EDANA Hosts Geotextile Workshop at INDEX 14
The triennial INDEX conference from EDANA has announced a special geotextile workshop for the 2014 edition. INDEX 14 will take place 8 – 11 April 2014 in Geneva, Switzerland...
Solmax Sponsors Rio Olympics Athlete for 2016
Montreal (Qc) – Solmax, a world leader in manufacturing PE geomembranes and developing fluid containment and transportation solutions, is proud to announce its support for Antoine Valois-Fortier, Canadian Judoka and bronze...
CQA Week Expands Opportunities and Improves Installations
The growing issues and opportunities in construction quality assurance (CQA) will be explored on two sides of the world in March and April. From March 25 – 28, CQA...
INTERVIEW: Lighter, Stronger, More Sustainable Construction Mats
Weak soils are common problems for access to oil and gas sites, wind warms, and staging areas for construction sites. In this interview with Geosynthetica’s Elizabeth Peggs, Presto Geosystems’...
Geosynthetics Conference in Honduras May Be Catalyst for Region
From 16 – 18 June 2014, the Honduran Chapter of the International Geosynthetics Society (IGS) will hold that country’s First National Conference on Geosynthetics (Honduras 2014). This is a...
GEER Responds to Christchurch, New Zealand Flooding
12 March 2014 - A team from the Geotechnical Extreme Events Reconnaissance (GEER) Association, supported by the National Science Foundation, has been mobilized to investigate the potential impacts of the...
VIDEO: ACE Geosynthetics' International Projects
ACE Geosynthetics uploaded a video to YouTube (12 March 2014) showing its international utilization of geotextile tubes, its secondary containment system, and its geotextile-based, concrete-filled revetment and scour protection...
VIDEO: Stormwater Basin with Geosynthetic Clay Liner
HUESKER has published the English-language version of its application video "Sealing of a Stormwater Holding Basin with Tektoseal®". The video explains the sealing of a water reservoir via a project...
AMI: Global PE Market Changing Dramatically Due to Shale Gas
26 February 2014 – According to a recently published study by leading industry consultants, Applied Market Information Ltd (AMI Consulting), among the factors that will significantly impact the growth of...
Geo-U Launches with 14 Lectures from Koerner and Peggs
Live and pre-recorded webinar-based and online education tools have expanded rapidly in engineering circles. The launch of Geo-U (www.geo-u.com) adds to this movement the insight of some of the...
NAGS 2014 Webinar Series Opens with R. Kerry Rowe on GCLs
On 19 March 2014, a new series of webinars from the North American Geosynthetics Society (NAGS) will debut. Tentatively scheduled to be quarterly installments, NAGS and the Geosynthetics Division...
Call for Presentations: Waterproof Membranes 2014
AMI is pleased to invite you to take part in the next international conference on Waterproof Membranes 2014, which will be held 17-19 November 2014 at the Maritim Hotel in Bonn,...
Abstracts Extension: Geosynthetics Mining Solutions 2014
The deadline for submission of abstracts to Geosynthetics Mining Solutions 2014 has been extended to March 17. Organized by Infomine, and in partnership with SLR Consulting, the event will be...
VIDEO: Scour Protection for Offshore Wind Farms
In "Secure offshore wind energy", the Amrumbank West offshore wind farm exemplifies how geotextile sand containers (Secutex® Soft Rock) enable economical, technically sound and safe construction. Here, NAUE's team...
HRH Princess Anne Unveils New Tensar Facility in Russia
FEBRUARY 2014 - The new 1 billion ruble state-of-the-art facility reinforces Tensar’s market-leading position in soil-reinforcement and subgrade stabilization technologies. The Princess Royal was welcomed by a delegation including...
FedIGS Elects Professor Jean-Louis Briaud New President
Professor Jean-Louis Briaud was very recently elected President of the Federation of International Geo-engineering Societies (FedIGS) for the 2014-2018 term. FedIGS regroups the following international societies:
ISSMGE: International Society for...
Raven Adds New Director of Sales and Business Development
Sioux Falls, SD — Raven Industries Engineered Films Division (Nasdaq:RAVN), an innovative manufacturer of specialty plastic film and sheeting, has named Bart Brown their new Director of Sales and Business...
Australia CQA Training Week Events, March 25 – 28
The dates and events for TRI Australasia’s CQA Training Week have been announced. These CQA training courses and certification offerings present a strong opportunity for CQA engineering professionals to...
10 ICG Confirms Special Lectures for Berlin
The International Conferences on Geosynthetics are of particular importance. Every four years these conferences provide a remarkable forum for geosynthetic knowledge. The 10th ICG (www.10icg-berlin.com), taking place at the ESTREL CONVENTION CENTRE...
Layfield Awarded Major Enbridge Project
EDMONTON, Alberta, Canada - Layfield Environmental Systems is pleased to announce the recent award of a contract to supply and install 105,000 m2 of Enviro Liner® 6040HD in a secondary containment application for Enbridge’s...
Father of Geocells Leaves Legacy of Innovation
One of the fathers of geosynthetics technology development, Gary Bach, is retiring from the business after 37 years with Presto Geosystems (www.prestogeo.com). Gary is the original developer of geocells,...
VIDEO: IGS UK Sponsoring Sustainability Study with Loughborough University
During the International Geosynthetics Society's (IGS) quadrennial GeoAfrica event (November 2013, Ghana), Geosynthetica's Elizabeth Peggs sat down with Peter Assinder and Prof. Neil Dixon to discuss an important sustainability...
Latest Geofabrics Journal Focuses on Oil and Gas
Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG), coal seam gas, containment ponds, and access road stability are just a few of the oil and gas issues profiled in the latest issue of...
TenCate Wins Publication Award from ICE
The Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) in the United Kingdom has awarded TenCate Geosynthetics for the article "Modelling the geotextile tube dewatering process" in Geosynthetics International Magazine. This publication...
EMPLOYMENT: CQA Market Development in Mining, Energy, and Waste
CQA Solutions, Ltd. (http://cqasolutions.co), a leader in containment construction quality assurance (CQA), is looking to expand our field services department in the Mining, Energy, Shale Gas, and Waste Containment...
