The Geosynthetic Institute (GSI) has released its White Paper #26: “Need for and Justification of Quality Management Systems for Successful Geosynthetic Performance.” In it, the Institute notes that despite 30+ years of literature documenting the great many successes with geosynthetics, three areas still have experienced types of failures that may “set the stage for the justification of quality management systems.” These areas: holes in geomembranes, geotextile filter failures, and MSE wall failures.
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