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A portion of a railway track in Fort Lauderdale, Florida had been a high maintenance area for many years due to the impact loads from rail cars transitioning off...

Global professional services consultancy Coffey Geotechnics announces the appointment of Ron Morley as Principal Geotechnical Engineer in Western Australia. Ron, has over 35 years’ geotechnical experience for transportation systems, oil and gas projects, ports and harbours and commercial developments with global expertise gained from projects in the UK, Middle East, Far East, US and Australia.

Solmax, positioned among the top three worldwide leaders in the manufacturing of geomembranes offering both containment and fluid transportation solutions, will be present at the Geosynthetics 2013 trade show held in Long Beach, California 1–4 April 2013. Find Solmax in Booth #423. On April 3, don’t miss the Geosynthetics and Liners Session hosted by Tarik Hadj-Hamou in which Solmax's Technical Director Daniel Tan will present his new research paper, "Lifetime Prediction of Thin HDPE Geomembranes for the Shrimp Aquaculture Industry." Learn more.

Slope stability analysis is a common design problem in geotechnics and thus, several slope stability methods using classical limit equilibrium analysis are available. In these methods, applied surcharge load...

The International Geosynthetics Society’s Educate the Educators program has had a substantial and beneficial impact on college-level geotechnical and civil engineering programs. EtE workshops provide high-caliber professional development and...

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...

The wave of innovation in geosynthetics continues, with new active layer products announced by HUESKER. The company’s Tektoseal® Active line of barrier solutions are multi-layer composite materials that...

TRI Environmental recently announced CQA Week training events in Perth, Western Australia (March 18-21). The company has now confirmed that it is also holding a 2Q CQA Week in Austin, Texas, 29 April - 3 May. CQA Week is a semi-annual educational event that offers professional development in liner integrity survey/assessment (LISA), CQC/CQA for geosynthetic installation, CQC/CQA with compacted clay liners and geosynthetic clay liners, and an opportunity to sit for the Geosynthetic Institute's Inspector's Certification Program exam. Learn more in the Austin event's brochure (PDF).

ASCE News: The Karl Terzaghi Award is presented for outstanding contributions to knowledge in the fields of soil mechanics, subsurface and earthwork engineering, and subsurface and earthwork construction. Nominations due August 15. Awarded in odd years. Learn more here.;

The 11th International Conference on Geosynthetics (11ICG) will be held 16 – 21 September 2018 in Seoul, Korea at the new COEX (Conference and Exhibition Center) in the...

The Tessman Road Landfill, profiled here on Geosynthetica many months ago and in a number of publications since, has won a gold medal from the Texas Council of Engineering Companies in their 2010 Engineering Excellence Awards Competition. Republic Services Inc.'s impressive site earned its gold in the competition's environmental category. The panel of judges were impressed by the use of thin-film, flexible photovoltaic cells combined with an exposed TPO membrane cap.

Translator Alan Johnson has announced the English-translation release of the revised "Recommendations for Design and Analysis of Earth Structures using Geosynthetic Reinforcements - EBGEO" from Germany. Wiley is the publisher. The completely revised and extended Recommendations deal with all questions relevant to the planning and dimensioning of geosynthetics-reinforced earth structures--now including geotextile-encased columns, bridge subsidence, and more. Learn more. Learn more here.;

Erosion control codes grow more strict in the US as cities and states realize the tremendous pollution problem of unchecked sediment entering waterways. But in China, where development is booming, the rapid construction of a road system is producing dangerous sediment runoff into rivers that feed much of Southeast Asia. Solutions are needed. Learn more here.;

Ukraine has become a rising star in renewable energy, having opened to significant investment in solar and wind energy. Wind farms show particular promise. The EUR 1 billion+ Zophia...

The inaugural Geo-U gathering has been announced with Austin, Texas selected as the destination. With Geo-U 2020, four high-level, two-day geosynthetics short courses will be held currently. One the...

GeoAmericas 2020 will be the 4th Pan-American Regional Conference on Geosynthetics. With COVID-19 concerns impacting travel around the world, large and small events alike have rescheduled to protect their participants...

The geosynthetics field had a brief foray into system-based, solar energy-generating landfill covers (2009 – 2012), but the waste management market was not fully ready for such a change....

You can find a lot of construction and engineering news hidden in roundups from county board and city council meetings. The Bucyrus Telegraph-Forum's note about Crawford County, Ohio's business exemplifies this. The board of commissioners last week approved the sale of geocomposite and geomembrane rolls to a landfill under "ORC Section 317.12." That code pertains to surplus equipment in Ohio counties. Learn more here.;

In mid-2019, Clockspring|NRI acquired Milliken Infrastructure Solutions (MIS). Both companies had large portfolios with infrastructure repair-related technologies, such as pipe wrap and sleeves, epoxies, and geosynthetic cementitious composite mats...

SAN DIEGO -- Layfield Construction Products, a business unit of Layfield Group Ltd., has been awarded the rights to distribute E'GRID® Biaxial Geogrids in the United States, reinforcing the...

The Army Corps of Engineers said it will expedite the permitting process for the Southwestern Illinois Flood Prevention District to enable the district to start its $161 million project to upgrade the region's levees as soon as possible. Les Sterman, an executive with the district, said he is doubtful if the "permitting process will be as streamlined as it needs to be to get this project done." However, Corps of Engineers Col. Tom O'Hara said the Corps is working very hard to assist the district "[b]ecause we have a shared vision of where we want to go with this." Learn more here.;

By Dr. Robert M. Koerner, P.E. - On Wednesday, December 11, from 11:30 am - 1:00 pm (Eastern), the Geosynthetic Institute (GSI) will continue its monthly webinar series. The...

Geotextile sand containers (GSCs) have grown substantially in erosion control and scour protection applications. Beachfronts, ports, and property have all gained substantial protection using these “soft armor” solutions. NAUE’s...

Geosynthetica Brasil will host its second Geosynthetics Pavilion at a major conference and exhibition. This time, the venue will be M&T Expo 2018 - International Trade Fair for Construction...

The Geosynthetic Institute had a particularly busy 2018 with White Papers, issuing five of them. All of them are worth reading. One that particularly caught our eye, however, was...