Geotextile Containers Support Mangrove Growth, Healthier Ecosystems
By Geofabrics Australasia - Coastline mangrove growth can play a vital role in the health of marine ecosystems. The disappearing mangrove growth on the Jam Jerrup coastline in Western...
Geofabrics’ Engineer’s Paper Selected for Special IGS Session
Geofabrics Australasia's (www.geofabrics.co) engineer Preston Kendall has been selected to present at the forthcoming 10th International Conference on Geosynthetics (10 ICG). Kendall's paper has been selected by the International...
Geosynthetics Mining Solutions Opens Early Registration
InfoMine's Geosynthetics Mining Solutions 2014 will be held 8 – 11 September 2014 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada (www.geosyntheticssolutions.com). This event marks the first mining conference dedicated solely to...
History of Geosynthetics: Filter Fabrics Emerge from a 1957 Storm
In March 2014, I published “A Brief History of Geotextiles” in Land and Water Magazine. (A copy of that article may be downloaded in PDF here.) It would take...
Coming Soon: CTM News and Events
CTM Geo Synthetics news and events will be published on Geosynthetica soon. Please visit the CTM website--www.ctmgeosynthetics.com--for the most up-to-date information.
REMINDER: 10ICG Early Registration Deadline – June 17
The 10th International Conference on Geosynthetics will be held 21 – 25 September 2014 in Berlin, Germany. This quadrennial global event from the International Geosynthetics Society (IGS) will be...
Final Report #2: Geosynthetics in Subgrade Stabilization
From December 2011 through the end of May 2014, the Montana Department of Transportation led a pooled fund study on "Performance of Geosynthetics in Subgrade Stabilization." The research, which...
IGS Photo Contest 2014 Deadline – June 15
By Diana Davis – Showcase your work and support the global geosynthetics field! The International Geosynthetics Society conceived the IGS Photo Contest to create an excellent collection of photos...
In Memoriam: TENAX Group Founder Gianmario Beretta
By Dr. Piergiorgio Recalcati - On Wednesday, 28 May 2014, Gianmario Beretta was killed in lightweight aircraft crash in Northern Italy. Mr. Beretta was the founder of TENAX Group,...
Booking Warning from Interplan AG and 10ICG
Warning for Exhibitors and Participants: The Exhibition Management, the German Geotechnical Society and the International Geosynthetics Society (IGS) have been made aware of a service provider named Exhibition Housing...
Slope Reinforcement and Road Rebuild after Typhoon
By ACE Geosynthetics - In 2009, Typhoon Morakot hit central and southern Taiwan with torrential rain. The storm set a rainfall record and was responsible for numerous disasters, such...
Geomembrane Provides Moisture Barrier for Major Highway
Interstate 35 (I-35) is a major highway that runs north-south from Laredo, Texas all the way up to Duluth, Minnesota (more than 1,550 miles). A seven-mile stretch of I-35...
Low and Bonar Appoints New CEO
6 June 2014 - Low & Bonar PLC (the "Group"), the international performance materials group, is pleased to announce the appointment of Brett Simpson as its new Group Chief...
Geosynthetics: Sustainable Materials for Sustainable Energy
By Tencate - The market for sustainable energy is growing. Players include both locally and internationally operating companies that are active in biogas installations, solar panels and wind energy...
Tensar Expands Exclusive Distribution Partnership with ACF Environmental
ATLANTA, 4 June 2014 -Tensar International, the global leader in geosynthetic site development technology, has recently extended its exclusive partnership with ACF Environmental into the Maryland and Delaware markets....
Tensar Manager Celebrates Landmark Anniversary
Jonathan Cook, Tensar International’s Manager of Products and Technology (Eastern Hemisphere), is celebrating 20 years with the global soil-reinforcement and ground stabilisation leader.
Joining the company in April 1994 after...
InnoTrans 2014 Services, Berlin September
InnoTrans 2014 will be held in Berlin, Germany 23 - 26 September 2014 when many of the world's geosynthetics and affiliated geotechnical experts will be attending the 10th International...
Environmental Connection Extends Abstracts Deadline
The International Erosion Control Association (IECA Region One) has extended the abstracts submission deadline for Environmental Connection 2015 to June 16. Environmental Connection 2015, the annual conference and exhibition...
AGHP Establishes Geohazard Committees
The Association of Geohazard Professionals (AGHP) is a new professional association that has emerged to serve and promote an engineering sector that has been largely unsupported in the United...
IECA and WEF Announces Memorandum of Understanding
DENVER, Colo. – 29 May 2014 – The International Erosion Control Association Region One (IECA) and the Water Environment
Federation (WEF) announce their new memorandum of understanding.
The purpose of this agreement is...
Sneak Peek: GWMS 2014 Publishes Extended Abstracts
The biennial Global Waste Management Symposium will be held 22 – 24 June 2014 in Orlando Florida. GWMS 2014, organized by Penton, offers a strong international perspective on waste...
Interview: Boyd Ramsey on WRRDA’s 7-Year Itch
Following the historic and overwhelmingly bipartisan passage in the US House and Senate of the Water Resources Reform and Development Act (WRRDA), Geosynthetica’s Chris Kelsey talked to Boyd Ramsey,...
Persistence of GMA Pays off with WRRDA Passage
The effort to get geosynthetics specifically mentioned in the Water Resources Reform and Development Act (WRRDA) extends back many years. It began, in fact, roughly seven years ago following...
WRRDA Passes; Cites Sustainability and Durability of Geosynthetics
On May 22, the US Senate passed the Water Resources Reform and Development Act (WRRDA). The $12.3 billion conference report, passed by the House on May 20, enjoyed staggeringly...
Stronger NOLA Levees with Geogrids
The human and infrastructure devastation inflicted by 2005’s Hurricane Katrina has led to years of levee design revisions and reconstructions in the New Orleans, Louisiana (NOLA) region. The United...
