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Oregon State University’s Dr. Ben Leshchinsky, P.E. and the University of Kansas’s Dr. Jin Han, P.E. recently combined their wealth of geosynthetics knowledge in a track ballast research study....

By Bruno Pedroni and Chris Kelsey – During one of the largest geotechnical engineering conferences in South America—Cobramseg 2016—Geo Soluções announced a geosynthetics e-learning platform. The digital resource,...

"Low bid" and "best bid" do not have to be antonymous concepts. In many situations, the construction and maintenance costs of a road may be reduced and its life extended when geogrids are selected as one of the construction materials. Read Chris Kelsey's article from the latest CE News. Learn more here.;

Four ongoing construction projects in Iowa were selected to study ways to improve concrete overlay construction. Seven research objectives for improving concrete overlay construction were investigated across the four projects, including the installation of geotextiles for bond breakers. The study so far recommends using a geotextile bond breaker for unbonded concrete overlays; and when using them, reduce the potential for wind/traffic damage by installing the geotextile less than one day before paving. The April 2010 Tech Transfer Summary publication from the Iowa State University Institute for Transportation summarizes the project. Learn more here.;

SAN DIEGO, California - The Layfield Group is pleased to announce the employment of Mr. Shannon Goodrich as Business Development Manager based out of San Diego, California. Shannon has...

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.,...

Many conferences are targeted by hotel booking scams and room resellers who are not associated with the event. These non-sanctioned buyers convince potential attendees that rooms are selling out...

Waterproof Membranes 2011 will be the 5th in AMI's annual series and will take place at the Maritim Hotel in Cologne, Germany from 15-17 November 2011. On the first evening there is a welcome reception and registration, followed by a 2-day program of presentations. A specialist exhibition runs alongside the conference. Waterproof Membranes 2011 provides a global forum for all companies involved in waterproofing, including end-users, specifiers, architects, expert installers, manufacturers, researchers, and suppliers to the industry. The conference aims to debate the latest technology in membranes and the extensive potential on offer to the building and construction industry. Abstracts are accepted through 16 May 2011. Learn more. Learn more here.;

3 May 2013, St. Paul, MN – Members of the International Association of Geosynthetic Installers (IAGI), a not-for-profit geotechnical professional association dedicated to bettering geosynthetic installation and construction technologies,...

After five years, the cleanup operations at the Foote Mineral federal Superfund site in East Whiteland, Pennsylvania is coming to a conclusion. Site crews have finished installing a 10-acre geosynthetic cap to seal off the old lithium tailings and other pollutants. Because of concerns with root penetration into the cap, trees and shrubs will be avoided. Instead, a 2MW solar farm is planned. A brownfield's grant has already provided roughly $2.5 million towards the site reuse plan. Learn more here.;

The Women in Deep Foundations Committee of the Deep Foundations Institute has released a video on the topic of "What Is Geotechnical Engineering?". DFI released the 5-minute production to...

The geosynthetics field really took off in the 1990s, and one company that was part of that swift growth was HUESKER, Inc. The Charlotte, North Carolina-based company...

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...

The Donzi Lane Landfill in Atlanta, Georgia was near capacity but the need for landfill space was urgently increasing due to population growth and development. There was no additional land to expand the landfill outward. A new landfill would be too costly and take too long to develop. The Donzi Landfill needed an innovative way to expand, quickly. The answer was to build up. Read about how they did it.

Find out what the panel of construction economic experts predict for the coming year during the Associated General Contractors of America (AGC) Annual Economic Forecast Audio Conference: "The Construction and Materials Outlook for 2007". Held from 2 to 3:30 p.m. EST, Dec. 6, conference experts include Ken Simonson, chief economist for AGC, Jack Basso of PASHTO and Jim Haughey of Reed Construction Data. Learn more here.;

The Tensar Corporation, a leading developer and manufacturer of technology-driven site solutions, has a new owner – and new, unprecedented capabilities to take its business worldwide. Effective October 31, the Company and its four subsidiaries – Tensar Earth Technologies, Tensar Polytechnologies, Geopier Foundation Company and North American Green – were acquired by the global investment group Arcapita Inc. The Company had been owned since 2000 by Denver, Colorado-based KRG Capital Partners. Minority owners remain American Capital Strategies Ltd., AIG Global Investment Corporation and the Tensar management team. The total transaction value approached $385 million.

Following news that Ian Peggs, founder of Geosynthetica, is retiring from I-CORP International (though not retiring completely from geosynthetics), we thought we'd look back on some of his most...

By Concrete Canvas – An old brick flume was taking water from a nearby canal. The water course traveled under a Network Rail line and into a river...

Prajwol Tamrakar, Mark H. Wayne, and David J. White present field tests and results with Automated Plate Load Testing (APLT) to determine the permanent and resilient deformation behavior of...

ASTM International’s Committee D35 on Geosynthetics held its mid-year committee week 5 – 7 June 2019 in Denver, Colorado. The D35 awards reception served as an inspiring highlight, with multiple honors...

The 7th edition of the international conference and exhibition Geosynthetics Middle East 2015 (GeoME 2015) once again turned the capital of the United Arab Emirates—Abu Dhabi—into an international meeting...

By Dr. Robert M. Koerner – Since 2001, the Geosynthetic Institute has accumulated data on failures of geosynthetic-reinforced mechanically stabilized earth (MSE) retaining walls. Our MSE wall failures database...

Houston, TX – 30 September 2013 – GSE Environmental, a leading global manufacturer of highly engineered geosynthetic containment solutions for environmental protection and confinement applications, is excited to be featured...

The Industrial Fabrics Association International (IFAI) has announced that the third "Advanced Textiles" event will take place in Paris, France, 16-17 June 2010. The first two in this annual series of Europe- and technology-focused discussions took place in Germany (2008) and Belgium (2009). One of the key topics for Advanced Textiles 2010 is "Construction." Learn more about the event and about submitting an abstract to the conference organizers. Learn more here.;

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...