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June 15, 2012  |  News

Deadline for International Achievement Awards (IAA) is July 15 By Ron Bygness The deadline for entries in the 2012 International Achievement Awards, sponsored by the Industrial Fabrics Association International (IFAI)—July 15—is fast approaching. For the 2012 IAAs, there are 33 categorie…
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Cazzuffi chairs European meetings on geosynthetics standardization

June 14, 2012  |  News

Past-president of the International Geosynthetics Society (IGS) conducts May meetings in Milan The annual meetings of the European Committee for Standardization on Geosynthetics (CEN TC 189) took place May 23–25 at UNI in Milan, Italy. (CEN is the European Committee for Standardization.). Thes…
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Promotions at TenCate

June 8, 2012  |  News

Henderson, Anderson move up at U.S. headquarters John Henderson and Todd Anderson have been promoted to new positions at TenCate Geosynthetics’ U.S. office in Pendergrass, Ga. Henderson, a former senior vice president, is now global director–water and environment. He is a Georgia Tech gr…
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FGI short course draws 102

June 7, 2012  |  News

“Constructing with fabricated geomembranes: Advances and current trends for mining” In a June 6 press release, the Fabricated Geomembrane Institute (FGI) described its sixth short course offering, this one in Salt Lake City. The May 21 education event was held at the Multi-Agency State O…
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IGS publishes major engineering document in French

June 6, 2012  |  News

“Recommended Descriptions of Geosynthetics Functions, Geosynthetics Terminology, Mathematical and Graphical Symbols” The International Geosynthetics Society (IGS) announced in a May 31 press release that the IGS French Chapter has translated the engineering document “Recommended De…
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TRI announces equipment acquisitions

June 1, 2012  |  News

Texas firm purchases former Bathurst Clarabut resources Austin, Texas-based TRI Environmental Inc. (TRI), international geotechnical, geosynthetics, and erosion-control materials services company, announced in a May 31 press release the acquisition of advanced testing equipment from the former Bathu…
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Surprised by low numbers in ICOLD report

June 1, 2012  |  News

To the editor: I read the “2010 ICOLD Bulletin on geomembrane sealing systems for dams” article with great interest (April/May, 2012). Good article to have presented, but I was a little surprised by the low numbers of geomembrane-lined earth- and rock-fill dams listed [in] the 2010 ICOLD…
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Well done, lessons learned

June 1, 2012  |  News

To the editor: With the sun shining and birds chirping, I took my April/May issue of Geosynthetics from my mailbox directly to my favorite reading chair. Intrigued by your editorial and the cover image of a massive 90.3-acre earth wound, the article “Closing the A&L Salvage Landfill: An un…
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All about Geosynthetics 2013

June 1, 2012  |  News

Geosynthetics 2013 is co-locating with the Southwest Geotechnical Engineers Conference and will also feature the Geosynthetic Research Institute’s GRI-25 Conference. About the Southwest Geotechnical Engineers Conference The Southwest Geotechnical Engineers Conference is one of the Federal High…
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GMA Lobby Day 2012

June 1, 2012  |  News

By Andrew Aho Twenty companies and organizations participated in GMA’s annual Lobby Day April 16–17. The GMA lobbying team scheduled 25 meetings with congressional offices, including five meetings with U.S. senators, nine meetings with U.S. representatives, and the balance with senior po…
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