23 June 2010 — ASTM International Committee D35 on Geosynthetics has announced a number of interesting work items, in the wake of the recent meeting in St. Louis:
- WK29211, “Standard Test Method for Measuring the Nominal Thickness of Geosynthetics.” It is a work item revision to existing standard D5199-01(2006)
- WK29174 is a work item revision of D7001 – 06, “Standard Specification for Geocomposites for Pavement Edge Drains and Other High-Flow Applications.”
- WK29175 is a work item revision of D6088 – 06, “Standard Practice for Installation of Geocomposite Pavement Drains.”
- WK29191 is a work item revision of D5101 – 01(2006), “Standard Test Method for Measuring the Soil-Geotextile System Clogging Potential by the Gradient Ratio.”
- WK29201 is a work item for “New Test Method for Flexural Rigidity of Geogrids, Geotextiles and Related Products.”
Also, Committee D18 on Soil and Rock has issue two items of note:
- WK29134 is a work item for “New Terminology for Hydraulically-applied Erosion Control Product (HECP)”
- D7014 is a revised standard, “Standard Practice for Assembly and Placement of Double-Twisted Wire Mesh Gabions and Revet Mattresses.”
For more information on ASTM, visit www.astm.org. See also the home pages of Committee D35 on Geosynthetics and Committee D18 on Soil and Rock.
Chris Kelsey is Geosynthetica’s Editorial Director. He can be reached at chris@geosynthetica.net.
