Premier Product Showcase 2020

Seaman Corp.

A higher strength version of the XR-5® Geomembrane has been brought to the market for those applications that demand even higher long-term strength, durability and puncture resistance. The 9146 XR-5 is manufactured in three grades: industrial, potable water and low temperature. Applications include potable water tank baffles, high-puncture-resistant impoundment liners for oil/gas and secondary containment systems. Very high strength while maintaining flexibility are key features of the 9146 XR-5. Factory fabrication of large sheets minimizes field seams. The polymer is non-crystalline, with no stress cracking concerns and no need for protective cover to prevent thermal expansion-contraction issues. Deep, vertical tanks can incorporate synthetic short circuit barriers; impoundments in rough terrain can use synthetic alternatives to natural materials.

Western Green

The Xtreme Armor System is an anchor reinforced vegetated system that combines the woven PP5-Xtreme high-performance turf reinforcement mat (HPTRM) with percussion driven anchors to create an armoring system that is mechanically secured to the ground surface. The durability of the woven HPTRM provides confidence in high loading/high survivability applications, while the anchors harness the strength of the fabric to hold saturated, surficial soil creating a high-performance slope stability system. The Xtreme Armor System is ideal for erosion control applications, anchor reinforced vegetation applications, slope stability, channel lining, shoreline and public ground projects.

Low & Bonar

Enkamat® 7010 Turf Reinforcement Mat is effective in lakes, river embankments, watercourses and secondary coastal applications; dry slope embankments; spillways; and other areas of erosion. Enkamat 7010 offers a permanent and green solution with an open structure that encourages swift vegetation growth, blends discretely into the landscape and adapts easily to soil profiles, with excellent bonding of individual filaments. Light and flexible but does not float in water, the TRM features high ultraviolet light resistance and is maintenance free.

hydroGEOPHYSICS Inc.

The monitoring and maintenance of earthen dams is an ongoing and critical process to ensure the integrity of these structures and to prevent failure and the potential consequences. hydroGEOPHYSICS Inc. (HGI) provides a suite of cutting-edge technologies to monitor earthen embankments and tailings dams and identify hazards to these structures, such as seepage, void formation and foundation issues. HGI’s methodology delivers many improvements over traditional dam inspection and monitoring surveys as geophysical methods allow the company to build an internal “picture” of the conditions within a dam in a noninvasive manner, providing high-resolution imaging across the entire structure.

AGRU America Inc.

For geomembrane installers who are constantly spending time cleaning and preparing the liner prior to field welds, AGRU CleanSeam is a new geomembrane product configuration that provides a simple, fast way to prepare the weld area. Unlike existing methods that rely on time-consuming manual inspections and cleaning, AGRU CleanSeam protective strip is removed directly before welding occurs and leaves behind no residue—only clean, weld-ready geomembrane. AGRU CleanSeam can be directly integrated into all AGRU geomembrane liners to provide significant time and cost savings during the weld phase of geomembrane installation by mitigating the risk of particle buildup. The protective release film protects the geomembrane weld edges from exposure to field conditions, greatly reducing the potential for fine soils, waste materials and stockpile dust from coming into contact with seaming areas during or prior to installation.

Solmax

Solmax’s welding technology and conductivity of its Leak Locator Liner allows electrical liner integrity (ELI) testing on both exposed (spark method) and covered applications (dipole method), on slopes, across seams and over wrinkles. The Leak Location Liner provides the most accurate and cost-efficient leak detection method in the industry, even after installation.

Tenax Corp.

Tenax TT Series Uniaxial Geogrids are for reinforcing soil retaining walls, slopes, landslide repair applications, embankment stabilization, temporary walls and veneer stability in landfill applications. The Tenax TT Series Uniaxial Geogrids are being produced in the company’s Maryland plant using select grades of high-density polyethylene (HDPE) resins that resist elongation (creep) when subjected to high loads for long periods of time, as required in slopes and walls. This unique process of extrusion to punched and drawn to mono-orientation enhances tensile properties. This new production capability allows Tenax to produce the only HDPE geogrid in a width of 6.5 feet; the additional width speeds construction and reduces overall waste.

