Crown joins growing list achieving NTPEP certification

January 24, 2013  |  Products

Geotextile manufacturer undergoes supervised audit Georgia-based Crown Resources announced in a press release this week its certificate of compliance achievement from the National Transportation Product Evaluation Program (NTPEP). This compliance document earned in December 2012, underscores Crown&r…
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ASTM announces geotextiles workshop in Mumbai

December 19, 2012  |  Products

Free one-day event is Jan. 22 ASTM International announced in a Dec. 18 press release that it is partnering with the Bombay Textile Research Association (BTRA), to conduct a one-day workshop on geotextiles, Jan. 22, 2013, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., at BTRA’s facilities in Mumbai, Maharashtra, Ind…
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Profile advancing product technology with new lab

November 8, 2012  |  Products

Research lab now at its manufacturing facility in N.C. Illinois-based Profile Products announced in a Nov. 5 press release that its research and testing facilities recently moved into a new laboratory at its manufacturing plant in Conover, N.C. The 2,200-square-foot laboratory, which opened last sum…
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Tensar to build new plant in Russia

October 30, 2012  |  Products

Geogrid manufacturer continues global expansion with new facility near Saint Petersburg Atlanta-based Tensar International announced in an Oct. 30 press release that it has signed an agreement to build a manufacturing plant in Russia. Tensar is the majority shareholder in this joint venture (JV), wi…
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Innovative geotextile bag technology helps restore reed bed at Salhouse Broad

October 23, 2012  |  Products

In east-central England, geotextile bags are filled with river sediment to restore eroded riverbank Reports from the U.K. describe how huge woven geotextile bags—8.5m wide with a circumference of 18.6m—are filled with dredged sediment to help restore a reed bed as it was in 1946. The bag…
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Turf reinforcement mats are subject of proposed ASTM geosynthetics standard

October 18, 2012  |  Products

Next meetings Jan. 30-Feb. 1 A proposed new ASTM International standard, ASTM WK38408, “Specification for turf reinforcement mats,” will focus on mats made only with geosynthetics (no organic materials), according to an Oct. 18 press release from ASTM. ASTM WK38408 is currently under dev…
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More accurate liner integrity surveys using electrically conductive GM

October 1, 2012  |  Products

By David Gallagher and Abigail Beck Introduction The electrical liner integrity (ELI) survey is currently the most effective and practical means of locating leaks in installed geomembranes after cover soil installation, as detailed in ASTM D7007. The technology functions along the principle that pol…
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Shear strength of geosynthetic clay liners

October 1, 2012  |  Products

Part 1: Strength measurement By Patrick J. Fox, Ph.D., P.E., and Chris Athanassopoulos, P.E. Introduction The geosynthetic clay liner (GCL) has been with us for 30 years. Originally invented in the early 1980s as a flexible alternative to rigid waterproofing materials, GCLs are now used worldwide as…
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Syntec geogrids in 16ft-wide rolls

September 13, 2012  |  Products

To minimize overlaps, optimize shipping Syntec now offers Type 1 and Type 2 biaxial geogrids in 16ft-wide rolls, according to a recent press release from the company. The release noted that the wider rolls can reduce shipping costs, minimize waste lost to overlaps, and reduce construction time. The …
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TenCate receives patent for geotextile tube filling system

August 29, 2012  |  Products

Geoport is new mechanical injection for tube containers TenCate Geosynthetics Americas announced in an Aug. 28 press release that it has developed a rigid, mechanical injection system—Geoport—that virtually eliminates unwanted stress at geotextile-tube insertion ports. The release noted …
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