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TRI Environmental to host CQA Week
October 29th, 2021
Online event offers chance to expand your geosynthetic construction quality assurance (CQA) knowledge Photograph courtesy of Chris Kelsey and TRI Environmental The renowned geosynthetics CQA Week courses from TRI Environmental return Dec. 6–10, 2021, in a convenient online format. The live, half-day morning sessions can be used as preparation for the Geosynthetic Certification Institute–Inspectors Certification […]
Gary Johnson named president of Crafco
October 28th, 2021
Crafco president, Gary Johnson. Photograph courtesy Crafco, Inc. Crafco, Inc., announced Gary Johnson has been promoted to president of the company. Johnson joined Crafco as Vice President—Sealant Operations in 2019. He was responsible for the company’s sealant manufacturing operations nationwide: overseeing materials management, safety and regulatory compliance; product engineering and development; and facility and personnel […]
Everything you need to know about the World of Coal Ash 2022
October 27th, 2021
The Cincinnati, Ohio, skyline as seen from Covington, Ky. Photograph by Jason Zhang. Creative Commons License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/deed.en The World of Coal Ash (WOCA) 2022 is coming to Northern Kentucky/Cincinnati riverfront May 16–19, 2022. It has been too long since our WOCA family has gathered, and we can’t wait to welcome all attendees, exhibitors, speakers and […]
Hawaii geosynthetic highway drainage application
October 26th, 2021
Photograph courtesy of Tiltex Tiltex 7B geosynthetic cementitious composite mat (GCCM) was recently specified by the Hawaiian Department of Transport for a highway roadside drainage upgrade project. Due to its ease of application to existing road infrastructure and hot asphaltic road surfacing to Tiltex 7B, fast application time and 11,603-psi (80-MPa) compressive strength, Tiltex 7B […]
Geosynthetics combine to create stiffened trackbed in Scotland
October 25th, 2021
Photograph courtesy of Greenfix UK and Presto GeoSystems The Borders Railway is the longest new domestic railway to be constructed in Britain in more than 100 years. Four new stations in Midlothian area and three in the Scottish Borders region have reduced journey times between Tweedbank and Edinburgh to less than one hour from nearly […]
IFAI Expo’s ExpoONLINE available now
October 22nd, 2021
Downtown Nashville, Tenn. Photograph by Tabitha Kaylee Hawk. License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/deed.en. Have you had a chance to check out ExpoONLINE? The Industrial Fabrics Association International (IFAI) Expo in Nashville, Tenn., Nov. 2–4, is fast approaching, and we hope you’ll find this new online community a beneficial tool to enhance your IFAI Expo experience. ExpoONLINE helps attendees […]
TRB offers webinar on longer life for low-volume roads with geosynthetics
October 21st, 2021
Photograph courtesy of the U.S. Forest Service Low-volume road construction can benefit from using geosynthetics. The Transportation Research Board (TRB) will host a webinar, “Giving Low-Volume Roads a Longer Life with Geosynthetics,” on Nov. 8, 2021, from 2 to 3:30 p.m. EST that will discuss the current state of knowledge regarding the use of geosynthetics […]
GSI to host webinar on geotextile filters
October 20th, 2021
Photograph courtesy of Ocean Non Woven Pvt. Ltd. The Geosynthetic Institute (GSI) will sponsor a webinar, “Geotextile Filters: Concerns and Issues,” on Nov. 10, from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. EST. Geosynthetic Materials Association (GMA) member companies and their employees receive discounted rates on all GSI webinar and short course registrations. It is roughly estimated […]
Transportation Research Board looking for geosynthetics webinars for 2022
October 19th, 2021
Photograph courtesy of Sol Solution The next round of the Transportation Research Board (TRB) Webinar Program is underway, and the deadline for webinar proposals is one month away. TRB webinar proposals are due by midnight (your local time) on Monday, Nov. 15, 2021. Proposals are open to anyone. However, all proposals must have approval of […]
ASCE Geo-Institute issues Call for Abstracts for Geo-Congress 2023
October 18th, 2021
Winter shot of downtown Los Angeles with Mount Baldy in the background after a large snowstorm. Photograph by Alek Leckszas. Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-SA 4.0) The American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) Geo-Institute has issued a Call for Abstracts for the Geo-Congress 2023, to be held in Los Angeles, Calif., March 26–29, 2023. The […]