LAST CHANCE to Register for Canal Lining Webinars, September 9, 10, and 17
Geosynthetic barriers are engineered to provide exceptional containment of liquids. The range of products and systems is wide and they cannot all be applied in the same way. HUESKER...
RELEASE: Burke Industries Announces Strategic Partners for CSPE Geomembranes
8 September 2015 – Burke Industries, a global leader in CSPE geomembranes, announces exclusive, strategic partnerships with Colorado Lining International, Inc. (CLI) and Layfield Environmental Systems Corp (Layfield). Going...
Geosynthetic Institute Announces 2015 – 2016 Fellowship Awards
The Geosynthetic Institute (GSI) has a long and successful record of promoting geosynthetics research in university engineering programs through is GSI Fellowship Awards program. The 2015 – 2016 Fellowship...
CLI Brands Hydro-Cap(TM) Floating Cover System
Colorado Lining International, Inc. (CLI) is giving its well-established floating cover system a new brand: Hydro-Cap™. The system has been used in a broad range of environmental conditions...
CQA Week Course Dates: November 2 – 6
CQA Week delivers courses on performing liner integrity surveys (electrical leak location), CQC/CQA of geosynthetic installation, and CQC/CQA of geosynthetic clay liner and compacted clay liner installation. The...
Pipe Week Courses, October 6 – 9
Pipe Week returns with two 1.5-day short courses to be held at TRI Environmental's Austin, Texas campus. Both corrugated (October 6 - 7) and solid-wall plastic pipe (October 8...
Denver Downs to Host IECA Southeast Field Day, September 24
The International Erosion Control Association Southeast Chapter (IECA Southeast) will host its annual Field Day on 24 September 2015 at the Denver Downs Research Facility (DDRF) in Anderson, South...
XV PCSMGE Pre-Conference Workshop on Geosynthetic Reinforcement
Argentina will host a very international gathering of engineers in November when the XV Pan-American Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (XV PCSMGE), the VIII South American Conference...
GSE’s Boyd Ramsey Relocates to China
The addition of carbon black-industry veteran Mark Leigh to GSE Environmental’s leadership in the Americas has garnered a lot of headlines; but another move within GSE is also worth...
Peer-Reviewed Online Education from IECA
By Laura Clark – Did you know that all of IECA’s online education and webinars are peer-reviewed? IECA is constantly striving to improve and grow its educational offerings. All...
In Memoriam: Benedito de Souza Bueno
Last month, one of Brazil's geosynthetics pioneers passed away. Professor Benedito de Souza Bueno, who led the International Geosynthetics Society’s Brazilian Chapter (IGS Brasil) from 2003 to 2007, passed...
IGS Educate the Educators Succeeds in Texas
More than 40 civil and geotechnical engineering professors from across the US and Canada gathered in Austin, Texas in late July to take part in the Educate the Educators™...
Call for Speakers: 7th Geosynthetics Middle East
SKZ is holding open its call for speakers for the 7th edition of Geosynthetics Middle East (GEOME 2015) for one more week. The event is the biggest geosynthetics...
GSE Environmental Names Mark Leigh President of Americas
GSE Environmental has announced the addition of Mark Leigh as the company’s President of the Americas, as of August 24. Leigh brings more than three decades of experience, including...
Registration Deadline for ECSMGE Reinforcement Workshop – August 31
The registration deadline for a seat in the International Geosynthetics Society’s (IGS) reinforcement workshop at the 16th European Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (XVI ECSMGE)...
VIDEO: Geosynthetic Containers in Mining and Mineral Processing
A new video from TenCate profiles the utilization of geosynthetic containers in mining and mineral processing. TenCate Geotube® containers are being used in a large range of applications, such...
Jie Han to Lead Geosynthetics Lecture Series in Australia and NZ
Annually, Geofabrics Australasia brings a top-tier geosynthetics lecture series to Australia and New Zealand. This year's series, which will be held on multiple dates in September, will be...
Geosynthetic Barriers Workshop Program for ECSMGE
Attendees at the highly anticipated XVI European Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (XVI ECSMGE) in Edinburgh, 13 – 17 September 2015, will be able to attend...
ASTM D35 Announces Geosynthetics Seminar in India
ASTM International Committee D35 on Geosynthetics has announced a special geosynthetics seminar and associated committee meetings to held in Mumbia, India 2 - 4 December 2015 at the...
Graphene and the Next Generation of Geosynthetics
By Ian D. Peggs – Geosynthetic materials and products continue their steady development, as additive packages and manufacturing technologies evolve. Today, however, is different. Today, we are truly...
IGS Announces Reinforcement Workshop at XVI ECSMGE
The International Geosynthetics Society (IGS) has announced a second important workshop to be held in Edinburgh alongside the 16th European Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (XVI ECSMGE)....
Paul Barker Retires from Agru America
After 50+ years in the engineering field, a career in which he witnessed and contributed to the rise of geosynthetic technologies, Paul Barker is retiring. His professional path brought...
Solmax Names Jean-Louis Vangeluwe New CEO
International geosynthetics manufacturer Solmax has announced the appointment of company veteran Mr. Jean-Louis Vangeluwe as its new Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Vangeluwe has spent nearly two full decades with...
AUSTRALIA: Bouazza to Give E.H. Davis Memorial Lecture
The field of geosynthetics will be front and center when the Australian Geomechanics Society's E.H. Davis Memorial Lecture tour kicks off in August. Dr. Malek Bouazza, a longtime active...
INTERVIEW: Polymeric Strap Reinforcement for MSE Walls
The Transportation Research Board (TRB) Annual Meeting honored the paper "Instrumented MSE Wall Reinforced with Polyester Straps" (Paper #15-0895) with its Best Paper 2015 award from TRB's Soil Mechanics Section. The work, which...
