Special Series

IECA is giving away this great 12" X 18" educational poster, "Top 10 ways to Avoid NPDES Phase II Fines!" (bilingual - English and Spanish). Learn more here.;

Contech Construction Products has named John Gilbert to the position of vice president, sourcing & logistics. This new position was created to provide added focus and strategic direction to this critical component of the company's operation.

GFR magazine invites short project articles for bilingual publication. In its May issue, the magazine has published its first Spanish and English article (written by ML Ingeniería’s Marco Sánchez). More bilingual pieces are encouraged. Please submit materials in English and original language of authorship; or contact the editor, Christopher Kelsey, for more information: gfr@ifai.com.

Congratulations to Tony Eith who, on May 6th, was named Philadelphia Engineer of the Year at the Philadelphia Section ASCE Social.

Rob Marshall of the U.K. Environment Agency (EA) announced at the April 2005 British Geomembrane Association Seminar that the EA has fully endorsed GSI's specifications for HDPE and LLDPE geomembranes and has included them in its technical guidance documents.

Registration for the ASTM June Committee Week June 12-17, 2005 Reno Hilton Resort Reno, NV. Important notice: The Reno Hilton Resort has agreed to extend the Hotel Cut-Off Date to: May 21, 2005. ASTM Pre-registration Cut-Off Date is June 9, 2005. Learn more here.;

Anchor Wall Systems today announced April 22, 2005, the hiring of Dean Sandri, P.E. as regional engineer for engineered wall products in the western region. Based in southern California, Sandri will lead Anchor Wall Systems licensed manufacturer and contractor efforts in the western region for Anchor Wall Systems engineered products, including Diamond Pro, Stone Cut Series Diamond Pro, Landmark, Vertica, and Vertica Pro. “With nearly 25 years of geotechnical experience, Sandri brings tremendous industry knowledge, technical expertise and great communication skills to Anchor Wall Systems,” said Brad Meyer, engineered wall products business director for Anchor Wall Systems. “We’re thrilled to have Dean on our team.” Sandri joins Anchor Wall Systems after previous engineering and sales positions at Soil Retention Systems, Inc. and Mirafi, Inc. An industry expert, Sandri has authored and been published in more than 20 geotechnical-related publications. Sandri received both a bachelor’s degree and a master’s degree in civil engineering from Michigan Technological University.

The letter of intent and abstract deadline for The North American Geosynthetics Society (NAGS) submission for student papers related to geosynthetics at the NAGS 2005/GRI-19 Joint Conference has been extended to May 31, 2005

Daniele Cazzuffi is very happy to announce that Lucia Cazzuffi was born at 15.54, May 7, 2006. Both his wife Susanna and the baby are in good shape and back at home. Lucia's weight is 3,280 kg. Daniele and Susanna's daughter, Anna, and son, Pietro, share in their happiness.

Onsite Water Treatment is the first magazine to address residential, industrial, agricultural, and institutional water treatment issues with effective, compliant, cost-saving, and easy-to-implement solutions. Learn more here.;

TEA-21 expired in September 2003, and since then the nation’s surface transportation systems have been operating under a series of extensions. This has created tremendous uncertainty and is costing Americans jobs and delaying vital transportation projects. The Senate this week approved a manager’s amendment to transportation reauthorization legislation (H.R. 3) that combined various titles of the bill into one bill for final passage. In a victory for increased highway and transit investment, the manager's package included the Grassley/Baucus amendment to increase the overall funding level of the bill. Please contact your Senators and ask them to support the five-year funding level in H.R. 3 by “Voting ‘Yes!’ on H.R. 3, the highway/transit bill, and get the bill done THIS WEEK!” Visit the link below for more information on TEA-21 reauthorization and other priority issues. If you have any questions, contact the government relations department at 202-789-7850 or govwash@asce.org. Learn more here.;

Covering Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, the Philippines, Burma, Nepal Indonesia, and Singapore in the upcoming July/August 2005 issue, Technical Textiles International will contain a special feature on the technical textiles industry in these regions. Learn more here.;

The YarnsandFibers PriceWatch Channel contains price updates of 22 products that can be traced as far back as four years. Compare the prices of two products - see a sample at the "continued" link below. Learn more here.;

Gundle/SLT Environmental, Inc. Announces First Quarter 2005 Results. Learn more here.;

Armtec Infrastructure Income Fund Reports Strong First Quarter Results. Learn more here.;

Propex Fabrics Inc. announces 2004 financial results…continued at the link below. Learn more here.;

Nilex Group is proud to announce that their new website was launched on 22 April 2005.

D35 Members, if you have not already preregistered, the Meeting and Registration Information for the ASTM June Committee Week (June 12-17, 2005) in Reno, NV is available on the ASTM web site at the link below. Learn more here.;

Hancor Inc. will be bought by Advanced Drainage Systems Inc. (ADS). This aquisition will result in the largest HDPE drainage pipe maker and plastic pipe extruder.

Deadline to submit entries for the 2005 International Achievement Awards Competition is July 15, 2005. Geosynthetics: Projects that use textiles or textile-related products in civil engineering applications, including geotextiles, drainage media, geomembranes, geogrids and erosion-control products. Contact Christine Malgrem or view the brochure at the link below for more information.

geosynthetica.net is very pleased to announce that this year to date we have hosted 64,728 visitors to the site, achieving an all time high in March with 17,837 visitors. With steady growth and the existing numbers, geosynthetica.net is on course to exceed a 200,000 annual visitor mark in 2005.

The Geosynthetic Institute has made all five White Papers (#1 - Need for Monitoring Wells?, #2 - Soil-Only Landfill Covers?, #3 - Flexibility in Destructive Seam Sampling, #4 - Reduction Factors in GS Design, #5 - Separation of GCL Panels) available to the public on the Specifications and Guides page of their web site. Learn more here.;

A full report on the Geo-Frontiers three-conferences-in-one. Pre-conference review by geosynthetica, followed by a full conference review by Karina McInnes, Editor of IGS News.

The conference, held in Austin 23-26 January 2005, was an enormous success. Gsa was proud to be a Cooperating Organization . Read the conference review (preconference written by Lara Peggs and full conference review courtesy of IGS News (March 2005 Issue) Karina McInnes, Editor).

In-Situ Separation of GCL Panels Beneath Exposed Geomembrane, written by Robert M. Koerner and George R. Koerner, Geosynthetic Institute, now available on geosynthetica.net.