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Housing for IFAI Expo 2015 is now open
April 10, 2015 | News
Exhibitors and attendees may book hotel rooms online or via phone or email. Exhibitors and attendees of IFAI Expo 2015 in Anaheim may now book their hotel rooms online or via phone or email. Room blocks are secured at the Anaheim Marriott and the Hilton Anaheim. ConferenceDirect is the only official…
Six-year $478b transportation bill sent to Congress
April 3, 2015 | News
‘Grow America’ to address U.S. infrastructure woes On Monday, the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) issued a press release describing a six-year, $478 billion transportation reauthorization bill that was sent to Congress March 30. Called the Grow America Act by the Obama administration, th…
From our readers: Mark Smith
April 1, 2015 | News
Dear Editor, Kudos to Rick Thiel, Ed Kavazanjian and Xuan Wu on their excellent article, “Design considerations for slip interfaces on steep-wall liner systems” (February/March, 2015). My consulting practice is principally heap leaching and most of my work now is reviewing designs for complex sy…
Part 2: Geosynthetics
April 1, 2015 | News
2014 state of the specialty fabrics industry By Jeffrey C. Rasmussen Introduction The U.S./Canadian geosynthetic market includes geotextiles, geomembranes, geogrids, geosynthetic clay liners, drainage materials, geocells, and erosion control materials. In terms of value, geomembranes made up 51% of …
The status of coal ash regulations … four months out
April 1, 2015 | News
EPA’s ruling on Coal Combustion Residuals. By Boyd Ramsey Introduction On December 19, 2014, the United States Environmental Protections Agency (EPA) Administrator Gina McCarthy signed the Disposal of Coal Combustion Residuals (CCR) from Electric Utilities final rule. The rule will take full effec…
Celebrating 10 years of government relations advocacy
April 1, 2015 | News
Building on successes, more work ahead By Lucie Passus, IFAI Division Supervisor At the recent Geosynthetics 2015 Conference in Portland, Ore., GMA celebrated a decade of government relations advocacy success. Here are some highlights: 2005—GMA hires a professional lobbying firm—Whitmer & Wo…
Unreinforced sand working platforms
April 1, 2015 | News
By Bob Koerner Back in the early 1960s I was the very young resident engineer on a sand drain/surcharge project requiring the use of a large pile driving “rig” that was made even more massive than usual with leads hanging over the front and a compressor in the back for counterweight. The first p…
GeoAmericas extends abstract deadline
March 31, 2015 | News
April 10 for 2016 show in Miami The organizers of GeoAmericas 2016 have extended the deadline for submission of abstracts to April 10, 2015. The conference-April 10-13, 2016, in Miami-is the 3rd Pan-American Regional Conference on Geosynthetics. (Previous iterations were in Cancún, Mexico (2008) an…
Terra Novo partners with distributor JMD Co.
March 27, 2015 | News
Expands its eastern U.S. market reach Bakersfield, Calif.-based Terra Novo, manufacturer of erosion- and sediment-control, remediation, and reclamation products, announced in a March 26 press release that it has added an East Coast distributor, Pennsylvania-based JMD Co. The release said that Terra …