April 2006 Issue

• Apax acquires Contech

  CONTECH® Construction Products Inc. announced that Apax has completed its acquisition of a majority ownership interest in Contech.

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  New silt-fence installer ready

  Burchland Mfg. LLC has announced the introduction of its XT-Series Silt Fence Installers.

• FLI lands $12 million lining contract

  FLI Environmental, the Waterford, Ireland-based international environmental solutions provider, has won a $12.3 million contract for the installation of containment facilities on an island in the middle of the Pacific Ocean.

• Geo Solutions for the Environment, Transportation, and Homeland Security

  Geosynthetics 2007 will be held at the Hilton Washington in Washington, D.C., Jan. 16–19, 2007, immediately preceding the Transportation Research Board’s 86th Annual Meeting.

• Bolivar to get $1.4M to fix, cover sand socks damaged by hurricane

  The hurricane-beaten sand socks on Bolivar Peninsula in Texas will get about $1.4 million worth of attention from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).

• GreenSpec Directory now available

  The expanded and revised 6th edition of the GreenSpec® Directory of environmentally preferable building products contains nearly 2,000 listings.

• Geosynthetics (formerly GFR) receives awards

  The magazine formerly known as GFR has received two awards from the Minnesota Magazine Publishers Association.

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  On the grow: Assessing the U.S. green roof market

  Multiple benefits, new technologies are building up green roofs.

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  Construction Quality Assurance and Inspectors Certification Program (CQA-ICP)

  Construction quality assurance (CQA) and construction quality control (CQC) are widely recognized as critically important factors in overall quality management for waste containment facilities of all types.

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  The enhancement of interface shear strength between two nonwoven geotextiles

  Interfaces involving nonwoven to nonwoven geotextile surfaces are sometimes part of the design of landfill liner systems.

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  Berm is working on the railroad

  Geosynthetic solution offers both separation and reinforcement for this Canadian rail project.

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  Eight ways to achieve improved retaining-wall performance

  A refresher course for SRW success.

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  Rejuvenated reservoir will irrigate world-famous golf courses

  More than 21 acres of geomembrane help revive Pebble Beach’s Forest Lake Reservoir.

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  Projects highlight progressive uses of geosynthetics

  A problem-solving wall project in Michigan and preserving Stump Pass in Florida highlight two more progressive uses of geosynthetics.

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  Berm is working on the railroad

  Geosynthetic solution offers both separation and reinforcement for this Canadian rail project.

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  Rejuvenated reservoir will irrigate world-famous golf courses

  More than 21 acres of geomembrane help revive Pebble Beach’s Forest Lake Reservoir.

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  On the grow: Assessing the U.S. green roof market

  Multiple benefits, new technologies are building up green roofs.

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  A garden grows on a Minneapolis rooftop

  Architects, designers, and new geosynthetics build a high-rise green space.

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  Construction Quality Assurance and Inspectors Certification Program (CQA-ICP)

  Construction quality assurance (CQA) and construction quality control (CQC) are widely recognized as critically important factors in overall quality management for waste containment facilities of all types.

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  Geotube questions

  Robert M. Koerner answers three questions about geotubes.

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  The enhancement of interface shear strength between two nonwoven geotextiles

  Interfaces involving nonwoven to nonwoven geotextile surfaces are sometimes part of the design of landfill liner systems.

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