Agru America Opens Large Diameter Pipe Facility in Charleston
One of the most eye-catching items in the exhibit hall at Geotechnical Frontiers 2017 (March, Orlando) was a large diameter pipe section. The product was stationed at...
Waterproof Membranes 2017 Call for Presentations
AMI has announced the dates of Waterproof Membranes 2017, the 11th installment in the annual series and issued a call for presentations. The international conference focuses on the market...
Bituminous Geomembranes for Gas Depot Secondary Containment
By Natalie Daly, Bertrand Breul, and Bernard Breul – The Chevron Willbridge Terminal is located in Portland, Oregon near the Willamette River. The facility stores...
IGS North America Selects Kingston for Educate the Educators Event
The International Geosynthetics Societey’s non-commercial Educate the Educators program was created in the 1990s to address the knowledge gap about geosynthetics in civil engineering practice. The program used a...
New Coal Ash Pond Capping Series from TenCate
One of the fastest-growing markets for civil engineering in the United States is in capping coal combustion residuals. Tencate, one of the world’s biggest manufacturers of geosynthetics, has...
Managing Geomembrane Wrinkles: A Manufacturer’s Approach
On April 27 at 1:00 pm EST, Solmax will tackle a very hot topic with a free webinar: managing geomembrane wrinkles. This session follows the discussion created by...
2017 IAGI Installation Awards Winners
During Geotechnical Frontiers 2017, the International Association of Geosynthetic Installers announced the winners of its 2017 IAGI Installation Awards. The not-for-profit geotechnical organization is dedicated to bettering geosynthetic installation and construction...
Video: ILT Coal Ash Containment Installation at Reid Gardner
International Lining Technology began work on a coal ash containment project at the Reid Gardner Generating Station in late November 2016. The 557-MW plant sits on 480 acres near...
GSE Environmental Introduces Next Generation Capping System
GSE Environmental is enjoying a very active year. In February, the company was awarded a patent for its CoalDrain geocomposite, which is designed specifically for work with coal...
Geosynthetics Apps for iPhone and Android Smartphones
Updated March 24: We've added a seventh geosynthetics app, the EPI Geomembrane Product Locator, which was released in March 2017 after this article had already been compiled.
Smartphones are ubiquitous,...
Raven Adds New Reinforced Geomembranes to DURA-SKRIM Series
Raven Industries’ Engineered Films Division has extended its well-known reinforced geomembranes family. The new DURA-SKRIM® materials include the N-Series (scrim-reinforced polyethylene line), NT-Series (scrim-reinforced, textured polyethylene), and NQ-Series (scrim-reinforced...
Brazil Workshop on Geosynthetics Installation
Geosynthetica's Portuguese-language publication, Geosynthetica.net.br, has organized the 2nd Brazil Workshop on Quality in Geosynthetics Installation. The event will be held April 18 – 19 at the Engineering Institute in São...
Geosynthetica at GeosPeru 2017
Geosynthetica will be at GeosPeru 2017 in Lima, Peru, March 29 – 31. If you or your colleagues will be part of the event at the Hotel Los Delfines,...
IGS-NA General Assembly Issues Open Invite and Agenda to Geo Community
When Geotechnical Frontiers 2017 convenes in Orlando, Florida, it will bring together members of the geosynthetics and larger geotechnical engineering communities. The conference, which occurs every six years, combines...
April Events: Geosynthetics CQA Training and Certification
CQA training and certification events during CQA Week highlight how important Construction Quality Assurance is to geosynthetics--and, by extension, to infrastructure sectors such as waste management and mining. CQA activities...
Raven Expands Production Capacity in Midland, Texas
Raven Industries, Inc. (NASDAQ:RAVN) is the latest geosynthetics company to announce production capacity expansion. Raven’s Engineered Films Division, which manufactures geomembranes along with various other film and...
Customized Geomembranes and a New Website for Solmax
The energy continues to flow from Solmax’s international headquarters near Montreal. The company acquired the Houston-based assets of the former Brawler Industries, providing even more efficient service to key...
FHWA Limit Equilibrium Design Framework for MSE Structures
The innovative performance of geosynthetic reinforcement materials has led to mechanically stabilized earth walls and slopes becoming a mainstay of modern infrastructure—particularly with highways and commercial development. However, agreement...
Imagine IM to Present Graphene Solutions at Startup Booster Competition
Australia-based graphene solutions company Imagine Intelligent Materials (Imagine IM) has been selected to compete in the Startup Booster competition at JEC World 2017, the world’s largest composites show.
JEC World...
Geofabrics Becomes Exclusive Distributor of Concrete Canvas in AUS/NZ
Geofabrics Australasia Pty Ltd has been named the exclusive distributor for Concrete Canvas Ltd.’s Concrete Canvas® Geosynthetic Cementitious Composite Mat products in Australia and New Zealand.
Concrete Canvas is a...
LEISTER’s New Quality System Shares GPS-Based Seam Data
Two years ago, Leister Technologies AG debuted the GEOSTAR wedge welder line at Geosynthetics 2015, a biennial event. During the forthcoming edition (Geotechnical Frontiers 2017) in Orlando, Leister returns...
New ASTM D35 Subcommittee on Geosynthetic Product Specification
The influential ASTM D35 Committee on Geosynthetics has established a new subcommittee: D35.06, Subcommittee on Product Specifications. The first meeting of the subcommittee is schedule for ASTM Committee Week,...
Solmax Establishes Solmax USA in Houston
One of the world’s biggest manufacturers of geomembranes, Solmax Inc., is after 35 years of cross-border work establishing a physical presence in the United States. The company has...
Graphene Applications, Including with Geosynthetics, Draw Investment
Imagine IM (Imagine Intelligent Materials Pty Ltd) has been expanding the possibilities in graphene applications, work which has included new materials development in geosynthetics. The Sydney, Australia-based has just...
Inland Tarp & Liner Acquires Brawler’s Midland Assets
Inland Tarp & Liner (ITL®), LLC has revealed news that many in the geosynthetics manufacturing sector had been looking for: an acquisition involving Brawler Industries. Inland released a notice...
