For three years, a patent dispute has played out between Concrete Canvas and Eurobent over the latter company's material Tiltex™. Concrete Canvas Technology Ltd. is the inventor of Concrete Canvas® products, commonly known as a geosynthetic cementitious composite mat (GCCM). Tiltex has been presented as a GCCM material. The 11 February 2021 ruling in the patent dispute includes a sum...

On March 3, renowned geosynthetic clay liner (GCL) expert Kent von Maubeuge (NAUE) will deliver a live webinar on “GCL Standard Specification GRI-GCL3: Background, Development, Limitations, and Latest Updates.” The time of the presentation is 5:00 pm AEST (Brisbane) / 8:00 am CET (Berlin) / 2:00 am EST (New York). This free event is organized by the International Geosynthetics Society’s...

The long-running Geosynthetics Conference from IFAI and the Geosynthetic Materials Association (GMA) was able to hold its event in person in 2020, with its early-year position. But in 2021, organizers have had to make the same difficult decision that all other events have had to under Covid: Move the event on the calendar? Go virtual? Cancel? Fortunately for the geosynthetics...

What will you and your organization support in 2021? We’ve got a few favorites in events and memberships that we hope you’ll take part in too. NOTE: This page has been updated with recent event date changes.  2021 Events Geosynthetics Virtual Conference 2021 (February 22 - 25, ONLINE) The long-running Geosynthetics Conference series continues, despite the challenges presented by covid. Organizers at...

The 12th International Conference on Geosynthetics (12 ICG) will be held 18 – 22 September 2022 in Rome, Italy at the Auditorium Parco della Musica. As the quadrennial, global event for the International Geosynthetics Society, 12 ICG will continue the series tradition of excellence. It was last held in Seoul, South Korea in 2018 with extraordinary international participation. The Call...

The Australasian Chapter of the International Geosynthetics Society (ACIGS) has quickly become one of the most active chapters in the world. One of its key outreach initiatives has been a series of webinars that are open to the engineering community. On January 28 (3:00 pm AEST), the series continues with a focus on ethics. Many engineering licensing bodies require regular...

Geosynthetic clay liners (GCLs) have a tremendous record as hydraulic barriers in engineered lining and capping systems. Still, they are not necessarily well understood by the larger geotechnical design community. They require knowledge not only of geosynthetics but of sodium bentonite types, behavior, and suitability in certain applications. Dr. Craig Benson, Dean of the School of Engineering at the University...

The International Geosynthetics Society (IGS) and its 40+ chapters organize and support numerous conferences around the world, including quadrennial regional conferences and the quadrennial International Conference on Geosynthetics (ICG). Last year saw only one of the three expected regional IGS conferences (GeoAmericas 2020) able to be held, due to Covid’s disruption. That event was held virtually. This year, engineers, regulators,...

There’s an old saying in media that “content is king.” Our friends at NAUE Group are certainly celebrating a regal milestone in the field, as they published Issue #50 of NAUE News in December. The publication series, established in January 1998, has never been an exclusively corporate newsletter. The company has steadily delivered relevant project stories, standards updates, market...

Each year we look back at the most-read stories on Geosynthetica. One of the fascinating things about this year’s list is how our readers were doing the same: looking back. More than half of the Top 10 articles are from previous years. The 2018 volume of stories performed particularly well. It’s a testament to the enduring relevancy of the geosynthetic...