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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