Geogrid bags provide shallow water habitat in Seattle

October 1, 2014  |  News

Marine mattress installation for new Elliott Bay Seawall By Ron Bygness Why do marine animals need mattresses? A marine mattress, a geogrid bag filled with stone, will provide a shallow water habitat along the new Elliott Bay Seawall in Seattle. This is especially important for small fish, including…
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Hanes acquires ERO-TEX

October 1, 2014  |  News

4th geosynthetics purchase since 2011 By Ron Bygness Winston-Salem, N.C.-based Hanes Geo Components (HGC) announced in an August press release that it has acquired ERO-TEX, a distributor of geotextiles and erosion control materials located in Menomonee Falls, Wis. The acquisition is the fourth for H…
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Geosynthetics standards and specifications

October 1, 2014  |  News

By Lucie Passus An article reprinted in the spring 2001 issue of ASTM International’s Business Link, on a research project entitled “The Economic Benefits of Standardization,” built the case for companies to support standardization. Some highlights from this article emphasized the …
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GSI Fellowship Awards announced

October 1, 2014  |  News

By Bob and George Koerner The GSI Board of Directors has made its selections for the GSI Fellowship Awards for academic year 2014-2015. The program recognizes and supports outstanding graduate students researching geosynthetics. The following were selected from 12 new proposals and three renewals. N…
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NAGS meeting report

October 1, 2014  |  News

By Bob Mackey The North American Geosynthetics Society (NAGS) is in the midst of some changes that we want to result in the ability of the society to be more active and have a higher profile within the North American geosynthetics community. Unlike other International Geosynthetics Society (IGS) cha…
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Short courses offered at Environmental Connection ’15

September 30, 2014  |  News

 One-day options for PDHs Sunday, Feb. 15 The International Erosion Control Association’s (IECA) annual Environmental Connection event will offer a variety of full-day courses to kickoff EC-’15 in Portland, Ore. All of the one-day courses earn seven professional development hours (…
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Waste associations comment on landfill regulations

September 25, 2014  |  News

 EPA’s proposed revisions regarding methane emissions The Solid Waste Association of North America (SWANA) and the National Waste & Recycling Association (NW&RA) have jointly provided comments to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on its proposed rules to update the S…
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Bonar celebrates construction start for new China plant

September 23, 2014  |  News

 Almost 60 million m2 production capacity Belgium-based Low & Bonar and its Bonar division, which specializes in manufacturing of technical textiles and fabrics, announced in a press release last week the start of construction for a new factory in Changzhou, China. According to the release…
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IECA announces 2015 Most Distinguished Technical Paper

September 23, 2014  |  News

Jay Sprague’s paper cited; presentation at EC-2015 The Denver-based International Erosion Control Association (IECA) has announced that “Evaluating Floating Surface Skimmers” is the winner of the Most Distinguished Technical Paper Award for the Environmental Connection (EC) 2015 sh…
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EPA adds five, proposes three more for Superfund

September 19, 2014  |  News

 Hazardous waste sites now on National Priorities List The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced in a press release this week that it has added five hazardous waste sites that pose risks to human health and the environment to its National Priorities List (NPL) of Superfund sites…
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