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GSI agriculture/aquaculture webinar upcoming
February 25th, 2022
GSI agriculture/aquaculture webinar on March 16, 2022, will focus on geosynthetics in farming and fish farming operations. A Raven Engineered Films geosynthetic agricultural silage cover. The upcoming GSI agriculture/aquaculture webinar will include such uses. Photograph courtesy of Raven Engineered Films The Geosynthetic Institute (GSI) will sponsor a webinar, “Geosynthetics in Agriculture and Aquaculture,” on March […]
Free Geosynthetics Conference archive launches
February 25th, 2022
The conference’s organizers have made available 1,500 white papers and dozens of videos in the online, free Geosynthetics Conference archive. The free Geosynthetics Conference archive includes proceedings from conferences dating back to the IFAI-sponsored Second International Conference on Geotextiles, Aug. 1–6, 1982, in Las Vegas, Nev. The Industrial Fabrics Association International (IFAI), the Geosynthetics Materials Association […]
Geotechnical materials testing lab opens in Georgia
February 24th, 2022
The geotechnical materials testing lab for Golder Associates Inc. in Norcross, Ga., will test geosynthetic, geotechnical, aggregate and concrete materials. The Golder Associates Inc. construction materials testing lab in Norcross, Ga., opened on Feb. 21, 2022. Photograph courtesy of Golder Associates Inc. A Golder Associates Inc. construction materials testing services laboratory destroyed by arson in […]
Geo conference proposal deadline is Feb. 28
February 21st, 2022
Submit your session proposals by the Geo conference proposal deadline of Feb. 28 to share your expertise at Geosynthetics Conference 2023. Downtown Kansas City, Mo., at dusk. Photograph by Doug Wertman. Creative Commons License Attribution 2.0 Generic (CC BY 2.0) Geosynthetics Conference 2023, to be held in Kansas City, Mo., Feb. 5–8, 2023, is accepting […]
The history of geocells
February 18th, 2022
By Ashley Beyer, Content and Marketing Specialist, Presto Geosystems Presto Geosystems, which invented geocells in the late 1970s, expands on the history of geocells technology. Side-by-side cost/performance testing of polymer and aluminum geocells at the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Waterways Experiment Station in Vicksburg, Miss., circa 1979. Photograph courtesy of Presto Geosystems Geocell technology has come […]
NSF International president and CEO Lawlor to retire; Sancha to take over
February 17th, 2022
NSF International president and CEO Kevan P. Lawlor will step down, making way for the Pedro Sancha era at the standards organization. Retiring NSF International president and CEO Kevan P. Lawlor NSF International of Ann Arbor, Mich., announced that president and CEO Kevan P. Lawlor will retire in 2022, and Pedro Sancha will become the next NSF International president and […]
12 ICG abstracts deadline approaches
February 15th, 2022
The 12th International Conference on Geosynthetics (12 ICG)—to be held Sept. 17–21, 2023, in Rome, Italy—has set the 12 ICG abstracts deadline for Feb. 28, 2022. The Pons Cestius over the Tiber River in Rome, Italy. Photograph by Stefano Losardo. Creative Commons License Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0 Generic (CC BY-SA 2.0) Since 2020, the 12th International Conference […]
Geocells for railway track beds focus of webinar
February 11th, 2022
Jie Han to present webinar hosted by GMA/Geosynthetics magazine on improving performance of ballast using geocells for railway track beds. Jie Han, Ph.D., P.E., F.ASCE, will speak about using geocells for railway track beds in the webinar. The Geosynthetic Materials Association and Geosynthetics magazine will sponsor the webinar, “Use of Geocells to Improve Performance of […]
Tensar technical seminar to feature Arkansas governor
February 9th, 2022
Gov. Asa Hutchison and Arkansas Department of Transportation Director Lori Tudor will address the impact of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) on state transportation projects at the Tensar technical seminar. Tensar International Corp.’s InterAx geogrid, a new product released in August 2021. Photograph courtesy Tensar International Corp. Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson and Director […]
Alternative stress cracking surfactants identified for HDPE geomembrane testing
February 9th, 2022
The Australian geosynthetics testing company ExcelPlas discusses the search for alternative stress cracking surfactants to the pollutant Igepal CO-630. Photograph courtesy Solmax Geosynthetics testing company ExcelPlas in Highett, Victoria, Australia, has identified two alternative stress cracking surfactants for high-density polyethylene (HDPE) geomembranes. Igepal™ CO-630, the non-ionic surfactant used in high-density polyethylene (HDPE) stress cracking bath, […]