June 2007 Issue

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  Synthetically reinforced natural turf installed at Lambeau Field

  The playing surface at Lambeau Field—home of the National Football League’s Green Bay Packers—has undergone a facelift this year.

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  New books for the geosynthetics industry

  Two new books for the geosynthetics industry.

• ASTM Vol. 04.13 Geosynthetics

  Volume 04.13 focuses on the mechanical, endurance, permeability, and filtration properties of geosynthetics.

• Geotube technology project in India

  A district irrigation department in West Bengal, India has initiated a geotextile tube project on an experimental basis in an effort to check coastline erosion.

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  Techtextil-2007 held in Frankfurt

  Exhibitors, presenters, and other industry visitors gathered June 12–14 for Techtextil-2007 in Frankfurt, Germany.

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  Ten reasons why you should be in Cancún next March

  We asked the new Manager for Geosynthetics Conferences and Events, Beth Wistrcill, to offer her take on why you should attend the GeoAmericas2008 Conference and Exhibition in Cancún March 2-5, 2008.

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• Geotextile transport layer

  The typical geotextile used on a geonet is a needle-punched, nonwoven polypropylene fabric of about 180g/cc mass.

• Geotextile fabric

  The association of state highway officials (called AASHTO) has a neat specification for these applications under the designation of AASHTO M288.

• AOS vs. EOS

  The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers developed AOS in 1972 on the basis of sieving glass beads through woven monofilament fabrics (which was all that they used).

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  Caveat venditor—When practice is far from theory

  At the Geosynthetics-2007 conference earlier this year in Washington, I had dinner with a geomembrane manufacturer colleague and he asked me a thought-provoking question.

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  Experience with GCLs used as a conductive layer in geomembrane leak-location surveys

  Engineers, installers, regulators, and owners are starting to rely on geomembrane leak-location surveys as part of the construction quality assurance for landfills.

• Cost estimate data

  After the hurricanes struck the U.S. Gulf Coast [in August 2005], resin prices jumped significantly … thus, the price of geomembranes rose accordingly (about 20-25%).

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  Expedient site construction provided housing for Mississippi residents displaced by Katrina

  Geosynthetic materials helped in offering a solution for the construction of temporary roads and group housing sites atop wet and soft soil conditions.

• Geogrid-reinforced soil mat

  Discussing “Basal Reinforcement Over Deep Foundations in Soft Soils.”

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  Use of geosynthetics in deicing facilities at the Cleveland airport

  Using GCLs and a cellular confinement system, the objective was todesign and construct a centralized deicing pad where fluid could beapplied and collected in a fully controlled manner.

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  Sheet-drain system is the correct call for Louisiana wood plant

  With geosynthetic sheet-drain technology, a more-efficient and cost-effective system was proposed and eventually built.

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  A river runs through it: Displacement of Serbia's Kolubara

  The expansion of a massive Serbian coal mine requires moving a river.

• Geotube technology project in India

  A district irrigation department in West Bengal, India has initiated a geotextile tube project on an experimental basis in an effort to check coastline erosion.

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• 

  Use of geosynthetics in deicing facilities at the Cleveland airport

  Using GCLs and a cellular confinement system, the objective was todesign and construct a centralized deicing pad where fluid could beapplied and collected in a fully controlled manner.

• 

  Experience with GCLs used as a conductive layer in geomembrane leak-location surveys

  Engineers, installers, regulators, and owners are starting to rely on geomembrane leak-location surveys as part of the construction quality assurance for landfills.

• 

  Expedient site construction provided housing for Mississippi residents displaced by Katrina

  Geosynthetic materials helped in offering a solution for the construction of temporary roads and group housing sites atop wet and soft soil conditions.

• 

  Synthetically reinforced natural turf installed at Lambeau Field

  The playing surface at Lambeau Field—home of the National Football League’s Green Bay Packers—has undergone a facelift this year.

• 

  Sheet-drain system is the correct call for Louisiana wood plant

  With geosynthetic sheet-drain technology, a more-efficient and cost-effective system was proposed and eventually built.

• 

  A river runs through it: Displacement of Serbia's Kolubara

  The expansion of a massive Serbian coal mine requires moving a river.

• Geotube technology project in India

  A district irrigation department in West Bengal, India has initiated a geotextile tube project on an experimental basis in an effort to check coastline erosion.

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• ASTM Vol. 04.13 Geosynthetics

  Volume 04.13 focuses on the mechanical, endurance, permeability, and filtration properties of geosynthetics.

• Product specification

  AASHTO has a generic specification for this particular application.

• Geotextile fabric

  The association of state highway officials (called AASHTO) has a neat specification for these applications under the designation of AASHTO M288.

• AOS vs. EOS

  The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers developed AOS in 1972 on the basis of sieving glass beads through woven monofilament fabrics (which was all that they used).

Back to Top

• Geotextile transport layer

  The typical geotextile used on a geonet is a needle-punched, nonwoven polypropylene fabric of about 180g/cc mass.

• Product specification

  AASHTO has a generic specification for this particular application.

• Cost estimate data

  After the hurricanes struck the U.S. Gulf Coast [in August 2005], resin prices jumped significantly … thus, the price of geomembranes rose accordingly (about 20-25%).

• Geogrid-reinforced soil mat

  Discussing “Basal Reinforcement Over Deep Foundations in Soft Soils.”

• Geotextile fabric

  The association of state highway officials (called AASHTO) has a neat specification for these applications under the designation of AASHTO M288.

• AOS vs. EOS

  The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers developed AOS in 1972 on the basis of sieving glass beads through woven monofilament fabrics (which was all that they used).

Back to Top