A Primer on Soil and Geotextile Filter Design for MSE Walls
Drs. Robert and George Koerner of the Geosynthetic Institute (GSI) are no strangers to tackling challenging topics—subjects which are either difficult to motivate discussion on (e.g., failures) or difficult...
Revisiting the Fundão Tailings Dam Failure One Year Later
On 5 November 2015, a catastrophic tailings dam failure occurred at an iron ore mine in Brazil. The reported death toll from the event was 17 and...
2016 Geosynthetics Manufacturing Year in Review
The year 2016 has seen considerable activity in geosynthetics manufacturing, despite a slow start for many producers. As has often occurred, conditions such as resin supply fluctuations,...
Live and On-Demand Engineering Webinars in December
As the calendar year winds down, professional development opportunities such as engineering webinars are utilized more. For some, these sessions provide needed PDHs. For others, it is simply...
Video Story: Waterway Restoration after Mining Activities
The waters of the Schurenbach, a stream near Essen, Germany, formerly ran underground from the foot of an old coal slag heap (the Schurenbachhalde). As part of a land...
Atarfil to Manufacture Geosynthetics in the US
In summer 2016, geomembrane manufacturer Atarfil established an office in the United States as the first step in its investment in North America. The company established a home...
AGHP Webinar: Geologic Hazards Monitoring
The next webinar from the Association of Geohazard Professionals (AGHP) will be presented on December 6 from 2:00 - 3:00 pm (EST). Topic: Geologic Hazards Guiding Risk Management Decisions...
TenCate’s Water and Environment Website Uses Client-Led Redesign
By Elizabeth Peggs – TenCate Geosynthetics has been working to up their digital media presence and strategy, and the effort is yielding great results. The company has just...
GeoAcademy Provides Geosynthetics E-Learning Platform for Brazil
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,...
GeoPass Provides Geosynthetics Technical Networking
In October, North Carolina-based HUESKER hosted a high-level, invitation-only geosynthetics technical networking event—GeoPass—in Charlotte, North Carolina at its new headquarters. The gathering of researchers, consultants, and other...
Project Video: Geosynthetic Tubes for Coastal Protection
This project video from HUESKER details a 1500m-long coastal protection installation of geosynthetic tubes along Lake Sedlitz in Germany’s Lusatian Lake District. The 1400 ha (3460 acre) lake is...
PanAm-UNSAT 2017 Call for Abstracts
The Geo-Institute (G-I) of ASCE has issued the call for abstracts for PanAm-UNSAT 2017, the Second Pan-American Conference on Unsaturated Soils (Unsaturated Soil Mechanics for Sustainable Geotechnics). The conference...
IGS Appoints Terry-Ann Paulo New Secretariat Manager
When International Geosynthetics Society (IGS) members gathered in Delhi, India this month for the 6th Asian Regional Conference on Geosynthetics, they met the IGS’s new Secretariat Manager: Terry-Ann Paulo. She takes over the...
Coal Ash Rules and Engineering Webinar, November 15
CETCO is supporting a free, November 15 webinar on US Federal Coal Ash Rules — Engineering and Design Considerations. The discussion will be led by Dr. John Daniels (Univ....
Geosynthetics Asia 2016 Makes Last-Minute Venue Change
Only days away, the 6th Asian Regional Conference on Geosynthetics (Geosynthetics Asia 2016) has had to make a venue change due to unresolvable logistical contraints with the original site....
IECA Establishes a Canadian Chapter
The International Erosion Control Association Region One (IECA) has formed a Canadian chapter. The association is setting the chapter up to serve as Canada’s “essential educational and networking resource...
GSI Webinar: MSE Wall Remediation and Monitoring
The Geosynthetic Institute (GSI) has a strong background in providing education and resources on all types of geosynthetics; but GSI is particularly versed in retaining wall-related education. The monthly...
Webinar: Enhancing Quality Assurance with Conductive Geomembranes
On November 17, the next webinar in Solmax’s series of deeper-level geosynthetics discussions continues with presentation on “Enhancing Quality Assurance with Conductive Geomembranes.” The free session will be...
Agru America Ups Its Geosynthetics Manufacturing Capacity
Over the past few years, Agru America has extended its product lines, with new introductions and enhancements to established brands. Now, the company has moved into its next phase...
South African Geosynthetics: GIGSA Extends Photo Contest
The South African geosynthetics industry has steadily grown, in no small part due to the activities of the country’s International Geosynthetics Society Chapter: GIGSA. On the technical side...
Geosynthetics International Gives Free Access to Best Papers
Annual, editor-selected “Best Of” papers from Geosynthetics International are available for free access online. Thomas Telford Ltd’s division ICE Publishing—part of the UK-based Institution of Civil Engineers—has published...
CQA Week Adds Half-Day Leak Location Primer
Construction Quality Assurance (CQA) Week returns to Austin, Texas 6 – 9 December 2016. This time around, the multi-day geosynthetics professional development includes a half-day primer on electrical leak...
Solmax Adds Doyin Adesokan as Technical Manager
International geosynthetics manufacturer Solmax has announced the addition of Doyin Adesokan, B. Eng. MSc. as its new Technical Manager. She brings to the company deep global experience in civil...
GEOSPERU 2017 – 4th Peruvian National Conference on Geosynthetics
GEOSPERU 2017 will be held 29 – 31 March 2017 at the Hotel Los Delfines in Lima, Peru. Hosted by the International Geosynthetics Society (IGS) Peruvian Chapter, the event...
GeoAfrica 2017 Targets Sustainable Development
GeoAfrica 2017 will be held between 08-11 October 2017 in Marrakech, Morocco. This major event marks the 3rd African Regional Conference on Geosynthetics. To be held under the auspices of...
