Sheet-drain system is the correct call for Louisiana wood plant

June 1, 2007  |  Case Studies

With geosynthetic sheet-drain technology, a more-efficient and cost-effective system was proposed and eventually built. A new engineered-wood manufacturing facility is up and running this year, thanks in part to a comprehensive geosynthetic sheet-drain system. Martco Limited Partnership, the manufac…
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Caveat venditor—When practice is far from theory

June 1, 2007  |  Products

By Ian D. Peggs At the Geosynthetics-2007 conference earlier this year in Washington, I had dinner with a geomembrane manufacturer colleague and he asked me, “How should we respond to a customer’s question: ‘Is your geomembrane compatible with my chemical solution of A, B, C, at XY…
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Geosynthetics and the government marketplace

April 1, 2007  |  News

A report commissioned by the Geosynthetic Materials Assciation has opened up a government relations program and the first organized lobbying effort for the geosynthetics industry. By Andrew Aho Introduction In January 2006, the Geosynthetic Materials Association (GMA), contracted with a lobbying fir…
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GRI-20 conference: A retrospective

April 1, 2007  |  News

All previous GRI conferences have focused on either a single or double theme. As such, they are meant to be a tutorial on: advancing an established area in geosynthetics trying to make inroads into a new and/or emerging area GRI-20 was of the latter type and it is clearly the more difficult. This is…
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Coming: 3rd edition of SRW design manual

April 1, 2007  |  News

The National Concrete Masonry Association (NCMA) Design Manual Task Group for Segmental Retaining Walls (SRW) has decided to create a third edition of its manual, which combines the SRW Drainage Design’s second edition and the Seismic Design manuals into one complete text. The task force will re-e…
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Abstracts due for IECA 2008

April 1, 2007  |  Events

The International Erosion Control Association (IECA) is currently accepting proposals for technical programming at Environmental Connection ‘08, IECA’s annual conference and expo Feb. 18-21, 2008, in Orlando, Fla. Abstracts for presentations relating to the following categories are now welcomed:…
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English seaside resort to get Europe’s first artificial surf reef

April 1, 2007  |  Products

A project has started to create Europe’s first artificial surf reef on the south coast of England. Sand-filled geotextile bags will be submerged east of the Boscombe pier, intended to create waves up to 13 ft. high and double the number of good surfing days to more than 150 each year. The £1.4 mi…
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Point State Park renovation to preserve Fort Pitt ‘bastion’

April 1, 2007  |  Case Studies

Following a plan supported by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, the state’s Department of Natural Resources is resuming renovation work at the Fort Pitt tracery in Pittsburgh’s Point State Park as part of a $7.1 million improvement project. In the area known as the “Music Bast…
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New geogrid aiding ancient monument

April 1, 2007  |  Case Studies

Nearly 5,000 years old, a monument known today as the Shunet el-Zebib is the only surviving example of a series of monumental cultic buildings built by Egypt’s earliest kings. Over the centuries, it has been ravaged by the elements, attacked by animals and insects, and structurally compromised by …
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Textiles, grids help build Seattle park

April 1, 2007  |  Case Studies

Seattle’s Olympic Sculpture Park is a visionary architectural achievement that blends building and site design, including a strollable park on Seattle’s steep waterfront. A visitor’s journey proceeds down a continuously sloping, 2,200-ft.-long Z-path, revealing artwork along the way. For the a…
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