EPA Finalizes Clean Water Rule
The US Environmental Protection Agency announced on May 27 that a long battle to update and expand the protection of the Clean Water Act to all like waters in...
STGEC 2015 Coming to Greenville
The South Carolina Department of Transportation (SCDOT) will host the 46th Annual Southeastern Transportation Geotechnical Engineering Conference, which offers geosynthetics, geohazards, erosion control, and other geotechnical professionals an excellent...
3 IECA Opportunities, 3 Deadlines
The International Erosion Control Association (IECA Region One) rarely enjoys a quiet moment. The organization is very active in education, event management, and general promotion of expert and issues...
Association of Geohazard Professionals (AGHP) Continues Growth
In North America, the field of geohazard mitigation is quite young. Around the world, however, it is a strong field of geotechnical design. Geohazard experts also utilize or their...
GeoAmericas 2016 Expanding Booth and Sponsorship May 21
The quadrennial Pan-American conference on geosynthetics—GeoAmericas 2016—is an event from the International Geosynthetics Society. As a result, IGS Corporate Members have had an exclusive window in which to request...
Reinforced Rockfall Protection Bund in Val d'Isère
By NAUE Geosynthetics - Val d'Isère in Southeastern France is famous as a winter sports area. But the beautiful mountains surrounding the valley, which is situated at an altitude...
VIDEO: Subsoil Drainage Systems
On its YouTube channel, Geofabrics has published a video detailing the advantages of the Megaflo® subsoil drainage system. The rigid, high-flow velocity panel drain is utilized in improving roadway...
Moraci to Lead Italian Geotechnical Society
By Daniele Cazzuffi - Nicola Moraci, Ph.D., an IGS Council member, full professor of Geotechnical Engineering, and Head of Department of Civil, Energy, Environmental and Materials Engineering (DICEAM) at the Mediterranean...
Environmental Connection 2016 Abstracts Due May 29
The International Erosion Control Association (IECA Region One) is accepting abstracts for Environmental Connection 2016 through May 29. Environmental Connection is the annual conference and exhibition of the association,...
Geosynthetics Support Wind Energy's Rapid Growth
Since 2008, the wind energy industry in the United States has attracted more than $100 billion in private investment. While the first three quarters of 2013 were slow amidst...
GeoAmericas 2016 Opens Booth and Sponsorship Pre-Sale
Corporate members of the International Geosynthetics Society (IGS) have an exclusive 21-day window in which to file exhibit hall booth and conference sponsorship requests for GeoAmericas 2016. The quadrennial...
Brazil Geosynthetics Market Newsletter Emerges
Late last year, Geosynthetica began a long-term publication project in partnership with the the Brazil geosynthetics community. Geosynthetica.net.br was created to deliver Brazil-market focused information on geosynthetics, applications, companies...
5 Stories on Geosynthetics for Earth Day
Geosynthetics have played a substantial role in making constructions more economical and more sustainable. In honor of Earth Day 2015, we’ve selected five of Geosynthetica’s most popular sustainability-related stories.
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IGS News Focuses on International Engineering Events
The International Geosynthetics Society (IGS) has just release Volume 31, Issue 1 of its IGS News. Published three times per year in support of the often-updated news on its...
GeoAmericas 2016 Abstracts Deadline Extended to April 10
As is always the case, a crush of abstracts is received right at the deadline … along with many requests for an extension. In light of this, and to...
IGS Relaunches Educate the Educators Program
In the 1990s*, geosynthetic material development, polymeric research, and wide-scale manufacturing advances helped the field mature quickly. Regulatory support, such as the RCRA Subtitle D rule from the US...
Strata Launches New Soil Reinforcement Website
Soil reinforcement products specialty company Strata Systems, Inc. has relaunched its www.geogrid.com website. The reinvigorated design, with an emphasis on images that visually display the complexity in geosynthetic soil...
Geogrids reinforcing the growth of Pardis near Tehran
Pardis, which is situated on the east side of Tehran, is a fast-growing community of 40,000. Multiple technology, manufacturing, and services businesses have come into the area, and that...
Deadline Reminder: GeoAmericas 2016 Abstracts
The deadline is fast approaching for GeoAmericas 2016, the 3rd Pan-American Regional Conference on Geosynthetics. Organized by the North American Geosynthetics Society (NAGS) and Minerva Technology, Resources & Information,...
AUSTRALIA: 3D Confinement System (Geoweb®) Seminars
In April, Geofabrics Australasia and Presto Geosystems are delivering a multi-city engineering seminar on "Solving Soil Stability Problems with GEOWEB®." The event, which is built on knowledge transfer of...
TRB’s International Conference on Low Volume Roads
The Transportation Research Board’s (TRB) 11th International Conference on Low-Volume Roads will be held 12 – 15 July 2015 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. LVR construction and maintenance may seem like...
GeoAmericas 2016 Conference Registration Winners
During the co-located Geosynthetics 2015 and Environmental Connection 2015 conferences in Portland, Oregon (15 – 18 February 2015), North American Geosynthetics Society (NAGS) held a drawing in the exhibit...
GeoAmericas 2016 Special Sessions – Call for Abstracts
GeoAmericas 2016 will be held 10 – 13 April 2016 in Miami, Florida, USA. The event brings together experts in geosynthetics and geotechnical engineering from throughout the Americas. Hosted...
ECTC Board of Directors Announced for 2015 – 2016
The Erosion Control Technology Council has announced the results of its recent election, which determined the 2015 – 2016 term ECTC Board of Directors. Diane Hitt (East Coast Erosion...
REVIEW: Environmental Connection 2015 – New Format, Excellent Benefits
By Elizabeth Peggs - I confess that when I heard "February in Portland" I quietly questioned a few things about the International Erosion Control Association’s (IECA Region One) 2015...
