Logistics Center on Geogrids in Belarus to Be New Silk Road
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...
Asphalt Reinforcement with Geogrid on Europe’s M1 Highway
The M1 Highway is a major European route, connecting Moscow and Warsaw. Along the way, the trunk road passes through Smolensk and crosses into Belarus to connect the major...
Alexiew Announces Geotechnical and Geosynthetic Engineering Consultancy
Dr. Dimiter Alexiew has made his name with more than 30 years of experience in developing advanced geotechnical systems. Now, he announces the formation of Alexiew Geoconsulting, an independent...
Runway Reinforcement for National Airport in Minsk, Belarus
August 19 is National Aviation Day in the United States. The day marks the impact and wonder of flight on the world. Here, we revisit a runway reinforcement story...
A Sustainable Success Award for Mahina-TST’s Geosynthetics Business
On 17 November 2017, in the Small Hall of the Palace of the Republic in Minsk, Belarus, the national Entrepreneur of the Year awards ceremony took place. Among the...
Геотекстиль играет своими мускулами
Геотекстиль разрабатывался и применялся в гражданских инженерных проектах с начала 1950-х годов. Геотекстиль имеет функции защиты и смягчения удара, фильтрации и дренажа, а также разделяет различные земляные слои. Некоторые...
GeoPASS II Delivered a High-Level, Diverse Technical Seminar
On the heels of ASCE’s GeoCarolinas conference in Charlotte, North Carolina, locally headquartered HUESKER delivered a high-level technical seminar and networking event. The gathering GeoPASS II, followed the previous...
Better Bearing Capacity for Container Yard on Geocells
Constructing on weak subgrade is always a challenge, but geosynthetics provide high-quality, efficient, and economical solutions. An exemplary case can be found in the busy city of Kolkata, India,...
GSI Webinar: MSE Wall Back Drainage Design
The Geosynthetic Institute will host its next GSI Webinar on 25 October 2017. The topic is MSE Wall Back Drainage Design.
GSI Webinars are 80-minute sessions (with Q&A time added to the...
Geosynthetic Support Pad Offers More Than 800 t Capacity
HUESKER has developed a geosynthetic support pad (Fortrac Heavy Load). The system has been engineered for storing extra-heavy units, such as monopoles for offshore wind turbines or ship components....
Геосинтетические бетононаполняемые оболочки для защиты откосов насыпи
Мостовой переход «Кировский» в городе Самара представляет собой важный и актуальный инфраструктурный проект не только для Самарской области, но и для соседних регионов. Он также позволит увеличить эффективность транзитных...
Ashley MacMillan Joins TenCate as an Engineering Business Manager
TenCate Geosynthetics has announced the addition of Ashley MacMillan, PE as Engineering Business Manager – Northwest (United States). MacMillan is a 7-year veteran with a strong background in geotechnical...
Concrete Canvas открыли в России первый демонстрационный парк
8 июля 2017 года, в конференц-зале отеля Savoy состоялся брифинг компании, посвященный официальному открытию первого в России демо-парка бетонного полотна.
В брифинге приняли участие руководители компании изобретатели бетонного полотна и...
New Leadership for Strata Systems as Fuller, Enger, Butchart Retire
On the heels of establishing some dramatic global growth, Strata Systems, Inc. co-founders Chip Fuller (President) and Rich Enger (General Manager) have announced their impending retirement. Craig Bell, an...
Geotextile-Encased Stone Columns for Railway Passage MSE Walls
Cobramseg is a biennial geotechnical engineering event in Brazil that combines multiple national and international engineering conferences. It’s one of South America’s most important engineering gatherings. At the 2016...
Coal Seam Gas Site Uses Graphene-Enhanced Geotextiles
A coal seam gas facility in Australia has become the site of the world’s second commercial-scale use of graphene-enhanced geotextiles. The product utilizes Imagine Intelligent Materials’ imgne® X3 coating,...
Installation of Asphalt Interlayers at High Ambient/Pavement Temperatures
By Ray Myers – The benefits of asphalt interlayers are documented going back over 40 years. Interlayers delay reflective cracking and form a moisture barrier when properly installed using...
Tack Film Improves Bond between Fiberglass Geogrid and Asphalt
Last year, Titan Environmental released two fiberglass geogrid products, TE-FGP and TE-FGC, which is a geogrid-geotextile composite. The products were engineered with a polymer coating to endure higher temperatures (up...
Russian Geosynthetics Market Grows as HUESKER Opens Plant
The Russian geosynthetics market has attracted a lot of interest, but its intricacies require, like many international markets, a real, local presence. The international geosynthetics manufacturing group HUESKER is...
Bridge Approach Embankment with MSE Walls and Pulverized Fuel Ash
By Chaido (Yuli) Doulala-Rigby and Martin Black - For a new major road construction (the Tinsley Link) in the North of England, a bridge approach embankment needed to be...
Three Companies’ Geosynthetics Combined for CCR Capping Systems
Geosynthetics are playing an enormous role in updating how coal combustion residuals (CCRs) are managed and stored, both in the near term and for long-term environmental security. INOVA...
Imagine IM Wins Innovation Award, Signs MOU with TenCate
October is turning out to be a month of substantially good news for Imagine IM. The Australia-based producer of graphene has just been recognized with an Australian Engineering Excellence...
Brazil’s First Geosynthetic-Reinforced Soil Structure
By Bruno Pedroni – When the Sao Paulo, Brazil-based Technological Institute of Aeronautics geosynthetics group (GGGAITA) celebrated its 30th anniversary, one of the highlights was Bidim’s presentation on a...
A New, Expanded Geosynthetics Headquarters for HUESKER Brazil
International geosynthetics manufacturer and engineering services provider HUESKER Group has had a lot to celebrate. In recent years, the historical German headquarters marked the company’s 150th anniversary. This...
Reinforced Soil at Underground Storage Facilities
By Low & Bonar – CEPRO a.s., a government-owned major distributor of crude oil in the Czech Republic chose to build a large-capacity underground storage facility in Loukov to...
