geotechnical...
The Lighter Side of Geomembranes
Geomembrane installations often cover substantial areas. Landfill cells pose enormous footprints. Oil and gas pits, industrial processing ponds, and wastewater containment ponds are large installations too, and each year...
Logistics Center on Geogrids in Belarus to Be New Silk Road
In late 2017, construction began on a multimodal transportation, industrial, and logistics center in Bolbasovo, which is located in the Orsha region of Belarus. The 230-ha site will function...
Geosynthetics Middle East 2015 Extends Speaker Deadline
2015 until September 30. The event is the biggest geosynthetics conference in its region and this 7th edition will once again be held under the Patronage of Abu Dhabi City Municipality....
The GeoWire for the Week of June 22, 2020
Start the week with the latest in the geoengineering world. Here's the GeoWire conversation for the week of June 22. WORK SMARTER.
THE LEAD
June 23 is International Women in Engineering...
Tack Film Improves Bond between Fiberglass Geogrid and Asphalt
Last year, Titan Environmental released two fiberglass geogrid products, TE-FGP and TE-FGC, which is a geogrid-geotextile composite. The products were engineered with a polymer coating to endure higher temperatures (up...
HUESKER Adds Four Mini-Webinars in January
Webinars have grown significantly in their use for technical knowledge transfer, engineering training, and product and application introduction. HUESKER, which has run a successful series of hour-long webinars,...
Tensar Manager Celebrates Landmark Anniversary
Jonathan Cook, Tensar International’s Manager of Products and Technology (Eastern Hemisphere), is celebrating 20 years with the global soil-reinforcement and ground stabilisation leader.
Joining the company in April 1994 after...
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,...
Lining a South African Mine’s Gravity Thickener Tank Floor
The gravity thickener infrastructure at Exxaro’s Grootegeluk mine in Lephalale, South Africa plays a pivotal role in the recycling of water used for settlement of fines generated through fragmentation...
Kevin Vaughan to Speak on Inverted Pavements at GAP 2019
The GAP 2019 transportation engineering event is honored to announce the NSSGA has arranged for Kevin Vaughan of Vulcan to speak on Inverted Pavements, Nov 4-6 at GAP 2019...
MAXConference Expands the Scope of Its Geosynthetics Event
MAXConference will continue its annual series of transportation-related events with a strong incorporation of geosynthetic materials. From 12 – 13 March 2019, the group will host Asphalt Concrete Mixes...
Jamestown Landfill: Phase II
The second phase of the closure of the Jamestown Landfill, Tuolumne County, California, will go forth. The county board voted unanimously to approve significant closure works that will involve the construction of a new buttress, a retooled geosynthetic cover, and much more. Cost projections and additional state approvals will be needed next.
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Deadline Extension for Environmental Connection 2017
A deadline extension has been announced for the International Erosion Control Association (IECA Region One) Environmental Conneciton 2017 conference. Presentation proposals are invited through June 15.
NOTE: THIS DEADLINE HAS...
Revisiting LPV 111 and Geosynthetics in NOLA Levees
The human and infrastructure devastation inflicted by 2005’s Hurricane Katrina has led to years of levee design revisions and reconstructions in the New Orleans, Louisiana (NOLA) region. The United...
Flood Protection – Rehabilitation of a Dike in Germany
The flood disaster of 1997 made a deep impression on many Germans. The Oder and Morava river basins flooded, and the waters spread through regions of the Czech Republic,...
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...
Geosynthetics Apps for iPhone and Android Smartphones
Updated March 24: We've added a seventh geosynthetics app, the EPI Geomembrane Product Locator, which was released in March 2017 after this article had already been compiled.
Smartphones are ubiquitous,...
Waterproof Membranes Readying 10th Edition
When Waterproof Membranes 2016 convenes in Cologne, Germany, 7 – 9 November 2016, it will mark the 10th annual edition of this ever-growing series. The conference is organized by...
PODCAST: Coal Combustion Residuals and GCLs
Geosynthetica’s Director, Elizabeth Peggs, interviewed Dr. Craig Benson (University of Virginia) and engineer John Allen (CETCO) about coal combustion residuals (CCRs) and new barrier system regulations governing CCR handling...
