HUESKER Seeks Agriculture Business Unit Sales Manager
North Carolina-based HUESKER inc. seeks an experienced Sales Division Manager. The position will be responsible for managing and overseeing the company’s sales in the growing Agriculture Business Unit. The...
IAGI / FGI Geomembrane Installation Guidelines
The International Association of Geosynthetic Installers (IAGI) and the Fabricated Geomembrane Institute (FGI) both have a long history of establishing field-improving protocols, such as certifications and standard. Now, they...
CQA Solutions Adds Partner from Palo Verde Work
The high-level geomembrane installation at the Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station (2009 – 2013) has been well documented, particularly for its “Zero Leaks” approach. Glen Toepfer of CQA Solutions,...
GSI Asia and IGS Council Gather in Seoul
Despite some anxiety over recent cases of the viral Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) in some places in Korea, the geosynthetics community kept to its schedule and gathered for...
Sven Schröer on Agricultural Water Security
In the April 2015 issue of Irrigation Leader, North Carolina-based HUESKER inc.’s CEO Sven Schröer was interviewed for the publication’s “Business Leaders” section. The interview, which begins on Page...
Additional Details on Coal Ash Management Forum
During the past week, Geosynthetica has interviewed waste management operators, utilities, design engineering firms, geosynthetics manufacturers, and fabricators and installers about coal combustion residuals (CCRs). The interviews...
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...
Strata Releases New Spanish-Language Website for Soil Reinforcement
With a rapidly growing global sales and manufacturing presence, Strata Systems, Inc. has developed more regionally targeted portals in support of its clients and Strata’s soil reinforcement products. In...
Environmental Connection Offer: Win a Geo-U Course
The International Erosion Control Association’s (IECA) annual Environmental Connection conference will gather February 16 – 19 in San Antonio, Texas. Geosynthetica will be in the international exhibit hall in...
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...
The Road Ahead: Transportation Engineering
The GeoAmericas 2016 transportation engineering track will hold paper presentation sessions on April 11 and 12 at the Loews Miami Beach Hotel on South Beach. These sessions will present...
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)....
Geosynthetic Reinforcement for Wind Energy
The old saying "Out of sight, out of mind" applies to a lot of geotechnical work. The materials that provide the essential support to roadways, retaining walls, embankments, etc....
Coming Soon: Graphene-Enhanced Geotextiles
On June 14, Imagine IM officially opened Australia's first commercial graphene production facility. The grand opening of the North Geelong (Victoria) site included Imagine's team and representatives from Geofabrics...
Controlling Coastal Flooding with Geocontainers
The ferocious storms which pounded the NSW and Southern Queensland coasts in early June brought into focus the Climate Council's 2014 report Counting the Costs: Climate Change and Coastal...
Geofabrics Australasia Wins Manufacturing Award
The 2016 Manufacturers' Monthly Endeavour Awards honored Geofabrics Australasia as Manufacturer of the Year during a May 12 ceremony in Sydney. Geofabrics was recognized for its production of Trinet®...
GCLs Continue to Influence Barrier Designs
The use of geosynthetic clay liners--GCLs--in engineered barrier systems has broadened substantially. Part of this growth has been fueled by a long record of successful performance. And, as with...
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...
After Istanbul, IGS Rallies Members for EuroGeo 6
The International Geosynthetics Society (IGS) continues to rally its individual and corporate members around the Turkish Chapter of the IGS. After the June 28 attack at Istanbul’s international airport,...
EuroGeo 6 Announces Move to Slovenia
It was only on June 30 that the organizers of EuroGeo 6 announced the conference would move out of Turkey, following the deadly bombing at Ataturk Airport in Istanbul....
EuroGeo 6 Abstracts Extended to November 30
The 6th European Conference on Geosynthetics (EuroGeo 6) will be held 25 – 28 September 2016 in Istanbul. With multiple IGS events having important deadlines in near proximity and other...
EuroGeo 6 Abstracts Due October 30
The technical committee of the 6th European Conference on Geosynthetics (EuroGeo 6) remind readers that the window for submission of abstracts will close 30 October 2015. Please remind your...
Slope Erosion Protection for Golf Courses – Example Project
By Strata Geosystems – DLF Ltd (Delhi Land & Finance - largest commercial real estate developers in India) redesigned its 18-hole golf course into a grand 27-hole facility in...
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...
Mid-Term Elections Lead IGS News 32-1
The first 2016 issue of IGS News from the International Geosynthetics Society (IGS) has been released. The issue includes some prominent support of the Society's first major regional...
