Sustainability series launched by Geosynthetics magazine

June 6, 2011  |  News

Starting with its June/July 2011 issue, Geosynthetics takes an in-depth look at how geosynthetic materials enhance sustainability in myriad applications. The magazine will feature one or two sustainability feature articles in each bimonthly issue. The inaugural article is introductory in nature and …
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TRI selected for Geosynthetic Institute’s accreditation program

June 2, 2011  |  News

Texas-based testing firm TRI Environmental has been selected as the official support laboratory for the Geosynthetic Accreditation Institute–Laboratory Accreditation Program (GAI–LAP), according to a June 1 press release from the company. George Koerner, director designate of the Geosynthetic In…
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Student competition rocks at Geo-Frontiers 2011

June 1, 2011  |  News

Photos by Mark Skalny Photography With a lively opening night crowd lining the roped-off competition area and an M.C.Hammer soundtrack blaring in the background, engineering students representing schools from across the country participated in the annual GeoCompetition at Geo-Frontiers in Dallas Mar…
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Fabricated geomembranes for golf course ponds

June 1, 2011  |  Case Studies

By Andrew Mills This is the first in a series of occasional articles from the Fabricated Geomembrane Institute (FGI). The topic for this first installment is fabricated geomembranes for golf course ponds. Golf course ponds have a couple features in common. In most cases, a golf course pond will cont…
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NAGS offers continuing education credits

June 1, 2011  |  News

By David Suits The North American Geosynthetics Society is now certified as a registered continuing education provider. NAGS acquired the certification via the Registered Continuing Education Providers Program (RCEP), an education management system for engineers, surveyors, and design professionals.…
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GRI-24 Conference: ‘Optimizing Sustainability Using Geosynthetics’

June 1, 2011  |  News

By Bob and George Koerner This, our 24th annual conference, was a great success, according to the 160 persons in attendance on March 16, 2011, in Dallas, Texas. Inasmuch as it was the last day of the Geo-Frontiers Conference, the topic kept interest high thanks to the 20 authors making presentations…
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Geogrid focus group works towards specification

June 1, 2011  |  GMA News

GMA’s Geogrid Focus Group met March 15, 2011, during Geo-Frontiers in Dallas. The group is developing a table of values for biaxial geogrids for use in subgrade stabilization applications. The reason for this effort is to provide specifiers of state, county/municipal and commercial projects with i…
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Grid zone backfill

June 1, 2011  |  Q&A: GMA Techline

From the GMA Techline RE: Backfill I know you indicated sand was the ideal grid zone backfill. I suppose crushed limestone has a high installation damage reduction factor due to its angular nature. But what about a rounded river gravel? We’re running out of ash as we near completion of an MSE …
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Puncture resistance

June 1, 2011  |  Products

From the GMA Techline RE: Puncture resistance We are proposing four consecutive layers of 16oz./yd2 geotextile overlying the geomembrane in the leachate pipe V-notch collection trench. Would you equate the puncture resistance of the four geotextile layers to one 64oz./yd2 geotextile? What are your t…
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HDPE & LLDPE rates

June 1, 2011  |  News, Q&A: GMA Techline

From the GMA Techline RE: HDPE & LLDPE rates I have always been under the impression that in using field tensiometers on jobsites that the rates for HDPE and LLDPE are different —HDPE at 2in./min. and LLDPE at 20in./min. However, I don’t have any documentation to back this up. Can yo…
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