Techfab India Industries Ltd.

TFI 3000 Series High-Strength Polyester Woven Geotextiles are woven multifilament geotextiles manufactured from high tenacity polyester filament yarns. These have high tensile strengths, low elongation, low creep and excellent durability and are recommended for applications where the predominant geosynthetic function is reinforcement. With its low apparent opening size and adequate permeability, the geotextile can also perform the function of separation. TFI 3000 Series High-Strength Polyester Woven Geotextile is used for subgrade separations and stabilization for roads, airports, rail tracks, area stabilization, ground improvement, load transfer platforms, basal reinforcement of embankments and geotextile tubes.

Atarfil S.A.

Atarfil HD-TMT is a geomembrane in high-density polyethylene, with the highest durability, ultraviolet light and chemical resistance textured surface. With the highest asperity height and extreme friction properties, Atarfil HD-TMT is ideal for safe containment applications in waste, water or mining when slope stability is a key issue. Main applications are landfills, tailing dams construction and applications where safety measures are needed to increase the friction for workers’ transit.

American Excelsior Co.

TriNet® turf reinforcement mats (TRMs) are a natural choice in place of stone or riprap in swales, ditch bottoms and on long, steep slopes. TriNet heavy-duty TRMs are available in a variety of fiber types and netting combinations to match the appropriate jobsite requirements. The TriNet family of TRMs’ three-dimensional matrices are specifically designed to provide permanent surface support and structural support for vegetation root systems. TriNet TRMs provide permanent protection against wind and water erosion in critical areas where vegetation alone requires extra protection from shear stress forces.

Tenax Corp.

Tenax Triplanar Series Geonets and Geocomposites are primarily used as drainage in landfill applications. Tenax Tendrain and Tendrain II are typically used in leachate collection in landfill liners and leak detection. Tenax Tenflow is typically used for landfill capping, surface water collection and removal system, and landfill gas venting. Tenax is once again manufacturing its Triplanar geonet structures in its Baltimore, Md., facility. Tenax Triplanar Series Geonets are high-performance HDPE drainage structures consisting of thick supporting ribs with diagonally placed top and bottom ribs. The three sets of intersecting strands form unique flow conduits that provide extremely high flow capacity, high compressive resistance and enhanced tensile properties.

Tenax Corp.

3D-T Series Triplaner Geogrids work well for ground stabilization and subbase reinforcement for permanent, unpaved and temporary access roads; working platforms; and levee construction. Tenax 3D Grids are manufactured from a unique extrusion technique resulting in a perforated polypropylene sheet that is specifically shaped to create a triplanar reinforcing structure. This unique extrusion process produces a large, concave-shaped rib to better trap aggregate materials by restricting the horizontal movement of stone particles and preventing displacement. Higher profile ribs and junctions improve interlock and stress distribution, reducing rutting and aggregate base thickness.

Propex GeoSolutions

PETROMAT Enviro is an asphalt pavement overlay and chip seal surface treatment that was developed to solve the milling and recycling issues associated with traditional paving fabric. This patent-pending solution is engineered to easily mill into small pieces without compromising its ability to provide moisture protection, stress absorption, or to retard reflective cracking. PETROMAT Enviro’s design features optimal elongation, allowing it to be placed directly on a milled surface without fear of breaking.

Wind Defender LLC

Wind Defender is a ballast system used to protect exposed geomembrane covers on landfills, power plants, stockpiles and more. Wind Defender benefits customers by providing superior performance when compared to traditional ballast systems like rope and sandbags. Wind Defender is safe and fast to install, requires little to no maintenance, is long lasting, and provides ultraviolet light protection to the underlying liner as well as a more aesthetic appearance.

hydroGEOPHYSICS Inc.

