June 2008 Issue

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  Transmissivity article unnecessarily confusing

  Everything he (the author) says is correct, but I find the explanation more complicated and confusing than it needs to be for a design practitioner wishing to specify a material.

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  Third national paper MSE wall competition held at GeoCongress in New Orleans

  Eleven university teams competed in the 2008 GeoCongress student competition March 12 in New Orleans.

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  Geotextiles help create green clothing shop

  A multilevel building in Seoul uses geotextiles planted with herbaceous perennials to form the living walls and an extensive green roof system.

• Indefatigable nonwovens pioneer retires

  During his nearly 4 decades with Fleissner, Alfred Watzl exerted a decisive influence on the development of nonwovens installations.

• Industrial parks in the Middle East to convert polymers into value-added products

  Local governments in the Middle East are showing mounting interest in converting polymers into products for export and local consumption to meet growing demand, according to several sources that monitor the plastics industry.

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  GMA sponsors "Bring your executive to Capitol Hill"

  In April, members of Geosynthetic Materials Association (GMA) came to Washington, D.C., for the annual “Bring your executive to Capitol Hill.”

• Celebrating a decade of GSI/GRI polyolefin specs

  From the very beginning of the GSI/ GRI consortium in 1986, it was recognized that specific focus groups were the way to initiate individual programs and documents.

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  North American Geosynthetics Society (NAGS): Report of the biennial meeting

  The meeting was called to order at 7 p.m. by Grace Hsuan, president. Dr. Hsuan asked David Suits, executive director, to review the organization of the North American Geosynthetics Society.

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  Geotextiles in unpaved roads: A 35-year case history

  This article presents current information on geotextiles installed experimentally in an unpaved road near Smyrna, Del. 35 years ago.

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  Three challenges in using SRWs and other reinforced-soil structures: Part 3A

  Proper construction of the MSE wall/slope requires the owner to rely on skilled professionals performing their responsibilities correctly.

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  Geogrid slope reinforcement, track refurbishing for German rail lines

  An existing railroad crossing in the Hallstadt section of railroad track 5100, from Bamberg to Hof (Saale), had to remain open for rail traffic, but had to be replaced by an underpass for the street.

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  Case history: "Intelligent" geosynthetics

  Reinforcement and deformation monitoring of a railway embankment in France.

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  Geogrid slope reinforcement, track refurbishing for German rail lines

  An existing railroad crossing in the Hallstadt section of railroad track 5100, from Bamberg to Hof (Saale), had to remain open for rail traffic, but had to be replaced by an underpass for the street.

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  Three challenges in using SRWs and other reinforced-soil structures: Part 3A

  Proper construction of the MSE wall/slope requires the owner to rely on skilled professionals performing their responsibilities correctly.

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  Geosynthetic-reinforced levees performed well

  In the wake of ongoing public debate that continues to evaluate the construction designs of New Orleans area levees, the Geosynthetic Materials Association (GMA) recently offered the following statement.

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  Geotextiles in unpaved roads: A 35-year case history

  This article presents current information on geotextiles installed experimentally in an unpaved road near Smyrna, Del. 35 years ago.

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  Geotextiles help create green clothing shop

  A multilevel building in Seoul uses geotextiles planted with herbaceous perennials to form the living walls and an extensive green roof system.

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  Active LFG control: An unreliable aid to veneer stability

  The potential for sliding failure of final covers and piggyback liners in municipal solid waste (MSW) landfills equipped with active landfill gas (LFG) control systems is demonstrated and the need for a contingency passive venting system is presented.

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  Geotextiles in unpaved roads: A 35-year case history

  This article presents current information on geotextiles installed experimentally in an unpaved road near Smyrna, Del. 35 years ago.

• Celebrating a decade of GSI/GRI polyolefin specs

  From the very beginning of the GSI/ GRI consortium in 1986, it was recognized that specific focus groups were the way to initiate individual programs and documents.

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  Active LFG control: An unreliable aid to veneer stability

  The potential for sliding failure of final covers and piggyback liners in municipal solid waste (MSW) landfills equipped with active landfill gas (LFG) control systems is demonstrated and the need for a contingency passive venting system is presented.

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