February 2010 Issue

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  • Authors agree with letter writer regarding spark testing

    Response to comment from Dr. [Ian] Peggs regarding spark testing on page 8 in the October/November 2009 issue of Geosynthetics, which was in response to “Geosynthetics in the construction of a Southern California subsurface biofilter cell system,” published in the August/September 2009 issue.

  • Geosynthetics wins Silver Award

    Geosynthetics magazine received a second-place Silver Award for Best Technical Article at the 2009 Minnesota Magazine & Publications Association’s annual awards event Nov. 5 in Minneapolis.

  • 9th International Conference on Geosynthetics, May 23-27, 2010

    The 9ICG is organized by the Brazilian Chapter of the International Geosynthetics Society (IGS Brasil) and the Brazilian Association for Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (ABMS), under the auspices of the International Geosynthetics Society (IGS) and supported by the Brazilian Association of Nonwoven and Technical Textiles Industries (ABINT).

  • Dov Leshchinsky

    Leshchinsky receives Kapp Award

    Dr. Dov Leshchinsky, professor of civil engineering at the University of Delaware, is the 2010 recipient of the Martin S. Kapp Foundation Engineering Award.

  • Edward Kavazanjian

    Kavazanjian, Fox receive ASCE awards

    Drs. Ed Kavazanjian and Patrick J. Fox were the recipients of 2009 awards from the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE).

  • Ceremony of the first RemTech Awards. In the first row, Nicola Zanardi (president of Ferrara Exhibition Conference Centre), Luca Bonomo, Daniele Cazzuffi, and Giuseppe Rossi (the three members of the RemTech Awards Selection Committee).

    Report from RemTech 2009

    The third edition of RemTech Expo, Remediation Technologies Exhibition and Conferences, took place in Ferrara, Italy, last September, with the auspices of various leading societies, including the IGS Italian Chapter (AGI-IGS).

  • Geotextiles are protecting pipelines

    Steel transmission pipelines installed in mountainous regions often face significant risks during their construction and service life.

  • The West Valley Trax light-rail line in Salt Lake City is described as the second-largest geofoam project in the U.S.

    Second-largest geofoam project

    The Utah Transit Authority’s West Valley Trax light-rail line in Salt Lake City is being called the nation’s second-largest geofoam project, behind only the massive Interstate-15 reconstruction from 1997–2001.

  • Updating specs: ASTM D4833 replaced by D6241

    Neither Mullen Burst Strength ASTM D3786 nor Puncture Strength ASTM D4833 is recognized by ASTM Committee D35 on geosynthetics as an acceptable geotextile test method.

  • GMA-USIFI joint dinner and Lobby Day

    GMA’s Lobby Day in Washington, D.C., is set for March 2 and will be held in conjunction with a cooperating division from the Industrial Fabrics Association International (IFAI).

  • The Marcellus Formation in northeastern USA

    Prospects for geosynthetic containment systems at Marcellus Formation shale-gas drilling projects

    The Marcellus Formation, also known as the Marcellus Subgroup of the Hamilton Group, Marcellus Member of the Romney Formation, or simply the Marcellus Shale, is a unit of marine sedimentary rock found in eastern North America.

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