For more than 25 years, hydroGEOPHYSICS Inc. (HGI) has been a leading service provider of electric liner leak location technology used on nonpermeable geosynthetic liners in the mining, agriculture, chemical, power generation, solid waste, liquid waste and petroleum industries. HGI’s methodology delivers a number of improvements over traditional leak location surveys, such as storing data for post processing, surveys conducted in ponds filled to capacity, automated data collection, color-contoured maps and surveys in highly conductive environments.

Owens Corning

RhinoSkin® Woven Coated Polyethylene (PE) Geomembranes can be used for cover applications, such as landfill leachate reduction; agriculture, manure and salt; environmental protection; and general-purpose cover solutions. They are also appropriate for liner short-term applications, such as agriculture irrigation; temporary stormwater diversion ponds; underground stormwater detention; golf course and retention ponds; spill containment and remediation. RhinoSkin is easy to weld in the factory and the field. It includes an HDPE high-strength woven core for outstanding dimensional strength and stability, and an engineered LLDPE/LDPE coating for flexibility, chemical resistance and protection against ultraviolet light, ozone and oxidation.

HUESKER Inc.

HUESKER & MKB Co. LLC, together, have developed a new class of silt fence around the geotextile SILTRON®. SILTRON is the new perimeter fencing geotextile designed to ensure the highest level of environmental protection on a construction site. Its strong, three-layer composite resists punctures and tears with no wire backing required, while trapping viscous pollutants. SILTRON is available in four different heights as pre-staked bundles. Independent testing of SILTRON shows industry-leading performance in hydraulic flow under sediment load, sediment retention and blinding resistance. SILTRON functions as a dynamic filter-ponder, which allows it to adjust to changing stormwater intensity across the entire face of the composite geotextile. Other fencing products either blind too fast (leading to physical failure) or allow too much sediment through. Even under extreme water and sediment load, SILTRON keeps seeping.

AGRU America Inc.

For engineers designing with geomembrane liners where drainage and high interface friction are critical, AGRU Super Gripnet® is a product that can be combined with a geotextile to create an integrated drainage system. Unlike other lining solutions that may rely on a separate drainage product, AGRU Super Gripnet can be easily configured with a geotextile to offer a superior drainage and interface friction solution with significant logistics and installation cost savings. When the product is part of an integrated drainage system, machined upward-facing studs and bottom-facing asperities in AGRU Super Gripnet provide high flow rates, reliable drainage capacity, high-friction surface, superior slope performance, up to 15% faster installation and substantial cost savings. AGRU Super Gripnet has been deployed as a solution in more than 150 million square feet across North America, supporting landfill closures, containment facilities, oil and gas applications, mining reclamation and more.

AGRU America Inc.

Sure-Grip® liners made of high-density polyethylene; high-density polyethylene, electrically conducive; polypropylene; polyvinylidene difluoride; and ethylene chlorotrifluoroethylene are produced with state-of-the-art manufacturing technology. Sure-Grip prevents concrete corrosion and degradation, extends the lifetime of structures, and helps prevent exfiltration of material into the surrounding environment. Sure-Grip concrete protective liners have unique anchoring systems that enable construction in areas of significant backpressure. Unlike spray-applied liners, which have to be reapplied regularly due to cracking or delamination, Sure-Grip liners are long lasting. Sure-Grip is designed to avoid the residual cost often associated with concrete spray-on liners, which require tank emptying and cleaning every few years for reapplication.

Presto Geosystems

GEOWEB® 3D geocells are a 35-plus-year proven solution for solving soil stabilization challenges on unpaved and paved roadways, slopes, channels and retaining walls. With the high-strength, high-density polyethylene (HDPE) system, infill materials are confined and stable within the 3D structure, reducing cross-section requirements by up to 60%, allowing lower cost on-site fill, and minimizing maintenance. Fully integrated accessories are part of the design solution. The GEOWEB 3D Soil Stabilization System is effective in general site construction, airports, dams, green building, roads and highways, slope erosion control, channel stabilization, retaining walls, mining, rail, oil/gas, transmission and wind.