The International Geosynthetics Society (IGS) South African Chapter, the Geosynthetics Interest Group of South Africa (GIGSA), has published its latest newsletter. This issue features a lead article from Jonathan Shamrock (Jones & Wagener) on the significant changes coming to the country’s waste management facility design regulations. Geosynthetics will play a key role in new designs, but with increased use comes the potentially increased risk of interface failure planes and heightened communication needs in the project cycle.
GIGSA’s newsletter is fantastic resource for information from the field. The members routinely share compelling articles on the practice. Editor Peter Davies does a fine job of setting the engineering context (international and domestic).
Also of note in the issue:
- A barrier systems information archive recommendation
- Shale gas extraction
- The winner of the IGS/GIGSA student award is announced
- Edoardo Zannoni takes a stab at specifications
- Belinda Mills & Brendon Jewaskiewitz (Envitech Solutions (Pty) Ltd) write on “Geosynthetic Lining System Design versus Practical Installation: Lessons Learned.”
Read these articles and more in the February 2012 GIGSA’s newsletter (PDF).
