Strata offers free software

February 9, 2011  |  News

Strata Systems is offering a free software tool that assists in the design of reinforced steep slopes and walls, said a Feb. 7 press release from the company. The StrataSlope software includes material estimating, limit equilibrium analysis, direct sliding stability calculations, and internal stabil…
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GSI’s fellowships for students: request-for-proposals

February 8, 2011  |  News

The Geosynthetic Institute (GSI) has announced a worldwide call for requests-for-proposals (RFPs) focusing on innovative geosynthetics research and development projects. There will be multiple awards, each for $10,000 for the first year, and they are renewable for a second and third year up to a tot…
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TenCate developing new market group

February 7, 2011  |  News

Engineered Structures headed by John Lostumbo TenCate Geosynthetics has formed an Engineered Structures market group within the company’s sales organization. A Feb. 4 press release from the office of TenCate senior vice president for sales and marketing, John Henderson, said that John Lostumbo…
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New sustainability group founded

February 4, 2011  |  News

Engineering, public works groups developing the Institute for Sustainable Infrastructure (ISI). A new, independent, nonprofit organization designed to develop and administer a sustainability rating system for North American infrastructure-the Institute for Sustainable Infrastructure (ISI)-was offici…
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Skaps contracts another nonwoven line

February 3, 2011  |  Products

Skaps Industries, based in Athens, Ga., a geotextile manufacturer and fabricator of geosynthetic and nonwoven drainage products for environmental and civil use, has contracted NSC Nonwoven to provide its equipment for a needlepunching line providing geotextiles and other products to their markets, a…
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Low & Bonar enters geosynthetic joint venture with Alujain

February 2, 2011  |  Products

Low & Bonar PLC, the U.K.–based international performance materials group, and Petrochemical Industrial Company (NATPET), a subsidiary of Alujain Corp. announced in a Feb. 1 press release that they have agreed to terms for a joint venture company in Saudi Arabia for the design, manufacture…
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Tales from the tundra

February 1, 2011  |  Case Studies

Erosion-control trailbuilding in ‘Kwig,’ Alaska. By Cory Schneider Living around Green Bay, Wis., all my life, I’ve grown accustomed to fairly harsh weather conditions. After all, Green Bay is often referred to as the “frozen tundra” because of its long, cold winters. (…
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GMA Techline’s 3rd 500 Q’s-and-A’s

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

From the GMA Techline Introduction The GMA Techline was initiated in September 2004, as a free worldwide service to answer questions involving the many aspects of geosynthetic materials. From the outset there were no constraints placed on the questioner or their questions. GMA contracted with the Ge…
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The 15 most difficult GMA Techline questions from the 3rd 500 Q’s-and A’s

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

From the GMA Techline Note: This is an appendix to the article, “GMA Techline’s 3rd 500 Q’s-and-A’s.” Question 1 Q: I am trying to find a way to predict the size and shape of a gas bubble that might form under a geosynthetic liner in a pond lining system—specifically, the relatio…
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2011 geosynthetics anniversaries

February 1, 2011  |  News

Happy anniversary! Celebrating in 2011: Huesker Synthetics GmbH (Germany)—the founding parent company started in 1861 (150 years) and Huesker Inc., Charlotte, N.C., incorporated in the U.S. in 1991 (20 years) … and also 20 years in 2011 for Ian Peggs and his I-Corp. International Inc., …
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