FLI lands $12 million lining contract

April 1, 2006  |  News

FLI Environmental, the Waterford, Ireland-based international environmental solutions provider, has won a $12.3 million (€10 million) contract for the installation of containment facilities at a $1.9 billion nickel mine on an island in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. FLI will supply and instal…
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Bolivar to get $1.4M to fix, cover sand socks damaged by hurricane

April 1, 2006  |  News

The hurricane-beaten sand socks on Bolivar Peninsula in Texas will get about $1.4 million worth of attention from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), providing money for repairs and a new sand cover, according to information from the agency. Hurricane Rita left some of the sand-filled so…
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GreenSpec Directory now available

April 1, 2006  |  News

The expanded and revised 6th edition of the GreenSpec® Directory of environmentally preferable building products contains nearly 2,000 listings, providing architects, building owners, and builders with the most complete source for green building product information. The directory is published by Br…
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Geosynthetics (formerly GFR) receives awards

April 1, 2006  |  News

The magazine formerly known as GFR has received two awards from the Minnesota Magazine Publishers Association. Gold Award for Best Technical Article, Professional, Circulation under 30,000: GFR-Geotechnical Fabrics Report, “On the links with coir, straw and synthetic mats,” April 2005. F…
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Geosynthetic reinforcement of the aggregate base/subbase courses of pavement structures

July 27, 2000  |  News

Abstract Geosynthetic reinforcement of the base, or subbase, course of pavement structures is addressed. The value added with reinforcement, design criteria/protocols, and practices for design and for material specifications are presented. Base, or subbase, reinforcement is defined within as the use…
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Geosynthetics in pavement systems applications

May 6, 1999  |  News

Introduction This “white paper” is provided in response to the requests from AASHTO Subcommittee on Materials Technical Section 4E Task Force on Geogrid/Geotextile Specification, to provide background information and specifications for the use of geogrids and geotextiles in pavement syst…
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Nonwoven paving fabrics study

December 1, 1997  |  News

Introduction Under contract with the Geotextile Division of the Industrial Fabrics Association International, Maxim Technologies, Inc. investigated the use, performance, and design considerations for asphalt membrane interlayer systems utilizing a nonwoven paving fabric. This is a widely used techno…
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First artificial surf reef in Europe

January 1, 1970  |  News

Work is nearly completed in the building of Europe’s first artificial surf reef near Dorset in southwest England. The project, estimated at £2.7 million (ca. $5.4 million U.S.), is designed to double the size of the waves at Boscombe, Bournemouth, to 4m (13ft) as well as greatly increase…
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History of the county engineer in Ohio

January 1, 1970  |  News

The only elected CEs in the country Editor’s note: At the 2007 meeting of the ASCE GeoInstitute in Denver, Warren Schlatter of Defiance County, Ohio, began his presentation on the county’s GRS bridge building plan by saying: “I like my job [as county engineer] and I’d like to keep doing …
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Mn/DOT receives Highways for LIFE grant

January 1, 1970  |  News

New federal money could cut construction timeline on Highway 36 project Minnesota was one of three states to receive a $1 million grant from the Federal Highway Administration’s (FHWA) new “Highways for LIFE” program. The grant money is currently being used for the reconstruction of Highway 36…
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