Richard Bathurst Joins Panel on Engineering Career Development
The 3rd Pan-American Conference on Geosynthetics (GeoAmericas 2016) will be held 10 – 13 April 2016 in Miami at the Loews Miami Beach Hotel. The event's organizers have announced...
Geosynthetica Adds Andre Lacerda as Sales Executive
Geosynthetica and its publisher, Minerva, have added Andre Lacerda, MBA to serve as Sales Executive. Lacerda, an international business expert with more than a decade of experience in global...
Solmax Reflects on the 2015 Geosynthetics Market
In 2015, there was little time for rest. Solmax launched four new products and filed two patents. We summarize some of the biggest developments here. These highlights...
Mining Engineering at GeoAmericas 2016
When GeoAmericas 2016 convenes in April in Miami, one of its cornerstone topics will be mining engineering. The scale of mines has increased dramatically in the past decade, which...
Coastal Engineering Opportunities at GeoAmericas 2016
Geosynthetic materials are used extensively in coastal engineering and protection projects. The modern geotextiles industry, in fact, emerged in the 1950s in response to flooding in the Netherlands and tropical storm damage...
IECA Announces Environmental Award Winners
The International Erosion Control Association Region One (IECA) has announced the environmental award winners for the 2015 Environmental Achievement Award and the 2015 Outstanding Professional of the Year. Top...
HUESKER Adds Four Mini-Webinars in January
Webinars have grown significantly in their use for technical knowledge transfer, engineering training, and product and application introduction. HUESKER, which has run a successful series of hour-long webinars,...
GeoAmericas 2016 Features GeoPrediction Competition
The Young Professionals Program at GeoAmericas 2016 has announced its GeoPrediction Competition. This team-based event will focus on predicting the face displacement of an MSE wall constructed with poorly...
Demtech Opens Equipment Warehouse and Service Center in Ohio
Though Demtech Services, Inc. has well-established itself as an international manufacturer of and parts and service provider for geosynthetic installation equipment, its operations have been almost exclusively out of its...
Presto Geosystems and a LEED® First for Door County
Wisconsin's Door County is known for its natural beauty, with much of its economy tied to nature-related tourism and businesses. Despite its strong reputation, the area has not actually...
NAUE Reviews 2015 Geosynthetic Projects and Markets
Though 2015 saw a number of enormous challenges for manufacturers, the geosynthetics market found a number of successes. NAUE, which has its international headquarters in Germany, has just released...
Basal Reinforcement Project: Port of Guaymas, Mexico
The Port of Guaymas functions as a shipping, manufacturing, commercial, and tourism center. It lies on the shores of the Gulf of California on the Pacific Ocean in Sonora,...
US Congress Agrees on 5-Year Transportation Bill
After a month of negotiations and bicameral conference meetings, the US House and Senate have come to an agreement on a USD $281 billion transportation bill.
The Associated Press's...
Final Extension for EuroGeo 6 Abstracts – December 20
In response to multiple international requests, the organizers of the 6th European Conference on Geosynthetics have offered a final extension for EuroGeo 6 abstracts. All submissions to be considered must be submitted...
IGS Barrier Geosynthetics Lecture Added to GeoAmericas 2016
The International Geosynthetics Society (IGS) Technical Committee on Barriers has organized a technical lecture to be included in the GeoAmericas 2016 conference program. The topic: "The Contributions of Barrier...
Military Engineering: Blast Walls with Geotextiles
The Canadian Forces Ammunition Depot (CFAD) in Bedford, Nova Scotia has updated its facility with geosynthetic-supported blast walls. The hillside site, overlooking the Bedford Basin edge of Halifax Harbour,...
Terrafix Winter Seminar Series 2015 – 2016
terrafix® has made substantial updates to the engineering information in its annual Winter Seminar Series, making this year's offerings more important even for those who have attended previously....
Training Lectures and Panel Discussions at GeoAmericas 2016
The 49 technical sessions at the 3rd Pan-American Conference on Geosynthetics (GeoAmericas 2016) will include multiple high-quality panel discussions and training lectures. Diverse topics address geosynthetic installation, the...
Live and On-Demand Professional Development
As the calendar year winds down, professional development opportunities such as engineering webinars are utilized more. For some, these sessions provide needed PDHs. For others, it is...
REVIEW: Geosynthetics Middle East 2015
The 7th edition of the international conference and exhibition Geosynthetics Middle East 2015 (GeoME 2015) once again turned the capital of the United Arab Emirates—Abu Dhabi—into an international meeting...
Best Rate for Environmental Connection 2016
The International Erosion Control Association's (IECA Region One) annual conference will be held 16 – 19 February 2016 in San Antonio, Texas. Register for Environmental Connection 2016 by December...
New Mining Risks at Mount Polley and Samarco
The mining disasters at the Mount Polley mine in British Columbia, Canada and at the Samarco Mine in Minas Gerais, Brazil were both dramatic examples of containment failures. Each...
Awards Enhance Geosynthetics Middle East Status
The GeoME Awards were held at Geosynthetics Middle East 2015. While the event was the 7th in the annual series, it marked the first time for the GeoME...
GeoAsia 6 Extends Abstracts Deadline
Nearly 20 years ago, the GeoAsia conference series kicked off with an International Geosynthetics Society (IGS) conference in Bangalore. The event was hosted by IGS India, which celebrated...
Brawler Re-Invests in Its Geomembrane Manufacturing
In May 2014, Brawler Industries acquired In-Line Plastics, LC. The move extended Brawler's geomembrane manufacturing and fabrication abilities, joining In-Line's large Houston facility with the acquiring company's plant...
