GMA Lobby Day coming at the perfect time for the geosynthetics industry

April 1, 2017  |  GMA News, News

Looking ahead Don’t forget to join the Geosynthetic Materials Association (GMA) for its upcoming D.C. fly-in on April 26–27.  Our biannual Lobby Day will consist of a GMA briefing dinner the evening of April 26 and about 30 meetings on Capitol Hill all day April 27. The GMA Executive Council wi…
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GMA’s government relations program is delivering progress

August 1, 2013  |  GMA News

By Andrew Aho This is a proactive season for GMA’s government relations program, which will be punctuated with GMA’s annual Fall Lobby Day in September. Our efforts have been particularly effective in the following areas: State and local advocacy GMA’s State and Local Government Advocacy (SLGA…
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Crown joins GMA’s Executive Council

January 13, 2012  |  GMA News

By Andrew Aho At our meeting on Jan. 23, 2012, we will welcome the newest member of the GMA Executive Council—Crown Resources of Toccoa, Ga. A manufacturer of woven and nonwoven geotextiles, Crown is led by industry veterans, Monte Thomas and Keith Gardner. We look forward to their expertise, idea…
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GMA government relations update

August 1, 2011  |  GMA News

Here is an update on issues GMA will be advocating during the Sept. 13–14 Lobby Day in D.C. By Andrew Aho Geosynthetic materials as separators and interlayers in roadways study GMA’s request for congressional funding of a cost-benefit study of geosynthetics as separators and interlayers in roads…
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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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Boyd Ramsey named GMA’s Executive Council chairman

March 18, 2011  |  GMA News

Boyd Ramsey of GSE was named chair of GMA’s Executive Council at the group’s annual meeting March 15 during Geo-Frontiers in Dallas. Ramsey, chief engineer at GSE’s North American headquarters in Houston, succeeds TenCate’s John Henderson, who had served two consecutive two-year terms, the m…
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GMA members comment during EPA hearing in Arlington

September 1, 2010  |  GMA News

Following are the comments made by GMA members during the Aug. 30 EPA hearing in Arlington, just outside Washington, D.C.: Today I am representing the Geosynthetic Materials Association, the trade group of 80 companies that manufacture, distribute and install geosynthetic materials, including liners…
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GMA members get to know “Highways for LIFE”

January 1, 1970  |  GMA News

Andrew Aho FHWA’s Highways for LIFE (HfL) program was a featured topic during a March 2007 meeting that members of the Geosynthetic Materials Association (GMA) members conducted with James Ray, FHWA’s Chief Counsel. Ray provided a summary of the HfL program and encouraged GMA members to work wit…
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Report from Steven L. Stockton, Deputy Director of Civil Works, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

January 1, 1970  |  GMA News

Steve Stockton began his presentation to the GMA Executive Council last summer by noting that the current U.S. infrastructure is aging and that there is a great need for rehabilitation of the infrastructure to prolong its lifespan, and also the need to construct new and stronger infrastructure. He s…
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