Orion Graham Joins Maccaferri as VP of Sales (US)
Geotechnial and geosynthetics materials manufacturer Maccaferri Inc. USA has announced the addition of Orion Graham as Vice President of Sales for the American operations. Mr. Graham brings more than...
Plastic Pipe Training Courses Include PPI Experts
Pipe Week returns with two 1.5-day plastic pipe training courses. The events will be held at TRI Environmental's Austin, Texas campus. Both corrugated (October 6 - 7) and solid...
Waterproof Membranes 2015 Early Reg Deadline: September 25
Waterproof Membranes 2015 will be held 17 – 19 November 2015 at the Maritim Hotel in Bonn, Germany. This annual event draws an international audience of manufacturers, welding...
Pre-Conference Courses at XV PCSMGE
The 15th Pan-American Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (XV PCSMGE) takes place 15 – 18 November 2015 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. PCSMGE delivers one of the...
Geosintec 2 Program, October 7 – 8
The 2nd Geosintec Iberia conference from the International Geosynthetics Society Spanish Chapter (IGS Spain) will be held 7 – 8 October 2015 in Madrid. Geosintec 2 organizers have...
ASTM D35 Program for Seminar on Geosynthetics in India
ASTM International Committee D35 on Geosynthetics will hold a seminar on geosynthetics in India 2 – 4 December 2015. The event will be held at the Bombay Textile...
Capping the Farley Mine
Mining is a vital activity for modern life. The metals, minerals, and other raw materials extracted enable the production and success of many (if not most) of the goods...
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....
New Equipment Enables Transparent, 3D Soil-Geogrid Interaction Pullout Testing
The September 2015 issue of ASTM’s Geotechnical Testing Journal will feature a new article from Dr. Julio Ferreira and Dr. Jorge Zornberg. The focus of their work...
Burke Announces Strategic Partners for CSPE Geomembranes
Burke Industries has long been a leader in chlorosulfonated polyethylene (CSPE) geomembranes. The durability of the material has produced service lives in excess of 30 years in containment installations,...
CLI Brands Hydro-Cap(TM) Floating Cover System
Colorado Lining International, Inc. (CLI) is giving its well-established floating cover system a new brand: Hydro-Cap™. The system has been used in a broad range of environmental conditions...
CQA Week Course Dates: November 2 – 6
CQA Week delivers courses on performing liner integrity surveys (electrical leak location), CQC/CQA of geosynthetic installation, and CQC/CQA of geosynthetic clay liner and compacted clay liner installation. The...
Pipe Week Courses, October 6 – 9
Pipe Week returns with two 1.5-day short courses to be held at TRI Environmental's Austin, Texas campus. Both corrugated (October 6 - 7) and solid-wall plastic pipe (October 8...
GSE’s Boyd Ramsey Relocates to China
The addition of carbon black-industry veteran Mark Leigh to GSE Environmental’s leadership in the Americas has garnered a lot of headlines; but another move within GSE is also worth...
In Memoriam: Benedito de Souza Bueno
Last month, one of Brazil's geosynthetics pioneers passed away. Professor Benedito de Souza Bueno, who led the International Geosynthetics Society’s Brazilian Chapter (IGS Brasil) from 2003 to 2007, passed...
IGS Educate the Educators Succeeds in Texas
More than 40 civil and geotechnical engineering professors from across the US and Canada gathered in Austin, Texas in late July to take part in the Educate the Educators™...
Call for Speakers: 7th Geosynthetics Middle East
SKZ is holding open its call for speakers for the 7th edition of Geosynthetics Middle East (GEOME 2015) for one more week. The event is the biggest geosynthetics...
GSE Environmental Names Mark Leigh President of Americas
GSE Environmental has announced the addition of Mark Leigh as the company’s President of the Americas, as of August 24. Leigh brings more than three decades of experience, including...
Registration Deadline for ECSMGE Reinforcement Workshop – August 31
The registration deadline for a seat in the International Geosynthetics Society’s (IGS) reinforcement workshop at the 16th European Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (XVI ECSMGE)...
VIDEO: Geosynthetic Containers in Mining and Mineral Processing
A new video from TenCate profiles the utilization of geosynthetic containers in mining and mineral processing. TenCate Geotube® containers are being used in a large range of applications, such...
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...
Geosynthetic Barriers Workshop Program for ECSMGE
Attendees at the highly anticipated XVI European Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (XVI ECSMGE) in Edinburgh, 13 – 17 September 2015, will be able to attend...
ASTM D35 Announces Geosynthetics Seminar in India
ASTM International Committee D35 on Geosynthetics has announced a special geosynthetics seminar and associated committee meetings to held in Mumbia, India 2 - 4 December 2015 at the...
IGS Announces Reinforcement Workshop at XVI ECSMGE
The International Geosynthetics Society (IGS) has announced a second important workshop to be held in Edinburgh alongside the 16th European Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (XVI ECSMGE)....
Paul Barker Retires from Agru America
After 50+ years in the engineering field, a career in which he witnessed and contributed to the rise of geosynthetic technologies, Paul Barker is retiring. His professional path brought...
