The first 2013 issue of the International Geosynthetics Society's IGS News has been published. This issue features a look ahead to this year's GeoAfrica 2013 (Accra, Ghana, 18-20 November 2013), calls for IGS Awards nominees, the 10 ICG call for papers (Berlin, Germany, 21-25 September 2014), reports from recent events, forthcoming IGS and IGS Auspices events, new chapter profiles, and...

Terrafix Geosynthetics Inc. has announced the next installment in its long-running series of professional development events. This time, the company is teaming up with Rehill Building Suppliers, an East-Central Ontario company with 130+ years of construction activity behind it. (terrafix® is actually celebrating its 40th anniversary this year, making it one of the oldest geosynthetics-related companies in the field.)...

When Paul Barker and his wife Diana abruptly married and moved to Africa so he could begin his career in what became the field of geosynthetics, he had expected it to be a short contract. Two years, perhaps five. Now, 50 years later, he's still involved. Barker was recognized for this extraordinary anniversary during Geosynthetics 2013 (Long Beach, California, April...

The certification of all four TenCate market groups in Nijverdal, the Netherlands, on the CSR Performance Ladder in accordance with level 3 represents the next step for the TenCate textile technology company in the implementation of its sustainability policy. On the basis of detailed audits, accredited certification bureaus recently established that the business operation of the Dutch production companies...

By Ian D. Peggs ** Can geomembrane stress cracking (SC) be eliminated altogether? Probably not. But it can still surely be reduced if we understand its causes a little better. Can SC be eliminated altogether? Probably not. But it can still surely be reduced if we understand its causes a little better. We have made great improvements (specified NCTL times from 200 to...

The Erosion Control Technology Council (ECTC) has published a comprehensive General Usage and Installation Guideline for Hydraulic Erosion Control Products (HECPs). This guideline is the result of consensus amongst leading manufacturers of HECPs in the industry and is designed to satisfy the needs of engineers, designers and other end-users of these products. The guideline may be used as a...

The Geosynthetics Interest Group of South Africa (GIGSA), which is a chapter of the International Geosynthetics Society (IGS), has published its April 2013 GIGSA Newsletter. This edition continues the chapter's traditional strong project stories, industry insight and opportunities, and trends in regulations. Feature stories here focus on tailings dam construction, a letter from new GIGSA president Riva Nortjé, an update...

Durante los días 5 y 6 de Noviembre de 2013, Sevilla será la sede del Congreso Geosintec Iberia1, organizado por el Capítulo Español de la International Geosynthetics Society (IGS) con la colaboración de otras instituciones, oficiales y privadas. El Capítulo Español de la International Geosynthetics Society convoca y tiene el placer de invitarle a asistir al Congreso Geosintec Iberia1,...

There are two ASTM International standards updates to report for 8 April 2013 from Committee D35 on Geosynthetics: * Committee D35 on Geosynthetics has published a new standard, D7853 - Standard Test Method for Hydraulic Pullout Resistance of a Geomembrane with Locking Extensions Embedded in Concrete. As the committee notes in the Significance and Use section of the standard, "Due...

W. CONSHOHOCKEN, Pa. – John S. McCartney, Ph.D., an assistant professor at the University of Colorado, Boulder, Colo., is a recipient of the 2013 President's Leadership Award from ASTM International. The President's Leadership Award recognizes individuals early in their ASTM career who have significantly advanced the Society's mission through extraordinary accomplishment, example and vision, and is presented to two ASTM...