Geosynthetics Leadership: The 19th IGS Council
In June, the results of the International Geosynthetics Society (IGS) Council elections were announced. Since that announcement, the IGS Council has officially passed tasks and responsibilities from the 18th...
The GeoWire for the Week of August 10
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ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
Northern Illinois University and Argonne have engineered...
Video: ACIGS and Bouazza on PFAS and Geosynthetics
The movement for greater open sharing of engineering technical information, particularly in geosynthetics, continues to grow. One of the champions has been the Australasian Chapter of the International Geosynthetics...
The GeoWire for the Week of August 17
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ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
The Trump administration has rolled back methane...
The GeoWire for the Week of August 24
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BIG PROJECTS
Wow. After what seemed to be a...
The GeoWire for the Week of August 31
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ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
Whoa: Researchers in Sweden have discovered a...
GeoAmericas 2020 Online Agenda Lives Up to the Hype
The 4th Pan-American Regional Conference on Geosynthetics is also the first major geosynthetics conference to be held entirely online. The organizes have released the GeoAmericas 2020 agenda. It is, as...
Coming Soon: Graphene-Enhanced Geotextiles
On June 14, Imagine IM officially opened Australia's first commercial graphene production facility. The grand opening of the North Geelong (Victoria) site included Imagine's team and representatives from Geofabrics...
Controlling Coastal Flooding with Geocontainers
The ferocious storms which pounded the NSW and Southern Queensland coasts in early June brought into focus the Climate Council's 2014 report Counting the Costs: Climate Change and Coastal...
Geofabrics Australasia Wins Manufacturing Award
The 2016 Manufacturers' Monthly Endeavour Awards honored Geofabrics Australasia as Manufacturer of the Year during a May 12 ceremony in Sydney. Geofabrics was recognized for its production of Trinet®...
GCLs Continue to Influence Barrier Designs
The use of geosynthetic clay liners--GCLs--in engineered barrier systems has broadened substantially. Part of this growth has been fueled by a long record of successful performance. And, as with...
Flood-Damaged Highway Gets Panel Drains
After the Toowoomba and the Lockyer Valley experienced devastating floods, one of the many road rebuilding projects involved a section of the Warrego Highway between Withcott and Helidon. Withcott...
Jie Han to Lead Geosynthetics Lecture Series in Australia and NZ
Annually, Geofabrics Australasia brings a top-tier geosynthetics lecture series to Australia and New Zealand. This year's series, which will be held on multiple dates in September, will be...
Australia Seminars: Geosynthetics in Flexible Pavement Design
In September, Geofabrics Australasia is hosting a series of seminars across Australia on "Use of Geosynthetics in Flexible Pavement Design." The sessions will feature the expertise of guest speaker...
Latest Geofabrics Journal Focuses on Oil and Gas
Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG), coal seam gas, containment ponds, and access road stability are just a few of the oil and gas issues profiled in the latest issue of...
Last Chance to Register for Liner Seminars in Australia
Time is running out to secure a seat at the one-day liner seminars being held across Australia, January 29 - February 7. Featuring geosynthetics veteran Dr. Ian D. Peggs...
Will Gates Returns to Minnesota: GCLs, Mining, and More
On October 17, Dr. Will Gates (SmecTech Research Consulting, Monash University) wrapped up some visits in the United States with a talk organized by the Minnesota Geotechnical Society (MGS)....
Australia: Peggs Headlines Jan/Feb Liner Seminar Series
Geofabrics Australasia has confirmed dates and speakers for the multi-city geosynthetic liner seminar series it is sponsoring across Australia in January and February 2014. Dr. Ian D. Peggs, P.E.,...
REMINDER: Register Now for GeoVirtual 2020
"Resilience and Innovation" is the perfect theme for this year's annual conference of the Canadian Geotechnical Society. Originally scheduled for Winnipeg, the organizers moved the conference online to provide...
Geosynthetics in Airport Runway Design
Geosynthetics provide a number of engineering solutions for airports, such as secondary containment for fuel depots, containment for deicing runoff, stormwater management, and runway and taxiway reinforcement.
For runways and...
The GeoWire for the Week of September 7
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-- REMINDER --
Register Now for GeoVirtual 2020, September...
IAPD Concrete Protection Liners Webinar – September 10
Concrete protection is an essential element in extending the lifespan of many critical pieces of infrastructure, such as in wastewater treatment facilities. Concrete protection liners (CPL) help prevent corrosive...
10 Phobias That Make Engineering Careers More Difficult
Phobias make for interesting “rabbit hole” reading. Once you find a classical-looking, not-easily-pronounced, gigantic word—apologies to speakers of Greek—it becomes pretty easy to just keep clicking in search of...
The GeoWire for the Week of September 14
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ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
It's hard to look at much else...
Recommended: Engineering With Nature on Coastal Protection
The US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Engineering With Nature (EWN) initiative uses a collaborative process to align natural and engineered systems "to efficiently and sustainably deliver economic, environmental,...
