February 2007 Issue

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  Thanks and thanks again!

  Thanks for your coverage of the recent U.S. Army Corps of Engineers/Steve Stockton presentation to your Geosynthetic Materials Association Executive Council.

• Geosynthetics wins gold award

  Geosynthetics magazine was recently cited with a Gold Award/Best Technical Article for the story and graphics in the June/July 2006 issue titled “Back to the beach in Mexico.”

• GMA-Mexico offers classes

  The Mexico office of the Geosynthetic Materials Association designed and delivered two courses last fall.

• Mountain route flowing now

  Traffic on Highway 330 through California’s San Bernardino Mountains returned to near normal last fall after CalTrans reopened the route to motorists following three months of detours and closures.

• New officers for ASCE

  The American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) installed newly elected officers to its board last October.

• ECTC's updated technical manual now available

  A revised and updated guidance document by the Erosion Control Technology Council (ECTC) is now ready for industry professionals.

• Pinning milfoil to the mat

  The latest effort to foil further growth of milfoil on a pond in Litchfield, Maine, has taken the form of layers of black, geotextile mats.

• Membrane seams addressed in new ASTM standard

  The increased use of geomembranes as barrier materials to restrict liquid migration created a need for a test method to evaluate the quality of geomembrane seams produced by tape methods.

• 'Design Squad' TV show coming on PBS

  “Design Squad,” a PBS live-action series, will debut this year.

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  GMA members see, hear about Army Corps' progress in New Orleans

  Last October, Andrew Aho accompanied a GMA delegation that traveled to New Orleans to meet with members of the New Orleans District office of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

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  Overview of GSI's surveys

  It appears to this writer that any forward looking decisions—business or otherwise—should be made on the basis of factual information from the past.

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• Pinning milfoil to the mat

  The latest effort to foil further growth of milfoil on a pond in Litchfield, Maine, has taken the form of layers of black, geotextile mats.

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  Using structured geomembranes in final solid-waste landfill closure designs

  This paper will focus on the structured or embossed geomembrane concept and manufacturing process, as well as presenting comparative properties for consideration in design.

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  Massive mining evaporation ponds constructed in Chilean desert

  The Salar de Atacama in Chile is the site of the largest PVC geomembrane installation in the world—more than 16 million m² utilized in mining operations since 1996.

• Membrane seams addressed in new ASTM standard

  The increased use of geomembranes as barrier materials to restrict liquid migration created a need for a test method to evaluate the quality of geomembrane seams produced by tape methods.

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  Junction-strength requirements for roadway design, construction

  Currently many engineers are confused about junction-strength requirements for geogrids used in roadway base reinforcement and subgrade stabilization applications, primarily because of commercialism of junction strength requirements.

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  Massive mining evaporation ponds constructed in Chilean desert

  The Salar de Atacama in Chile is the site of the largest PVC geomembrane installation in the world—more than 16 million m² utilized in mining operations since 1996.

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  Horses and the land: Geosynthetics help to improve riding trails

  Professor worries animal that helped tame America labelled as enviro outcast.

• Pinning milfoil to the mat

  The latest effort to foil further growth of milfoil on a pond in Litchfield, Maine, has taken the form of layers of black, geotextile mats.

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  Liner integrity/leak-location survey: The significance of boundary conditions

  A geoelectric integrity survey was requested on a new landfill cell with the following lining system from the top down.

• ECTC's updated technical manual now available

  A revised and updated guidance document by the Erosion Control Technology Council (ECTC) is now ready for industry professionals.

• Membrane seams addressed in new ASTM standard

  The increased use of geomembranes as barrier materials to restrict liquid migration created a need for a test method to evaluate the quality of geomembrane seams produced by tape methods.

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