August 2006 Issue

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  Retaining-wall dialog: 'A tale of two walls'

  Geosynthetics editor, Ron Bygness, originally invited an article from Bob Barrett on the first GRS wall with negative batter in New Zealand.

• Tensar Corporation to acquire Tensar Group Limited

  The Tensar Corporation, a developer and manufacturer of technology-driven site solutions, has signed a definitive purchase agreement to acquire Tensar Group Limited (TGL), parent company of Tensar International Limited.

• New DuPont additive promises enhanced performance of oriented polypropylene and polyester

  DuPont Packaging & Industrial Polymers announced that it is introducing DuPont™ Entira™ Strong, a polymeric additive that helps improve the performance and processibility of tapes, filaments, and films made out of oriented polypropylene and polyester.

• Minnesota engineering firm settles copyright lawsuit

  Interstate Geotechnical Engineering Inc. of Rosemount, Minn. has settled a copyright infringement lawsuit brought against it by ASFE/The Best People on Earth, a not-for-profit association of geoprofessional, environmental, and civil engineering firms

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  Cuckoo for coconet

  The growing geotextiles market can now add coconut fiber to its list of production materials.

• Construction of polyethylene plant in Qatar

  Construction of a $3.2 billion plant to produce polyethylene is under way at Mesaieed Industrial City, about 25 miles south of Doha in Qatar.

• In Memoriam: Ronald P. Marsh

  Ron Marsh of Gastonia, NC, died June 20, 2006.

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  Q & A with Ernie English

  Ernie English answers questions from Geosynthetics.

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  Geopipe (aka 'buried plastic pipe')

  Identification, history, testing, and usage.

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  Cuckoo for coconet

  The growing geotextiles market can now add coconut fiber to its list of production materials.

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  Geotube dewatering containers help in cleanup of the Fox River

  Decades of PCB contamination in Wisconsin’s lower Fox River will take decades to clean up. Today, geotextile dewatering containers are helping with that job at the Fox’s Little Lake Butte des Morts.

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  Designing for geoelectrical liner integrity and leak-location surveys

  What to look for (and to look out for!) when designing lining systems for electrical integrity/leak-location surveys.

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  Geotube dewatering containers help in cleanup of the Fox River

  Decades of PCB contamination in Wisconsin’s lower Fox River will take decades to clean up. Today, geotextile dewatering containers are helping with that job at the Fox’s Little Lake Butte des Morts.

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  Building the bridge of the future with GRS technology

  Ohio bridge builders use geosynthetic-reinforced soil technology.

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  Hereford Inlet seawall repair project

  Marine mattresses on the seawall in New Jersey.

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  ASD and LRFD of reinforced SRW with the use of software Program MSEW(3.0)

  The title of this article contains enough acronyms to confuse even the best engineers.

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  Geofoam provides lightweight fill for York Bridge in Washington

  A King County DOT bridge project illustrates the use of geofoam fill.

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  ASD and LRFD of reinforced SRW with the use of software Program MSEW(3.0)

  The title of this article contains enough acronyms to confuse even the best engineers.

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