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GMA spreading the word with state DOTs
August 14th, 2014
Meetings in N.C., Ga., Pa.; Fall Lobby Day Nov. 18-19 in D.C. Executive Council members of the Geosynthetic Materials Association (GMA) are continuing their efforts to grow the U.S transportation market with upcoming meetings with state departments of transportation in North Carolina, Georgia, and Pennsylvania. Additional sessions are also scheduled with environmental protection departments, legislators, […]
Leister announces acquisition of Seamtek
August 13th, 2014
New Leister Seamtek welder to debut at IFAI Expo in October Leister Technologies AG, the Swiss manufacturer of plastic-welding and hot-air products, announced in an Aug. 11 press release that it has acquired the business assets of Idaho-based Seamtek Inc. The release said Seamtek “has been providing innovative hot-air welding/seaming equipment to the technical textile […]
GSE Environmental emerges from Chapter 11
August 11th, 2014
Successful completion of consensual ‘pre-arranged’ reorganization GSE Environmental Inc., the Houston-based manufacturer and marketer of geosynthetic lining products, announced in an Aug. 11 press release that it has formally emerged from the Chapter 11 process as a stronger global company positioned to accelerate its growth and continue to meet the evolving needs of its customers. […]
Miller Weldmaster acquires Sinclair welding lines
August 8th, 2014
Acquisition includes Triad, Spec, Roof products. Navarre, Ohio-based Miller Weldmaster, manufacturer of heat-seaming products, announced in an Aug.4 press release its acquisition of the Triad Wedge Welder, Spec Wedge Welder, and Roof Welding Tool product lines from Sinclair Equipment Co. The release said that the acquisition now allows Miller Weldmaster to service a greater range […]
ASTM workshop on hydraulic fracturing
August 7th, 2014
Abstracts and case studies invited for January event in New Orleans In an Aug. 6 press release, ASTM International Subcommittees D18.26 on Hydraulic Fracturing and D19.09 on Water: Hydraulic Fracturing Fluids, are inviting abstracts for consideration for presentations at a workshop: “Water quality monitoring and environmental characterization related to hydraulic fracturing activities.†The release said […]
Tailings pond breach at Mount Polley Mine in B.C.
August 6th, 2014
Unlined pond fails, pours effluent into nearby waterways. On Monday, Aug. 4, 2014, the tailings pond of the Mount Polley Mine burst, spilling toxic effluent into nearby Polley Lake and Quesnel Lake, and depriving residents of Likely, B.C., and surrounding areas of fresh water for household use. This area is located in the Cariboo region […]
SCE&G moves half-million tons of coal ash
August 5th, 2014
Moved from riverside lagoons to a lined landfill. According to a report issued by South Carolina Electric and Gas (SCE&G), the utility company says it has removed almost 500,000 tons of coal ash from its coal ash lagoons on the banks of the Catawba-Wateree River near Columbia, S.C. In 2012, the Southern Environmental Law Center […]
Educate the Educators
August 1st, 2014
By Ron Bygness The Professor Training Course for Geosynthetics (aka, Educate the Educators) was a successful educational effort that ran for one week each summer, 1994–1998, at Auburn University in Alabama under the direction of Prof. Dave Elton. A reinvigorated plan to launch a 21st century version of this course is gaining momentum, thanks primarily […]
Geotextile tubes as submerged breakwaters
August 1st, 2014
Improvements in wave transmission reduction for beach restoration By Alfonso Solís Pimentel, González Leija Mariana, Aguilar Escalante Sergio Abstract The north coast of the Yucatán Peninsula in Mexico has been in a regression process for decades. After Hurricane Gilbert (1988) and Isidore (2002), beach erosion increased dramatically. Human actions around the development of harbors and […]
Geosynthetics solutions for Australian desalination plant
August 1st, 2014
By Pat Elliott Introduction Climate changes and drought have prompted major coastal cities in Australia, and worldwide, to construct desalination plants large enough to provide major populations with rainfall-independent sources of drinking water. In July 2009 the Australian state of Victoria signed a $3.5 billion contract with a private consortium to finance, design, build, operate, […]