After spending a number of years working in Australia’s geosynthetic engineering field, American Joseph Little returned to the States and founded the environmental consulting firm, Little Environments LLC in Raleigh, North Carolina. Little brought back considerable insight into the use of geosynthetics in shoreline applications—a major area of engineering in Australia. Following a meeting at a RESTORE Act gathering,...

"Koerner's Korner" returns! Dr. Robert Koerner of the Geosynthetic Institute (GSI) shares updates on and insight from GSI's work. In this installment, he discusses MSE wall failures and the new GSI webinar series--the first four sessions of which address MSE wall design and performance issues. - Geosynthetica ** It is generally known that there have been a number of failures of...

The Utah Department of Transportation is using an innovative method to replace the Interstate Highway I-84 overpass bridge near Echo Junction in northern Utah (USA) to save construction time and government money. Bridges will be supported on a mechanically stabilized earth system utilizing TenCate Mirafi® geotextile reinforcement. The state is building a replacement 58-foot wide span bridge. The bridge will...

By the Geosynthetic Institute - The GSI Board of Directors has made their selections for this year’s GSI Fellowship Awards from a number of proposals from universities around the world. The program recognizes and supports outstanding graduate students studying geosynthetics. Requests for Proposals (RFPs) for the upcoming 7th year of the program will be announced this winter. In order...

The Geosynthetic Institute (GSI) has been a globally influential organization in geosynthetics-related research, specification, and education. This year, Dr. Robert Koerner has launched a webinar series. The sessions are held every second Wednesday of the month from 11:30 am - 1:00 pm (Eastern Time Zone). The cost for participation is $250 and attendees earn 1.5 PDHs. Further registration information is...

In the July 2013 article "Electrical Leak Location Arc Tester to Revolutionize Liner Quality," Abigail Beck of TRI Liner Integrity Services wrote, "New equipment has been developed that behaves like a spark tester, but doesn’t have to be performed on conductive-backed geomembrane." Ms. Beck will profile this equipment, known as the Arc Tester, in greater detail during a free...

The organizers for GeoMontreal 2013 have released the latest updates for the event, including a reminder of the 31 July 2013 early-bird registration deadline. GeoMontreal 2013 will be held 29 September – 3 October 2013 at the Hilton Montreal Bonaventure Hotel, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It is organized by the Canadian Geotechnical Society (CGS) in collaboration with the International Association...

The inaugural edition of a new biennial conference series, Geosintec Iberia, will be hosted by the Spanish chapter of the International Geosynthetics Society (IGS) 5-6 November 2013 in Seville, Spain. Dr. Jorge Zornberg (IGS President) and Dr. Jean-Pierre Giroud, one of the "godfathers" of the discipline, will deliver the keynote lectures. Together with the contributions of the rest of...

The 10th International Conference on Geosynthetics (10 ICG) will be held 21-25 September 2014 in Berlin, Germany. This will be the biggest international geosynthetics conference during 2014, and it very well may be the biggest ICG to date. The event is being co-located with the 33rd German Geotechnical Society (DGGT) conference, which itself often has around 2000 participants. The organizers...

18 July 2013 – Varennes, QC – Solmax, positioned among the top three worldwide leaders in the manufacturing of geomembranes, will be present at the AIMEX  2013 held at the Sydney Olympic Park in Australia from August 20 to 23, 2013. The four-day event is Asia-Pacific’s International Mining Exhibition, featuring the latest in mining equipment, technologies and services. Mining...