Overlay project wins Michigan award

February 15, 2012  |  Products

Overlay project wins Michigan award TenCate’s geotextile interlayer cited by concrete association A road construction project in suburban Detroit that incorporated a geotextile fabric interlayer was recently recognized by the Michigan Concrete Association (MCA). The Little Mack concrete overla…
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ADS’s Goddard named TRB emeritus member

February 8, 2012  |  Products

James Goddard, recently retired from Advanced Drainage Systems Inc. (ADS) as the company’s chief engineer, was named member emeritus of the Transportation Research Board (TRB) Committee on Subsurface Soil-Structure Interaction during the TRB’s 91st annual meeting in January 2012. Goddard…
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After record year, Tensar moves to restructure loans

February 8, 2012  |  Products

Atlanta-based Tensar Corp. announced in a Feb. 6 press release a strong performance in 2011, with double digit income growth compared to 2010. The release also acknowledged that Standard & Poor’s (S&P) has downgraded the company’s corporate credit rating and the rating on TCO Fun…
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FGI offers graduate research grant

February 3, 2012  |  Products

The Fabricated Geomembrane Institute (FGI) announced in a Feb. 2 press release the availability of a graduate research grant. The founding principles of FGI have been research and education, the release said; and in support of these principles, it plans to award research funds for an initial two-yea…
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Carbon footprint implications of the erosion control response

February 1, 2012  |  Products

From the Geosynthetics Research Institute’s 24th conference, 2011.The articles in this series encompass all types of geosynthetics and their applications viewed from the context of sustainability. Traditional solutions are compared with geosynthetic solutions from both cost and carbon footprint pe…
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The Giroud-Han design method for geosynthetic-reinforced unpaved roads

February 1, 2012  |  Products

Part 1 | Method development and calibration By J.P. Giroud and Jie Han Since its publication in 2004, the Giroud-Han design method for geosynthetic-reinforced unpaved roads has received considerable attention from the geosynthetics industry. This article is the first of two that provides practical i…
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New geomembrane selection matrix

February 1, 2012  |  Products

By Ron Frobel, Paul Oliveira, Gary Kolbasuk, and Timothy D. Stark What is a geomembrane? And if I need one, which one could I use for my project? Even today, with all of the technical information available on geosynthetics, this question comes up often, usually asked by, not only design engineers, b…
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The need for erosion control material specifications

February 1, 2012  |  Products

By Bob & George Koerner The authors feel that a reasonable case can be made that generic specifications have significantly aided both geotextile materials (e.g., via AASHTO specs) and geomembrane materials (e.g., via GRI specs). Such specifications address most common situations and also provide…
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World’s largest lagoon liner

January 31, 2012  |  Products

Called “the world’s largest lagoon lining,” a 350-acre geomembrane liner project was completed last year in Kazakhstan. A giant lagoon facility in Kazakhstan—1,400,000 square meters (350 acres)—designed to contain process liquid waste for an oil company, was completed a…
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Geosynthetics at the Onondaga Lake cleanup

January 10, 2012  |  Products

Largest geotextile tube project in U.S. As a result of more than a century of industrial activity on the shores of Onondaga Lake in Syracuse, N.Y., the lake’s sediments have been contaminated with chemicals and heavy metals such as lead, cobalt, and mercury. Due to this contamination, Onondaga…
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