The AGHP 2016 Geohazards Photo Contest Winners
During July's Highway Geology Symposium (HGS) in Colorado Springs, Colorado, the Association of Geohazard Professionals (AGHP) revealed its 2016 Geohazards Photo Contest winners. The annual contest captures geohazard technologies and challenges, such...
WINFAB Earns GAI-LAP Accreditation
Willacoochee Industrial Fabrics (WINFAB), a manufacturer of geotextiles and erosion control materials, has earned accreditation from the Geosynthetic Accreditation Institute – Laboratory Accreditation Program (GAI-LAP). The program is highly...
Geosynthetic Institute Announces 2016 – 2017 Fellowships
The Geosynthetic Institute (GSI) has announced the winners of the 2016 – 2017 GSI Fellowships. The annually awarded research grants are giving out, in consultation with the GSI...
Active Layers Enhance New Tektoseal Barrier Geosynthetics
The wave of innovation in geosynthetics continues, with new active layer products announced by HUESKER. The company’s Tektoseal® Active line of barrier solutions are multi-layer composite materials that...
VIDEO: Service Life Advantages of Road Building on Geosynthetics
In its latest animation, TenCate Geosynthetics profiles how road building with geosynthetics can extend service lives up to 10x. The 1 minute, 37 second video shows design with TenCate...
VIDEO: Geosynthetic-Reinforced Embankments on Vertical Columns
HUESKER's videocast series delivers geosynthetic product and application details in succinct video spots. The material is developed by the company's international personnel, and the videos in the series that...
VIDEO: Tensar on Tensile Strength Relevance in Certain Designs
Tensar’s "Keeping You in the Know" video series is a Q&A influenced campaign. In the first video, Senior Product Manager Jonathan Cook (Tensar International Limited) addresses questions on tensile...
East Coast Erosion Control Looks West in New Partnership
Erosion and sediment control materials manufacturer East Coast Erosion Blankets, LLC (dba East Coast Erosion Control) is partnering with Valley Erosion Supply. The new venture gives the privately...
Celebrating 10 Years and Looking More Like a Titan Each Day
As Titan Environmental Containment celebrates its 10th anniversary, Geosynthetica's editor caught up with Brett Burkard, co-founder and CEO. The interview and story are part of an ongoing project from...
After Istanbul, IGS Rallies Members for EuroGeo 6
The International Geosynthetics Society (IGS) continues to rally its individual and corporate members around the Turkish Chapter of the IGS. After the June 28 attack at Istanbul’s international airport,...
EuroGeo 6 Announces Move to Slovenia
It was only on June 30 that the organizers of EuroGeo 6 announced the conference would move out of Turkey, following the deadly bombing at Ataturk Airport in Istanbul....
6-Year Update: Frost Heave Mitigation for Alaskan Highway
A woven geosynthetic was installed on the Dalton Highway in northern Alaska. The work was part of a research project being conducted by the University of Alaska-Fairbanks. The heavily...
EuroGeo 6 to Relocate following Latest Istanbul Attack
The organizers for EuroGeo 6, the 6th European Conference on Geosynthetics, have made the difficult decision to relocate the event to a new country, but they will keep the...
UNESCO and IECA Forge a Cooperative Agreement
The International Erosion Control Association (IECA) Region One Board of Directors have announced a cooperative agreement with the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). The agreement has...
Cartagena to Welcome VIII CICES in August
The city of Cartagena has had to confront numerous erosion challenges. The ways in which the city has responded makes Cartagena an excellent destination for VIII CICES – the...
VIDEO: Asphalt Pavement Interlayers
In a new video from Geosynthetica's YouTube channel, HUESKER describes how asphalt pavement interlayers (e.g., HaTelit®) improve the long-term performance of new roads. The high-strength, flexible, temperature-resistant composite geogrids allow...
GSI Launches Online Designing With Geosynthetics Course
The Geosynthetic Institute (GSI) continues to push geosynthetics education and professional development in forward-thinking ways. In 2012, GSI Director Emeritus Dr. Robert Koerner acquired full publishing rights to his seminal...
World Tunneling Congress 2017 Extends Abstracts
The World Tunneling Congress 2017 (WTC 2017) goes to Bergen, Norway 9 - 15 June 2017. The conference, which will include geosynthetic-relevant sessions and welcomes proposals, has extended its...
VIDEO: Geocell Solutions for Mining Applications
Load support, slope remediation, stormwater control, and vegetated retaining walls: these are all mining applications for which highly effective, extremely durable, and easy-to-implement geocell solutions are available. Presto Geosystems’...
Asphalt Pavement Interlayer Webinar – June 28
On June 28, HUESKER will present a free asphalt pavement interlayer webinar. The session will begin at 2:00 pm (EDT), will include 20 minutes of engineering information, and roughly...
Tall Reinforced Earth® Walls with Geostrip Reinforcements
With respective heights of 27 meters and 34 meters, the Strikici and Sveta Trojica projects in Croatia consist of tall Reinforced Earth® walls featuring geostrip reinforcements combined with TerraTee...
Concrete Composite Mat Excels in Railway Project
In October 2015, a Geosynthetic Cementitious Composite Mat (GCCM) was used to line a series of ditches along a railway in Liberdade, Minas Gerais, Brazil. The site...
Deadline Extension for Environmental Connection 2017
A deadline extension has been announced for the International Erosion Control Association (IECA Region One) Environmental Conneciton 2017 conference. Presentation proposals are invited through June 15.
NOTE: THIS DEADLINE HAS...
Runways and Reinforced Structures for Tana Toraja
Every year in the South Sulawesi Province of Indonesia, thousands of tourists visit to admire the breathtaking landscape and places of rituals and ceremonies of the Toraja ethnic group....
INTERVIEW: Sven Schröer on Growth in Geosynthetics
By Chris Kelsey – This is Part 2 of 2 of a profile. Part 1, based on an interview with HUESKER North America’s first president, Tom Collins, looks at...
