New training video available

February 25, 2010  |  News

Cadwallader Technical Services (CTS) has announced the release of a new 80-minute geosynthetics training video “How to Heat Seam and Field Test Geomembranes” as an updated, menu-driven DVD. The DVD is divided into 25 sections and subsections, each accessible and viewable on field laptop and offi…
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Mackey named chair of ASTM International Geosynthetics Committee

February 19, 2010  |  News

ASTM International Committee D35 on Geosynthetics has named Robert E. Mackey, a partner and senior design engineer at S2L Inc. in Maitland, Fla., as its new chair. The 300-member committee oversees 130 ASTM standards related to the geosynthetics industry. Mackey is a long-time contributor to Geosynt…
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Number of ‘ready-to-go’ projects approaches five figures as states await new jobs bill

February 11, 2010  |  News

As states continue to wait for action on a jobs bill, the list of ‘ready-to-go’ state infrastructure projects has surpassed the 9,800 mark, based on a December 2009 survey by the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO). These projects, valued at more t…
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First GSI-Asia Geosynthetics Conference set for November

February 8, 2010  |  News

The Geosynthetic Institute (GSI) and the National Pingtung University of Science and Technology (NPUST) have announced the 1st GSI-Asia Geosynthetics Conference. The conference is scheduled for Nov. 16-18, 2010, in Taichung, Taiwan. Sponsors for the event include: the National Science Council and th…
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Authors agree with letter writer regarding spark testing

February 1, 2010  |  News

To the editor: Subject: Response to comment from Dr. [Ian] Peggs regarding spark testing on page 8 in the October/November 2009 issue of Geosynthetics, which was in response to “Geosynthetics in the construction of a Southern California subsurface biofilter cell system,” published in the…
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Geosynthetics wins Silver Award

February 1, 2010  |  News

Geosynthetics magazine received a second-place Silver Award for Best Technical Article at the 2009 Minnesota Magazine & Publications Association’s annual awards event Nov. 5 in Minneapolis. It marked the fifth consecutive year that Geosynthetics has won an MMPA award. The cover story, &ldq…
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Prospects for geosynthetic containment systems at Marcellus Formation shale-gas drilling projects

February 1, 2010  |  Features, News

By Robert M. Koerner Background The Marcellus Formation, also known as the Marcellus Subgroup of the Hamilton Group, Marcellus Member of the Romney Formation, or simply the Marcellus Shale, is a unit of marine sedimentary rock found in eastern North America. Named for a distinctive outcropping near …
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9th International Conference on Geosynthetics, May 23-27, 2010

February 1, 2010  |  News

Guarujá, Brazil The 9ICG is organized by the Brazilian Chapter of the International Geosynthetics Society (IGS Brasil) and the Brazilian Association for Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (ABMS), under the auspices of the International Geosynthetics Society (IGS) and supported by the…
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Leshchinsky receives Kapp Award

February 1, 2010  |  News

Dr. Dov Leshchinsky, professor of civil engineering at the University of Delaware, is the 2010 recipient of the Martin S. Kapp Foundation Engineering Award. The official presentation was made during the Hero and Awards Luncheon at the conclusion of the American Society of Civil Engineer’s 2010…
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Kavazanjian, Fox receive ASCE awards

February 1, 2010  |  News

Drs. Ed Kavazanjian and Patrick J. Fox were the recipients of 2009 awards from the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE). Kavazanjian received the Ralph B. Peck Award and Fox was recognized with the Thomas A. Middlebrooks Award. Ralph B. Peck Award—Edward Kavazanjian Jr. The Ralph B. Peck…
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