Geosynthetics for Waste Ash Landfill Closure – Two Projects
For a landfill closure project in Massachusetts, Covanta Energy put an end to constant slope repair with a stable, cost-effective, geosynthetic closure technology.
By Agru America and...
Reinforced Seawall Construction under 3m Tide
By Terre Armée –Situated on the north shore of the Saint Lawrence River in eastern Canada, where the Gulf of St Lawrence opens onto the Atlantic Ocean, the town...
Geotextile Tubes for Breakwaters and Beach Restoration in Mexico
By Angel Diaz and Chris Timpson – Geotextile tubes help to prevent storm damage and protect the environment through the building of custom marine structures. The installation of geotextile...
MSE Walls Engineered for Oil Drilling Operations
Molisht is an underground resource-rich area in Berat, Albania. Numerous important oil and gas wells are found there. For an energy plant, Maccaferri engineered retaining wall solutions...
Embankments on Soft Soils Webinar – September 22
Lilma Schimmel, MSCE, P.E., will lead a September 22 webinar on Embankments on Soft Soils. This free event—pre-registration required—is sponsored by HUESKER.
Date: September 22
Time: 2:00 pm (EDT)
Cost: Free
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Watch Your Language? Geosynthetics vs Traditional Materials
During GeoAmericas 2016, Dr. Neil Dixon’s sustainability keynote touched upon many topics for the future of geosynthetics. While sustainability drove most of the lecture, a few of his ideas...
Waterproof Membranes 2016 Preview
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...
EuroGeo 6 Preview
EuroGeo 6 is nearly here! The quadrennial European Geosynthetics Conference, which was last convened in Spain (2012), will be held 25 - 28 September 2016 in Ljubljana, Slovenia. Ljubljana...
VIDEO: Designing with TriAx® Geogrids
Video number two in Tensar's Keeping You in the Know" series looks at how TriAx® geogrids are used from a design perspective. This includes how software is used by...
Gourc and Vidal on Geosynthetics in Landfill Applications
The International Geosynthetics Society (IGS) Brazilian Chapter (IGS Brazil) will hold a special course on "Geosynthetics in Landfill Applications" on September 14. The education will be led by Profs....
Geocellular System Supports a Mountain Road
Dashu Mountain in Hefei City, Anhui Province, China, is a well-known tourist destination for people throughout South Asia. The area’s beauty is a particularly popular draw for hikers....
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...
Geosynthetics Prove Key to GeoChicago 2016 Success
Geosynthetics were a prominent part of ASCE Geo-Institute's GeoChicago 2016 conference, which was held August 14 – 18 at the Sheraton Grand in downtown Chicago. The riverfront location, just...
Geosynthetics Events: 11ICG Call for Abstracts
The 11th International Conference on Geosynthetics (11ICG) will be held 16 – 21 September 2016 in Seoul, Korea at the new COEX (Conference and Exhibition Center) in the...
Successful Field Trial for Graphene-Enhanced Geotextiles
The first field trial in Australia for conductive geotextiles enhanced with graphene have been a success, Imagine IM reports. The company, which built Australia’s first commercial scale graphene production...
IGS Educate the Educators Brings Geosynthetics to Brazilian Universities
By Bruno Pedroni – During the last days of July, when many in Brazil are typically on vacation, more than 50 people gathered for the IGS Educate the...
Electrically Conductive Drainage Geocomposites for Oil Sands Tailings
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...
GSE to Expand Geonet and Geocomposite Manufacturing Capacity
The Kingstree, South Carolina manufacturing facility of GSE Environmental is about to get even busier. The company announced on August 22 that it is adding a new geonent and...
Geosynthetic Protection and Covering Lecture at MoDNR
Mark Sieracke of Weaver Consultants Group will provide a special keynote lecture focused on Geosynthetic Protection and Covering on Thursday, September 8. The talk is part of CQA...
Polymer-Enhanced GCL for Wet Process Ash Impoundment
By GSE Environmental – An innovative geosynthetic clay liner (GCL) was used for the containment of wet process ash at a 3,520 MW facility in the Southeastern United States....
Acquisitions: Hanes Geo Expands in Texas
Winston Salem, NC-based Hanes Geo Components is acquiring Hill Country Site Supply. The move was announced in an August 15 release. Hill has primarily focused its distribution of erosion...
Update on South African Geosynthetics Activities
The South African geosynthetics community continues to grow, in no small part due to relationships its participants have established with affiliated groups in construction and engineering. The latest...
GeoChicago 2016: Koerner Symposium Speakers
ASCE Geo-Institute's GeoChicago 2016 conference opens next week. Program co-chairs Dr. Krishna R. Reddy, P.E., D.GE, F.ASCE (University of Illinois at Chicago) and Dr. Nazli Yesiller, A.M.ASCE (Global Waste...
Chapter Activities Lead IGS News 32-2
The International Geosynthetics Society (IGS) had trouble fitting all of its content into IGS News, Volume 32, Issue 2. The 62-page, just-released digital publication includes chapter updates, event...
HDPE Geomembrane Additives – September 7 Webinar
Solmax continues its series of deeper-level discussions on how geosynthetics are manufactured and how those decisions—equipment, raw materials, quality control, etc.—translate into successful engineering designs. On September 7, the...
