In memoriam: Gary Ezell

February 7, 2014  |  News

Professional career with CETCO, Agru. Agru America recently noted the loss of friend and colleague, Gary Ezell, who passed away unexpectedly on January 25, 2014. A resident of St. Petersburg, Fla., he was “the consummate professional with a passion and dedication to the geosynthetics industry,…
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Another coal-ash disaster provides further prompt for EPA action

February 7, 2014  |  News

80,000 tons pour into Dan River in North Carolina By Boyd Ramsey Earlier this week Duke Energy reported a coal-ash spill at an idled facility—the Dan River Station—in Eden, N.C., resulting in more than 80,000 tons of coal ash released into the adjacent Dan River. The Dan River is a drink…
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GSE signs global distribution agreement with Tenax

February 5, 2014  |  News

Geogrids for mining and environmental applications. Houston-based GSE Environmental, manufacturer of containment and drainage products, announced in a Feb. 4 press release that it has signed a global distribution agreement with Tenax, a manufacturer of reinforcement and stabilization products. Under…
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NTPEP’s 2014 meeting in South Carolina

February 3, 2014  |  News

Product evaluation program for state DOTs. The National Transportation Product Evaluation Program (NTPEP) will conduct its 2014 annual meeting May 18–22 in Greenville, S.C. The NTPEP was established in 1994 as a Technical Services Program that reports to the Standing Committee on Highways (SCO…
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Geo15 Watch

February 1, 2014  |  News

If you liked Geosynthetics 2013 in Long Beach, you will love Geosynthetics 2015 in Portland, Feb. 15-18, 2015, co-locating with the International Erosion Control Association’s Environmental Connection, EC-’15 Who should attend? You and a couple thousand other attendees, exhibitors, speak…
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Bob Groh remembered, praised

February 1, 2014  |  News

Dear readers, On Nov. 5, 2013, one of our industry’s significant members, Bob Groh of Geo-Synthetics LLC (the G-SI of Wisconsin, not GSI of Pennsylvania), died in a plane crash. On behalf of myself personally, my company (GSE), and my industry organization, the Geosynthetic Materials Associati…
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Your thoughts and comments appreciated

February 1, 2014  |  News

Dear Boyd and GMA members, The recent letter you sent from the GMA was extremely reassuring that the efforts made by Bob Groh were appreciated. The family, friends, and employees of Geo-Synthetics Inc. will store your thoughts and comments away as an endearing memory of our friend. Of course we are …
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New GMA leadership reviews 2013, looks ahead to 2014

February 1, 2014  |  News

By Lucie Passus During quarter 4 of 2013, GMA’s parent organization, the Industrial Fabrics Association International (IFAI), underwent some reorganizational changes and Andrew Aho, formerly GMA’s managing director and a regular contributor to this column, was named IFAI’s director…
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Finite element method (FEM) update

February 1, 2014  |  News

 Geonet anisotropy and its effect on the planar flow in drainage geocomposites. By Dhani Narejo Anisotropy is the characteristic of a material having different values for a property when measured in different directions. Materials can be anisotropic with respect to their physical, mechanical, …
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GSI’s changing landscape

February 1, 2014  |  News

By Bob Koerner Since its founding in 1986 as the Geosynthetic Research Institute (GRI) within Drexel University, Philadelphia, Pa., the associated research activity gradually transitioned from federally funded projects, mainly via the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), National Cooperative Highw…
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