Ian Fraser joins Fiberweb

August 15, 2013  |  News

Geosynthetics veteran named new business director Fiberweb announced in an Aug. 15 press release its appointment of Ian Fraser as the company’s new business director of geosynthetics. Fraser has more than 25 years of experience working in the geotechnical industry and has played a visible role…
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Cooley earns ISO environmental standard certification

August 14, 2013  |  News

Recognition for company’s commitment to sustainability and process-efficiency improvement The Rhode Island-based Cooley Group announced in an Aug. 14 press release its receipt of the ISO 14001:2004 Environmental Standard Certification. Cooley, a geomembrane manufacturer in Pawtucket, R.I., was rec…
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SWEMA annual meeting announced

August 8, 2013  |  News

Stormwater association meets at StormCon Aug. 20, prospective members invited The Stormwater Equipment Manufacturers Association (SWEMA) has announced that its annual meeting during the StormCon conference and exposition is open to prospective members. This breakfast meeting is Tuesday, Aug. 20, 201…
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Thrace Linq joins GMA Executive Council

August 7, 2013  |  News

South Carolina company is 8th to join governing body The Executive Council of the Geosynthetic Materials Association (GMA) is a membership level open to all companies that are suppliers of geosynthetic materials. Executive Council members provide the main source of funding, serve on the GMA Board of…
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Locating geomembrane leaks described in new geosynthetics standard

August 5, 2013  |  News

ASTM committee to meet Jan. 29-30 ASTM International announced in an Aug. 2 press release a proposed new standard for all field-proven electrical methods for locating leaks in installed geomembranes. ASTM WK42576, “Practice for Electrical Leak Location on Exposed Geosynthetics,” is currently in …
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Reader expresses concerns about 4-out-of-5 passing results

August 1, 2013  |  News

To the editor: I enjoy reading the GMA Techline in Geosynthetics magazine and the snappy to-the-point answers provided by my friend and colleague, Dr. Koerner. However, I have some concerns with the recommendation to accept 4-out-of-5 passing results for the peel separation parameter for seam peel t…
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Our expert answers a question on global warming

August 1, 2013  |  News

Question: Dear Dr. Leshchinsky, In Item 2, “Apparent cohesion,” you state: “In some zones this redundancy becomes more important due to an increase in precipitation intensity caused by global warming.” I was wondering if you could identify the location of these “zones&r…
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2013 State of the Industry

August 1, 2013  |  News

By Jeff Rasmussen Cause for optimism In 2012, the overall business and sales environment improved for many industry participants. Many manufacturers, even in the traditional markets, did slightly better than in 2011. Residential construction increased 15%—with nonresidential construction incre…
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Market impacts for geosynthetics from the regulation of coal ash

August 1, 2013  |  Features, News

By Boyd Ramsey and Andrew Aho Authors’ note to readers: This is a fast-moving topic where situations change as time and political positions evolve. It is the authors’ intent to report on the current situation and implications “at the time of presentation [April 2013],” provid…
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Q-and-A with Rep. Chuck Fleischmann

August 1, 2013  |  News

Editor’s note: Congressman Chuck Fleischmann (R-Tenn.) represents the Third District of Tennessee (the eastern part of the state). His support of the geosynthetics industry has included language submitted to the House’s Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban Dev…
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