New manager at Cooley

April 1, 2008  |  News

The Cooley Group has named Don Nelligan regional sales manager for the northeastern United States and eastern Canada. He will be responsible for direct and distributor sales for all Cooley products throughout those territories. The four divisions of the Cooley Group are Cooley Building Products, Coo…
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Promotions at Weldmaster

April 1, 2008  |  News

Miller Weldmaster Corp., Navarre, Ohio, has promoted Jeffrey N. Dimos and Jeffrey P. Sponseller to executive vice president positions. Dimos will continue to serve as the CFO for the company as well as responsibilities for manufacturing/engineering, finance and information technology teams. Sponsell…
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Hayward Baker opens new office in Twin Cities

April 1, 2008  |  News

Hayward Baker Inc. geotechnical contractor has opened a new sales, project management, and engineering services office in the Twin Cities. The office is located in Bloomington, near the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport and the Mall of America. According to HB, the opening of the Twin Citie…
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GRI Standards

April 1, 2008  |  News, Q&A: GMA Techline

From the GMA Techline Subject: GRI Standards — I am seeing references to GRI Standards GM 10, GM 14, and GM 18 in a project spec for a facility that will be under construction soon. There are other references too, of course, but these I’ve listed are not current, according to your Web si…
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Slack calculations

April 1, 2008  |  News, Q&A: GMA Techline

From the GMA Techline Subject: Slack calculations — Do you have a reference that discusses the impact of environmental conditions and the procedures for determining “slack” into an HDPE liner at the time of installation? (Rod, California) Reply: The subject of calculating slack in …
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Review and analysis of GRI-21 Conference

April 1, 2008  |  News

Our 21st annual GRI conference went off without a hitch in Cancún, Mexico on March 5, 2008. The morning session was devoted to geosynthetics in agriculture applications and had seven presentations. Use of geosynthetics in agricultural activities in Taiwan are impressive. The use of large bags…
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Request-for-Proposals

April 1, 2008  |  News

The Geosynthetic Institute (GSI) is delighted to announce a worldwide call for requests-for-proposals (RFPs) focusing on innovative geosynthetics research and development projects. There will be multiple awards made, each for $10,000 per year, and they are renewable, pending an annual written report…
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Taking issue with recommendations

April 1, 2008  |  News

The “Kam Kotia Project Case Study” in the February/March 2008 issue of Geosynthetics magazine starts off with interesting descriptions of the project design, geosynthetic testing, and construction. However, the summary and recommendations section provides misleading statements. The autho…
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GeoAmericas 2008: Show wrap-up

April 1, 2008  |  News

Doing business at GeoAmericas-2008: An energetic business hall. Good to see old friends, fun to meet new friends. First-rate, well-attended technical session and keynotes. Fiesta, fiesta, fiesta
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Comment on Part 1 of SRW series

February 1, 2008  |  News

I am very happy to see the efforts to educate owners using SRWs. The article in Geosynthetics (“Challenges in building SRWs … “ October/November 2007) is very good. I like the emphasis on quality control and defining responsibility of sub-surface improvements. It is a good checkli…
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